World War II Era Radio Programs Focused On The War

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This collection contains 19 different Old Time Radio programs directly related to America's involvement in World War II, featuring a total of 375 episodes. The programs range from documentary to dramatic to news, providing an excellent look at what life was like during the War.

Included are notable programs such as 'America Looks Abroad,' which educated Americans on war events in Europe, and 'Words at War,' a dramatic anthology based on books written during the war. Each program offers unique insights and perspectives on the challenges faced during this pivotal time in history.

These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources, and the goal is to preserve these artistic expressions of our past for future generations.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Roosevelt's Message to Congress 14:56
Food Rationing Has Begun 14:52
America Looks Abroad 14:52
Can America Defend its Neutrality? 14:54
The Tug of War in the Balkans 14:45
America Looks Abroad: Is Europe Ready For Roosevelt? 14:53
Sinking of the Graf Spee 14:53
Scandanavia on the Firing Line 14:23
America Looks Abroad 14:54
Can Germany Dictate The Peace? 14:52
America Looks Abroad 14:48
Germany's War Aims In Scandinavia 14:51
War Spreads In Europe 14:54
The American Republics Face War 14:56
The Norwegian Campaign 14:53
Germany Invades Holland 14:56
America Looks Abroad 14:50
The Allies Underestimated Hitler 12:55
Italy Girds Itself for War 14:56
The Battle of France in the USA 14:59
Great Britain Prepares for Invasion 14:56
The Plight of Britain 14:57
What Next In Europe? 14:54
The Fate Of The British Dominion 14:54
The New Order In France 14:54
America Looks Abroad 14:46
The InterAmerican Conference 15:42
Germany Strikes At Britain 14:52
Italy's Invasion Of Africa 14:47
America's Choice In Europe 14:54
America Weighs Her Course 14:40
America Looks Abroad 14:54
Japan's Aims in IndoChina 14:56
The British Empire Under Fire 14:43
Washington Answers The Axis Powers 14:53
America Looks Abroad 14:56
The Struggle In The Eastern Mediterranean 14:57
America Looks Abroad New Bases For American Defense 14:50
The Outlook In The Far East 14:49
Russia's Role In World Conflict 14:39
American Aid to Britain 14:30
America Looks Abroad: Axis Prospects In The Balkans 14:57
America Looks Abroad Inside Germany 14:50
America Looks Abroad 14:22
America Looks Abroad 14:49
America Looks Abroad 14:48
The Balkan Situation 13:59
America Looks Abroad 14:40
Women of Britain 29:56
The Yanks Are Here 30:09
An Anglo-American Angle 28:00
American in England 29:43
Home Is Where You Hang Your Helmet 29:52
An Anglo-American Angle 29:22
American in England 29:36
The Battle of the Atlantic 29:30
Battle Stations 29:03
Battle Stations 29:26
Battle Stations 29:42
Dear Adolf 14:38
Dear Adolf 14:47
Dear Adolf 14:36
Dear Adolf 14:33
Dear Adolf 14:57
Dear Adolf 14:55
Eyes Aloft 29:16
Eyes Aloft 29:37
Eyes Aloft 28:40
Eyes Aloft 29:22
Give a Man a Bicycle 29:01
Eyes Aloft Tribute to Navy Day 29:19
Eyes Aloft 28:58
Eyes Aloft 30:48
Eyes Aloft 29:01
The Dog Who Barks at Planes 27:57
Eyes Aloft 29:19
Eyes Aloft 29:59
Eyes Aloft 29:13
Eyes Aloft 30:00
Eyes Aloft 29:27
Eyes Aloft 29:31
Eyes Aloft 29:07
Eyes Aloft 28:56
Four For The Fifth 29:27
Four For The Fifth 29:27
