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- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-027
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17181
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-026
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17180
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-069
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17184
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-070
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17185
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-019
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17182
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-020
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17183
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Lux Radio Theatre: Miracle on 34th Street (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1953
- Description
- Stars Edmund Gwenn, Howard McNeir, Virginia Gregg, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Ted de Corsica, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
- Subject
- Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
- Local Identifier
- lux-005
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50196
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Lux Radio Theatre: Miracle on 34th Street (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1953
- Description
- Conclusion. Stars Edmund Gwenn, Howard McNeir, Virginia Gregg, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips, Ted de Corsica, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
- Subject
- Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Gwenn, Edmund, 1875-1959
- Local Identifier
- lux-006
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50197
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 24)
- Date
- 1951-05-25
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-024
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50181
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 23)
- Date
- 1951-05-18
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: The General MacArthur furor continues. President Harry Truman on mail about MacArthur controversy. Various reporters and Congressmen comment. Actuality of shelling in North Korea. University of Chicago dedicates atomic research lab. 90th birthday of pretzel. Close-Up: The Homecoming of Frank Stilo. Captain Stilo, a Korean veteran, comes home.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-023
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50180
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 22)
- Date
- 1951-05-11
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: MacArthur-Marshall Congressional testimony. General MacArthur speaks of his troops, on bombing of Yalu, Chinese Nationalist reinforcements, global consequences, defeatism, on going it alone, new power to launch attack, Truman Administration's Korean policy. Close-up: Moonshining U.S.A. Ed Murrow and his team go to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a look at moonshining. Includes voices of mountain men, Federal revenuers. Includes tapes of actual raid on a still.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Blue Ridge Mountains; Distilling, Illicit; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-022
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50179
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 20)
- Date
- 1951-04-27
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: In Korea, General Ridgeway briefs newsmen on Communist activity in North. Radio Free Europe begins broadcasting, sample of Hungarian broadcast on how to sneak across the Iron Curtain. Winston Churchill comments on the beef shortage in Britain. MacArthur furor continues. New York Times reporter on secret Pentagon files. Senator Richard Nixon on White House attempt to smear MacArthur.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-020
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50178
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 19)
- Date
- 1951-04-20
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: General Douglas MacArthur returns and addresses Congress. Congressional reactions. Winston Churchill on possible peace in Korea. Baseball season begins. Sounds at the stadiums around the country. Voices of Honus Wagner, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Charlie Dressen, Connie Mack, Roy Campanella, Mel Allen, Branch Rickey.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Baseball; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-019
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50177
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 18)
- Date
- 1951-04-13
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: President Harry Truman removes General Douglas MacArthur from command in Korea on April 11. Ed Murrow reads Truman's telegram to MacArthur relieving him of command. Major General Courtney Whitney, MacArthur's aide, describes how the general received the news. Background of Truman-MacArthur relationship. British Minister of State Kenneth Younger comments on general. Congressman Joe Martin reads secret letter from MacArthur on winning the war in Korea. Joe Martin comments on special Republican meeting about firing. Various Senators comment on the firing. President Truman addresses the nation on situation in Korea and firing. Newspaper editors comment. Close-up: the Korean casualty at Walter Reed. Close-up of the Korean veteran receiving specialized treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-018
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50176
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 17)
- Date
- 1951-04-06
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. The debate on sending troops to Europe continues. College youth and faculty of University of North Carolina react to the new Selective Service deferment program. Governor James Byrnes of South Carolina comments on separate education for whites and blacks. Dr. Ralph Bunche comments on Byrnes' remarks. Ringling Brothers Circus Opening Night at Madison Square Garden, New York.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971; Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-017
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50175
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 16)
- Date
- 1951-03-30
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard comment on South American report that the A-bomb can be made without uranium. Controversy over war mobilization continues. Developments in Korea. 23rd Oscar award presentations: Judy Holiday, Gloria Swanson, and Jose Ferrer. Close-up: Hollywood, 1950. A close-up which includes Hedda Hopper, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, John Wayne.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Academy Awards (Motion pictures); Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear weapons; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Szilard, Leo
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-016
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50174
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 15)
- Date
- 1951-03-23
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Public reaction to the Crime hearings, from New York and St. Louis. UnAmerican Activities Committee questions Larry Parks on Communism in Hollywood. Winston Churchill comments on the goals of England and the free world. Seoul recaptured.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-015
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50173
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 14)
- Date
- 1951-03-16
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Crime USA. Senate Crime Committee Hearings in New York. Anniversary of the Scopes Trial. John Scopes recalls the event and comments on recent repeal of law. Washington, D.C. cab drivers offer their views on corruption in government. Developments in Korea. Close-up: Making a Soldier, 1951. The story of an inductee at Fort Dix, N.J. Documentary takes him from day one to the end of basic training.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Scopes, John Thomas
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-014
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50172
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 13)
- Date
- 1951-03-09
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: In Korea, General MacArthur predicts stalemate. Senator Margaret Chase Smith on those who oppose Dwight Eisenhower as possible GOP candidate in 1952. Dr. Vanaver Bush speaks of the A-bomb. Close-up: The American Working Man, Model 1951.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear weapons; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-013
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50171
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Hear It Now (Episode 12)
- Date
- 1951-03-02
- Description
- Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Vice President Alben Barkley speaks in Topeka, Kansas about Republican unification. Congress holds hearings on sending troops to Europe. Voices of Governor Thomas Dewey, Senator Robert Taft, former President Herbert Hoover, and Governor Earl Warren. Developments in Korea. John Foster Dulles speaks about Communists and the Far East.
- Series
- News programs -- Hear It Now
- Subject
- Cold War; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
- Local Identifier
- HearItNow-012
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50170
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.