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The Incredible Century, Vol. I on Audio ...

Publisher: Gordon Skene Sound Collection
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Running Time: 1 Hr. 18 Min.

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The Incredible Century, Vol. I

1900-1953

Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953. This volume includes the following:

1. Inventor Marconi Talks About Sending The First Transatlantic Radio Transmission – 1901 (recorded in 1936)

2. The Double-Sided Record, New From The Columbia Graphophone Company, Offers Improved Sound - 1904

3. Inventor Thomas Edison Announces The Age Of Electricity - 1908

4. Commander Robert E. Peary Expounds On The Allure Of Arctic Exploration - 1909

5. Survivor Gives Harrowing Account Of The R.M.S. Titanic Disaster – 1912 (recorded 1936)

6. Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson Makes The Case For A Living Wage - 1912

7. British Member Of Parliament Horatio Bottomley . 1915

8. American Federation Of Labor President Samuel Gompers Explains U.S. Efforts In World War I - 1916

9. Commander Of American Expeditionary Forces In France, General J.J. 'Black Jack' Pershing .- 1917

10. Former Ambassador To Germany James Gerard Challenges German-Americans' Loyalty . - 1917

13. Humorist Will Rogers Muses On His Entry In The 'Congressional Record' -1925

14. Aviator Charles Lindbergh Reflects On The First-Ever Transatlantic Flight - 1927

15. As The Threat Of War Once Again Looms Over Europe, Winston Churchill Asks 'What Are We To Do?' -1934

16. Expatriate Author Henry Miller Reads From His Controversial Book 'Tropic Of Cancer' – 1934 (reading recorded 1969)

17. Louisiana Senator Huey Long Criticizes The Current Roosevelt Administration - 1935

18. Indian Leader Mohandas Gandhi Shares His Beliefs -

19. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Dust Bowl States . - 1936

20. Physicist Albert Einstein Asserts That Modern Man Is Detached From The World Because Of Technology - 1936

21. King Edward VIII Announces His Abdication Of The Throne 12/11/36

22. News Coverage Of The Hindenburg Airship Disaster – 5/6/37

23. The Man And The Mouse: Mickey Mouse Turns 10.- 1937

24. Civil Rights Activist Asa Philip Randolph Pleas For Social And Racial Justice - 1937

25. Aviator Howard Hughes And Crew Successfully Complete World's First Transglobal Flight – 7/15/38

26. Sigmund Freud Discusses Psychoanalysis - 1938

27. Dramatist And Critic George Bernard Shaw Defines The Pacifist Movement - 1938

28. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorates The Nations Of The World At New York World's Fair – 4/30/39

29. Author Margaret Mitchell Expresses Gratitude Over Winning Pulitzer Prize For 'Gone With The Wind' - 1939

30. Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow Reports Plans For The Evacuation Of Children From London – 8/31/39

31. Nazi Germany Mounts Blitzkrieg Invasion Of Poland – 9/1/39

32. Nazi Germany Denies Aggression Toward Poland, Claiming Self-Defense – 9/1/39

33. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Declares A State Of War - 9/3/39

34. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Condemns Polish Aggression Toward Germans – 9/3/39

35. Italian Facist Leader Benito Mussolini Declares War On The Allied Powers – 6/10/40

36. American Journalist William L. Shirer Reports On French Armistice Signing – 6/22/40

37. Labor Leader John L. Lewis Supports Wendel Willkie For President- 10/25/40

38. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces The First Peacetime Draft Lottery. -10/29/40

39. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War On Japan – 12/8/41

40. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Publicizes The New Convenient New York- 9/1/42

41. Announcement Of Allied Invasion Of North Africa – 11/8/42

42. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports The Allied Armies Liberation Of Rome – 6/5/44

43. First Allied Planes Leave England, Leading D-Day Invasion – 6/6/44

44. Report Of U.S. Flag Raised Over Island Of Iwo Jima – 2/23/45

45. Announcement Of Allied Forces Crossing The Rhine River – 3/8/45

46. Report Of German Army's Unconditional Surrender In Italy – 4/29/45

47. Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide – 4/30/45

48. V-E Day Report Of German Surrender Ending The War In Europe – 5/7/45

49. V-E Day Celebration In Times Square, New York City – 5/7/45

50. President Harry Truman Signs The United Nations Charter -6/26/45

51. Report Of The U.S. Having Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima – 8/6/45

52. V-J Day Report Of Japanese Surrender Ending The War In The Pacific – 8/14/45

53. British Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill Declares Eastern Europe Behind An 'Iron Curtain' – 3/5/46

54. U.S. Census Reveals Postwar Infant Population Boom – 4/1/47

55. Secretary Of State George C. Marshall Announces Plan To Revitalize Postwar European Economy – 6/5/47

56. Soviet Blockade Of Berlin Thwarted By U.S. Air Efforts - 1948

57. United Nations Representative ABBA Eban Comments On Israel's Nationhood – 5/31/48

58. President Harry Truman Mocks Naysayer Journalists In Election Victory Speech – 11/2/48

59. White House Issues Statement That Soviet Union Has Atomic Bomb – 9/23/49

60. Bobby Thompson Secures New York Giants National League Pennant Win With Game Winning Home Run – 10/3/51

61. Baseball Great Joe DiMaggio Announces His Retirement – 12/11/51

62. Vice-Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon delivers “Checkers Speech” – 9/23/52

63. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin Dies At Age 73. – 3/5/53

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