The War
Summary: Follow America's journey from isolationism to Pearl Harbor and V-J day through old time radio. Host Adam Graham is your guide through speeches, public affairs programs, comedies, dramas, and more. Hear the story of World War 2 told through the golden age of radio.
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Three separate episodes from the office of War Information explaining why Americans can’t accept a Nazi victory: from unfair trade practices to human rights abuses and the Nazi’s anti-Christian agenda. Original Air Date: 1942
The story of men transporting planes to Great Britain in the early day of the US involvement in the war. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: September 21, 1942
A group of overseas soldiers gets a present from a variety troupe: America. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944
Adam dips into the mailbag again.
A speech by Winston Churchill from the White House on Christmas Eve 1941 Amos puts his daughter to bed on Christmas Eve in this class Amos ‘n Andy Christmas story. Original Air Date: December 24, 1941 Lum, Abner, and Grandpappy Spears come bearing gifts to a stable where a child has been born to a […]
Lionel Barrymore reprises his most famous old time radio roll as Ebenezer Scrooge in a A Christmas Carol. Original Air Date: December 23, 1943
Hop and Tank crash in the Austrian alps and encounter an order of monks who are unaware of the war. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944
Bing Crosby hosts the Christmas edition of the Kraft Music Hall. Original Air Date: December 21, 1944
A nativity play written by Stephen Vincent Benet. From the Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: December 20, 1943
A group of American POWs try to keep their spirits up at Christmastime during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge but the Nazi decision to cancel Christmas Mass threatens to turn Christmas into a blood bath. Original Air Date: December 16, 1952
Bob Hope hosts an all-star cast of performers for America’s Armed Forces including Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, the City Slicker, and Ethel Waters. Simulcast to America’s civilians. Original Air Date: December 24, 1942
Riley has his boss’ s bratty son over for Christmas. Riley and family are determined to show him a good Christmas despite himself. Original Air Date: December 24, 1944
Gracie has a dream about Santa and she and her duck have to rescue Santa’s toys from a pirate with a Russian accent. Original Air Date: December 22, 1942
An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred and decides to return to a life of crime. From the Whistler. Original Air Date: December 25, 1944
A celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Bill of Right broadcast across all radio networks and featuring an all-star cast including Jimmy Stewart, Orson Welles, and Edward G. Robinson. Original Air Date: December 15, 1941