Four For The Fifth 30:34
Four For The Fifth 30:34
Man Behind the Gun 30:40
Man Behind the Gun 29:41
The USS Boise Pt 2--Ten Percent Is Not Enough 29:17
Man Behind the Gun 29:27
Man Behind the Gun 28:55
Man Behind the Gun 29:27
Man Behind the Gun 28:04
Man Behind the Gun 29:14
Incident In The Pacific 28:48
Story Of A Convoy 28:51
Land Locked Shipyards 29:31
Episode 99 28:58
Episode 100 30:02
Episode 101 29:31
The Libertys Invade 29:34
The Skipper Returns To Sea 29:17
Nor Death Dismay 29:11
Able-Bodied Cooks 28:22
The Long Haul 28:54
Beans, Bullets, & Oil 29:05
The Bid Was Four Hearts 29:35
Adolf & Mrs Runyon 29:21
Johnny Quinn, USN 29:20
A Letter at Midnight 29:26
Soldiers of the Press 13:48
Soldiers of the Press 13:22
Soldiers of the Press 13:28
Soldiers of the Press 12:54
Soldiers of the Press 14:02
Soldiers of the Press 14:03
Soldiers of the Press 13:01
Soldiers of the Press 14:27
Soldiers of the Press 13:29
Bombers Over Haiphong 13:59
Soldiers of the Press 13:50
Soldiers of the Press 13:22
Soldiers of the Press 14:50
Soldiers of the Press 12:39
Soldiers of the Press 12:33
Soldiers of the Press 12:01
Soldiers of the Press 12:16
Soldiers of the Press 12:04
Soldiers of the Press 11:26
Soldiers of the Press 12:05
Soldiers of the Press 11:39
Soldiers of the Press 11:20
Soldiers of the Press 11:24
Soldiers of the Press 12:13
Soldiers of the Press 11:32
Soldiers of the Press 11:51
Soldiers of the Press 12:48
Soldiers of the Press 11:25
Soldiers of the Press 11:37
Soldiers of the Press 11:43
Soldiers of the Press 12:11
Soldiers of the Press 11:25
Soldiers of the Press 13:27
Soldiers of the Press 12:03
Soldiers of the Press 10:03
Soldiers of the Press 12:52
Soldiers of the Press 11:52
Bravest Men In The Army 11:12
Victory In The West 11:56
Soldiers of the Press 11:44
A Face To Remember 12:15
Soldiers of the Press 11:11
Munich, Victory Without Bloodshed 26:07
The Battle of Britain 26:19
The Fall of France - Part 3 26:17
The Philippine Islands - Their Death, Their Life 26:19
D-Day, The Beginning Of The End 26:45
V-E Day, Victory in Europe 24:59
The Music Of The War 25:06
The War As We Know It 26:07
The Most Dramatic Voices And Sounds Of The War 25:51
V-J Day, The End Of The War 26:02
The War Begins 26:38
Poland In Misery 25:33
Sitzkrieg, The Phoney War 25:57
France In Torment 26:14
The Fall of France - Part 1 26:19
The Fall Of France - Part 2 25:34
Climb Mount Nitaka 26:18
The Day They Attacked Pearl 25:46
Speaking of Liberty 14:18
Speaking of Liberty 13:58
Speaking of Liberty 14:02
Speaking of Liberty 14:06
Speaking of Liberty 13:55
Speaking of Liberty 14:27
Speaking of Liberty 14:05
Speaking of Liberty 13:56
Speaking of Liberty 14:06
Speaking of Liberty 14:23
Speaking of Liberty 14:04
Speaking of Liberty 13:50
Speaking of Liberty 14:07
Speaking of Liberty 14:11
Speaking of Liberty 14:09
Speaking of Liberty 14:14
Speaking of Liberty 14:03
Speaking of Liberty 12:50
Speaking of Liberty 13:50
Speaking of Liberty 13:47
Speaking of Liberty 14:17
Speaking of Liberty 14:04
Speaking of Liberty 14:05
Speaking of Liberty 12:08
America At War 29:06
This Is War 30:08
This Is War 29:28
You're on Your Own 28:20
This Is War 30:10
To the Young 29:26
What Money Will We Use in Germany 14:07
Victorious Week for the Allies 14:00
War Carried To The Axis 14:09
War Carried To The Axis 14:09
The Week Of Decision 14:00
