This week, we have an episode of Words at War, Lend-Lease, Weapon for Victory, first broadcast on May 23, 1944.

This week, we have an episode of the classic radio series Escape: Flood on the Goodwins, originally broadcast on November 1, 1949. Flood on the Goodwins tells the story of a British fishing boat hijacked by a Nazi spy in the English Channel.

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This week, we have an episode of America Looks Abroad, first broadcast on October 27, 1940. This NBC production from the Foreign Policy Association emphasizes the importance of America preparing its economy for war. More than a year before the United States officially entered the war, it shows how many were already thinking about the coming conflict.

This week, our episode features two segments. The first is a portion of Winston Churchill’s address to the French People, both abroad and under Nazi rule, from October 21, 1940.

Our second segment is a 1940 episode of the Aldrich Family, one of the most popular family sitcoms of the old time radio era.

This week, our episode features two segments. The first is a portion of then-Princess Elizabeth’s address to the children of the British commonwealth on Oct. 13, 1940. It was the future queen’s first radio address. Our second segment is an episode of the Jack Benny Program from that same evening. 

This week, we have an episode of Words at War, an NBC anthology series that ran from 1943 to 1945. It was produced in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime and presented dramatizations of books written about World War II. Today’s episode, entitled Combined Operations, first aired over NBC on June 24, 1943. It tells the story of the British commandos in the early days of the war.

This week, we have an episode of the classic radio series Escape.  Escape ran on CBS from 1947 to 1954. Although it didn’t come on the air until after the end of World War II, many of its episodes took place during the war. This week’s story is one of those episodes: A Source of Irritation, originally broadcast on July 5, 1953. It takes place in the early days of the war and finds a British farmer swept up in international intrigue, with a comedic twist.

This week, we have an episode of America Looks Abroad. This NBC production covers the September 27, 1940, signing of the Tripartite Pact by Germany, Japan and Italy, creating what would eventually become known as the Axis. 

This week, our episode features three segments. The first is a brief portion of J. Edgar Hoover’s speech of Sept. 23, 1940, to the American Legion in Boston, warning of the danger of fifth columnists Communists and Fascists. He urged Americans to be vigilant and prepared to defeat the danger at home. Our second and third segments are the two parts of the audition episode for The Adventures of Superman,