1938 Radio News


(4.6 stars; 13 reviews)

Explore the news from 1938 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world during that year.

Additionally, enjoy some coverage of roller derby, adding a unique twist to the historical news content.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

March Of Time 28:56
The March Of Time 28:35
March Of Time 28:43
Story Behind The Headlines: Appeasement Marches On 14:20
John Steele On Nazis 12:39
Gov A Harry Moore Speaks During National Defense Week 5:14
Swing On Russia And Germany 0:21
Raymond Graham Swing On World Events 14:22
End of two trials (Niemoller and the old Bols…) 5:27
BBC Reports Resignation Of Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg 1:47
CBS World News Roundup Austrian Invasion 22:28
CBS World News Roundup 22:28
March 23, 1938 1:02
April 30, 1938 1:47
May 16, 1938 9:16
First Air-Raid Drill in USA 16:21
May 23, 1938 11:20
Oswald Mosley Speaks To British Blackshirts 3:28
Howard Hughes at Wold-Chamberlin Field 35:31
MBS Tribute To Irving Berlin 58:44
William Shirer In Berlin Before Invasion 1:09
Sigrid Schultz On Munich Conference 8:19
Czechoslovakia Declares Martial Law 5:56
Neville Chamberlain Offers To Meet Hitler 0:24
September 23, 1938 19:32
Britain Begins to Prepare for War 4:41
September 27, 1938 8:38
September 27, 1938 1:27
London Reaction to Invasion of Czechoslovakia 9:54
Neville Chamberlain Before Munich Conference 0:37
Neville Chamberlain Returns from Munich with Anglo-German Agreement 9:23
Neville Chamberlain Just After Munich Conference 0:25
Neville Chamberlain On His Return From Munich 1:09
Max Jordon On Big Four Meeting In Munich 5:00
Ralph Murray Reports From Prague After Invasion 8:50
Story Behind The Headlines: Minorities And The Threat To World Peace 13:49
We Must Arm 4:16
Story Behind The Headlines: Great Britain And The Four Power Pact 14:16
Story Behind The Headlines: Great Britain And The Four Power Pact 14:28
BBC Chamberlain on National Health 0:43
Charles Lindbergh Speaks On US Neutrality 9:15
IBC Radio Normandie 9:02
Roller Derby - Omaha 13:41
Roller Derby - Omaha 13:29

Reviews

1938 Radio News


I have discovered that the news on radio in 1938 was equally biased as the CABLE NEWS in 2018. That is very disappointing because it would be much more desirable for the news to be unbiased, free and open... The news in 1938 reflected the views of the great propaganda spewed by the New York City machinery rather than scholarly and well researched information. Most of the 1938 radio journalists were propagandists just as the 2018 CABLE NEWS journalists have become and the Network broadcasters were after World War 2....

Unknown Date of Lindberg probably 1940 or early 1941


Item #41. In the middle of the speech, Lindberg clearly states "when hostilities began in 1939..." Definitely not 1938.

1938 News -date correction for item #22


(5 stars)

1938-08-28 Sigrid Schultz on Munich Conference is most likely September 29, 1938. Definitely not August. Thanks for the collection.

Mistake in date


380217 Appeasement Marches On is from Feb. 17, 1939.

Thank you!


(5 stars)

These are GREAT fun to listen to. It reminds me how much things are different, and yet stay the same. Thanks for sharing these.

Wow!


(5 stars)

It's so fascinating to listen to these bits of history. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us.

thanks!


(5 stars)

Thanks so much for the upload, you learn more from real living history than you do in school! Thank u so much!