101 Will Rodgers talks about America and the Depression 1932 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
101 Franklin D. Roosevelt assumes the Presidency on March 4th, 1933: "Nothing to Fear but Fear" / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
101 Senator Huey Long, the Louisiana King-Fish and his "Sharethe Wealth" program (Just prior to his assassination 9/8/35) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
101 Duke of Windsor Abdicates for "the woman I love", 12/11/36 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
102 Fiorello H. LaGuardia wages war against the "Ward Heelers / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
102 Alfred Landon campaigns for the Presidency, 1936 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
102 "Rendezvous with Destiny" speech: FDR at Franklin Field Philadelphia, June 27, 1936 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
102 John L. Lewis castigates those who have deserted Labor (Labor Day, 1937) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
102 Hindenburg Air Disaster, Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937 (Herbert Morrison of WLS, Chicago, at the scene) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
103 September 30, 1938, at Munich (William L. Shirer) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
103 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returns from Munich andtells of his meeting with Hitler, September 27, 1938 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
103 Adolf Hitler lashes out against Eduard Benes and the Sudetenland, September 26, 1938 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
103 Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, Yankee Stadium, June 22, 1938 (Clem McCarthy of NBC describes the Knockout) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
103 Iron-Man Lou Gehrig steps down after 2130 games of baseball July 4, 1939 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
104 Elmer Davis announces the invasion of Poland by Germany September 3, 1939 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
104 Three Views of U.S. Neutrality: Charles A. Lindbergh, Alfred E. Smith, Hugh Johnson / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
104 Nazi Blitzkrieg on the Continent; actual march of Storm Troopers, "Seig Heils", etc., Spring, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
104 FDR at Charlottesville, Virginia, "The Hand that Held the Dagger", June 10, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
104 Benito Mussolini's Declaration of War, June 10, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
105 Premier Paul Reynaud pleads for U.S. Aide as Nazi's over-run France, June 10, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
105 French surrender at Compiegne (via German Short-wave Radio) June 22, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
105 Neville Chamberlain resigns as Prime Minister, May 10, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
105 Winston Churchill forms a Coalition Government; Excerptsfrom several of his early speeches, May and June 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
105 Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margret Rose speak toevacuated British children / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 Joseph W. Martin, Wilkie Notification Ceremony, Elwood, Indiana, August 17, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 Wendell Wilkie accepts Republican Nomination, Elwood Indiana, August 17, 1940 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 FDR campaigns for Third Term: "Martin, Barton, and Fish"speech, October 30, 1944 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 Winston Churchill reads "Ship of State" message deliveredto him from President Roosevelt by Wendell Wilkie / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 "Arsenal of Democracy", Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 15, 1941 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
201 New York Philharmonic broadcast interrupted for Pearl Harborannouncement (John Daly), December 7, 1941 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 U.S. Declaration of War; speaker Sam Rayburn introduces FDRwho asks Congress to declare a State of War 12/8/41 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 D-Day, June 6, 1944; Messages on the invasion by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Charles de Gaulle, King Haakon et al / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 Broadcast from invasion Flagship Ancon on D-Day by George Hicks of ABC, June 6, 1944 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 Marshall Joseph Stalin on the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution, November 7, 1941 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 FDR makes his fourth race for the Presidency ("Fala Speech") September 23, 1944 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 Thomas E. Dewey campaigns for the Presidency, September 7, 1944 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
202 FDR addresses Joint Session of Congress after his returnfrom Yalta, March 1, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
205 Announcement of President Roosevelt's death, April 12, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
205 Description Roosevelt funeral procession, Washington D.C, April 14, 1945 (Arthur Godfrey) / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
205 Harry S. Truman makes his First Appearance as Presidentbefore a Joint Session of Congress, Speaker Rayburn-4/16/45 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
205 President Truman announces German Surrender, May 8, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
205 Secretary of State Edward Stettinius opens San Francisco Conference of the United Nations, April 25, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
206 Chaplain William Downey, U.S. Army Air Forces, says a prayer at Tinian, before take-off of Enola Gay, August 6, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
206 President Truman tells of our race for Atomic Energy and ourplans for it, August 9, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
206 First Bulletin of Japanese Surrender (Robert Trout) August 14, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
206 General Douglas MacArthur accepts Japanese Surrender aboard Battleship Missouri, September 1, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
206 Epilogue: The thirteen years Battleship Missouri, September 1, 1945 / Edward R. Murrow, Fred W. Friendly.
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