This week we have an episode of Escape, The Thirteenth Truck, which tells the story of a group of Allied commandos planning to destroy a Nazi airbase in Africa. The episode originally aired on August 16, 1953.

Today’s episode comes to us from the NBC studios in New York, the NBC Blue Network News of the World of January 27, 1942.

This week we have a fundraiser for the Red Cross that aired over CBS on January 21, 1942. It is hosted by Kate Smith and Ted Collins and features entertainment and history programming.

Today’s episode is NBC’s War Reporters, a weekly series featuring commentary and reporting on the war effort. This episode first aired January 17, 1942, and features Earl Godwin reporting on the death of Carole Lombard and other war news.

This week we have “Prisoner of the Japs” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on August 7, 1943. It is based on the book of the same name by American journalist Gwen Dew and tells the story of her experiences in Hong Kong after its capture by the Japanese in December 1941.

Today’s episode is the CBS News of the World of January 6, 1942, with updates from the Middle East, Asia and at home.

This week we have another news update from 80 years ago, the NBC News Roundup of January 4, 1942.

This week we have an episode of Suspense, one of the most popular old time radio shows. This episode, The King’s Birthday, first aired on August 28, 1943. It stars Dolores Costello in a story that takes place in Nazi-occupied Denmark.

This week we have Mutual network’s broadcast of December 24, 1941, of the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. It features speeches by both U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It closes with a choir singing Christmas songs.

Today we have the NBC News broadcast of December 17, 1941, with war updates from Europe and the Pacific.