Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

 

August 27 – September 5, 1939

 

History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

 

In today’s SoundScape:

Picking up Girls with Alan Mowbray!

The Most Fateful Broadcast in History!

On the Boat with Edgar and Charlie!

Nutrition with Vera Vague!

The Invasion of Poland!

And More!!

Featuring:

Dorothy Lamour

Don Ameche

Donald Dixon

Alan Mowbray

Robert Young

Meredith Wilson

Alice Faye

Louis B. Mayer

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

John Steele

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Vera Vague

President Franklin Roosevelt

Fibber McGee and Molly

And More!