Old-time radio

Episodes of WWII News and Related Sound Files From 1939

Episodes from IA-OTRR
Episode NameEpisode #Air DateLengthDetails
E I a R Benito Mussolini Discorso1939-01-222:12
German American Bund Rally Madison Square1939-02-2044:09
B B C Gas Mask Drill1939-03-080:21
P T T Reportage De Lintronisation Du Pape P I E X I I1939-03-120:36
B B C Chamberlain After Czech Invasion1939-03-150:31
Former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Speaks in New York1939-04-261:49
Herbert Hoover Urges U S Neutrality in European Conflicts1939-07-063:09
P T T Edouard Daladier Condamne Le Pacte Germano Sovi1939-08-250:37
C B S H V Kaltenborn Reports on the Eve of War1939-08-275:03
Hitlers Demands1939-08-275:04
R R G German Foreign Ministry Warns Poland1939-08-270:26
C B S European War Crisis1939-08-2814:49
London Before War Murrow1939-08-284:01
M B S Sigrid Schultz in Berlin1939-08-287:26
B B C Alvar Liddell Reports on German Point Plan1939-08-310:31
B B C Alvar Liddell Reports on Evacuation of Children1939-09-010:41
B B C Alvar Liddell Reports the Invasion of Poland1939-09-010:46
B B C Evacuation London1939-09-011:13
B B C S J Lotbini1939-09-010:46
B B C S J Lotbini1939-09-010:15
C B S Adolf Hitler Announces War With Poland1939-09-017:14
F D R Speaks on U S Neutrality1939-09-011:08
Herbert Hoover Speaks at the Onset of the War1939-09-010:39
P P R Radio Warsaw Reports on German Invasion1939-09-012:37
Chamberlain Declares War1939-09-023:31
R R G Nazi Radio Defends German Invasion of Poland1939-09-022:13
B B C Britain Declares War on Germany1939-09-033:31
B B C King George V I Addresses the Nation Excerpts1939-09-031:55
B B C Places of Entertainment to Be Closed1939-09-031:09
B B C P M Chamberlain Declaration War1939-09-030:44
B B C Prime Minister Chamberlain Declares War on Germany1939-09-035:48
B B C Reports Defense Order Closing Places of Entertainment1939-09-030:36
C B S a P Bulletin on Peace Efforts1939-09-031:23
F D R Speaks About the War Beginning in Europe1939-09-031:49
C B S William L Shirer in Berlin1939-09-073:01
From Berlin Wm1939-09-073:02
N B C Reports on Adolph Hitlers Danzig Address1939-09-201:24
C B S French Premier Daladiers Message to France1939-09-2116:03
F D R Addresses Extraordinary Session of Congress1939-09-2135:01
C B S H V Kaltenborn Commentary1939-09-2214:59
H V Kaltenborn Commentary1939-09-2214:59
B B C Winston Churchill the First Month War1939-10-014:42
C B S Elmer Davis With the News1939-10-074:40
B B C Princess Elizabeth1939-10-130:38
B B C Richard Dimbleby By French Road1939-10-151:08
C B S Elmer Davis Reports City of Flint Still Missing1939-10-244:24
C B S Elmer Davis Reports on Neutrality Bill1939-10-304:38
C B S Elmer Davis Reports on Molotovs Speech1939-10-314:35
B B C Queen Elizabeth Broadcast to the Nation1939-11-111:17
B B C Queen Elizabeth Fortitude of Women1939-11-111:34
B B C Queen Elizabeth Fortitude Women1939-11-110:48
B B C Winston Churchill Ten Weeks of War1939-11-129:27
C B S Elmer Davis and George Fielding Elliot1939-11-3014:11
C B S Elmer Davis Reports Russian Air Raids on Helsinki1939-11-304:41
C B S Elmer Davis Reports the Defense of Finland Continues1939-12-014:33
C B S Elmer Davis Reports Germany Accuses Sweden1939-12-024:42
R S H Lord Haw Haw N Y Times Reports Cruiser Exeter Damaged1939-12-130:34
From Montevideo Uruguay the End of Graf Spee1939-12-170:23
News Bulletin on Graf Spee1939-12-170:28
B B C Churchill Sinking Graff Spee1939-12-180:44
B B C Winston Churchill the Sinking of the Graf Spee1939-12-185:02
C B S Elmer Davis Reports on Russo Finnish Front1939-12-184:41
C B S Elmer Davis Reports German Liner Columbus Scuttled1939-12-194:41
C B S Elmer Davis Reports Swedish Volunteer Units for Finland1939-12-204:46
R S H Lord Haw Haw Sign Off1939-xx-xx0:38
Addresses the Nation (Excerpts 2)1:06
By a French Road1:08
By Princess Elizabeth0:38
Czech Ambassador in London on Poland Situation1:46
Don'T Listen to Foreign Broadcasts2:38
Eradicate the Jews in Europe1:00
European News14:50
Evacuee Message to Parents0:35
Gas Mask Drill0:21
German Anthem & Horst Wessel Leid1:46
Germany Calling, Sign on0:16
Kriegserklärung an Polen0:30
On Nazi Bolshevism Soviet Fascism0:30
On Poland (H V Kaltenborn Commentary)1:50
On the War Looming Before Poland0:41
On the Women in NS Germany2:30
Reich Music Days2:00
Speech 'There Can Be No Peace'1:28
To US on War With Germany1:05
Youth and the Hour of Decision2:05