Censorship In Britain 14:14
The Thousand Bomber Raid 14:08
War Telescope 14:18
Invasion of Sicily 14:14
The Russian Offensive 14:10
The Young Reporters 8:14
Mussolini's Resignation 13:10
Report from the German Information Bureau 14:12
The Casablanca Epic 7:20
The Planning and Organization of the War 13:54
War Telescope 13:51
War Telescope 13:39
Swedish Airline Shot Down 10:02
The Fifth Winter of the War 13:49
Will the War Be over by Next Spring 14:15
Waiting for the Curtain to Go Up 14:27
War Telescope Berlin Marred by Ruins 13:52
Amazing Examples of Allied Power 14:09
Will Hitler Survive This War 14:01
War Telescope 800 Planes Attack Frankfurt 13:50
War Telescope 14:12
Britain Is a Fortress 14:07
A European View of the War 13:54
Men On The Front Line 14:18
Targets Bombed in Southern Germany 13:50
A Decorated Fighter Pilot 13:43
American Planes Bomb Brunswick, Germany 13:55
Invasion Exercises Take Place 13:47
The Day of Invasion Comes Closer 13:48
American Planes Bomb Berlin 13:46
The Bombing of the Pascara Dam 13:56
War Telescope 13:53
A Great Daylight Air Raid 13:50
Peace In Europe Is So Nearly Won 15:12
Prison Life In Germany 14:55
What Are We Fighting For 14:13
What Are We Fighting For 15:38
What Are We Fighting For 11:49
What Are We Fighting For 14:19
What Are We Fighting For 14:40
What Are We Fighting For 14:30
Wings To Victory 29:25
Wings To Victory 29:32
Wings To Victory 29:28
Wings To Victory 29:14
Wings To Victory 29:22
Wings To Victory: The Story of The Bismarck Sea Battle 29:27
Wings To Victory 29:25
Wings To Victory 29:38
Wings To Victory 29:40
Wings To Victory 29:33
Wings To Victory 29:36
Wings To Victory 30:20
Wings To Victory 32:37
Wings To Victory 28:34
Assignment USA 29:46
Combined Operations: The Official Story of the British Commandos 29:31
They Call It Pacific 29:02
The Last Days of Sevastopol 30:38
The Ship 29:27
From the Land Of the Silent People 28:32
Prisoner Of The Japs 28:54
Love At First Flight 30:33
Last Days of Sevastopol 30:12
Malta Spitfire 30:20
Dynamite Cargo 30:48
Since You Went Away 31:17
They Shall Not Have Me 30:58
Battle Hymn Of China 30:45
Eighty-Three Days: The Survival Of Seaman Izzi 30:43
Paris Underground 30:35
Shortcut To Tokyo 30:23
Who Dare To Live 31:10
Here Is Your War 30:00
To All Hands 29:09
Escape From The Balkans 29:20
Ave Duce 29:36
A Book Of War Letters 29:36
Mother America 30:10
Words at War 29:43
The Ninth Commandment 29:58
They Shall Inherit The Earth 30:19
Eighty-Three Days - The Survival of Seaman Izzi 29:25
War Tide 27:40
Condition: Red 29:29
White Brigade 29:29
The Life of George Washington Carver 29:32
The New Sun 29:36
Assignment USA 29:57
The Weeping Wood 28:57
Science At War 28:12
Der Fuehrer 28:43
A Bell For Adano 29:49
Wild River 29:07
The Silence Of The Sea 29:22
Curtain Rises 30:10
Gunners Get Glory 29:21
Lifeline 28:37
Lend Lease: Weapon For Victory 29:05
The Navy Hunts The CGR 30:07
D-Day 5th War Bond Drive Special 11:45
Fair Stood the Wind For France 29:57
War Criminals And Punishment 30:58
Captain Retread 30:38
War Below Zero 30:27
Lost Island 30:29
Headquarters Budapest 26:33
Nazis Go Underground 27:46
Heaven Below - China Looks Forward 15:27
Simone 29:45
The Veteran Comes Back 29:53
One Man Air Force 29:40
The Time for Decision - U.S. War Aims 30:26
Journey Through Chaos 29:56
Pacific Victory 30:16
The Veteran Comes Back 29:13
Still Time To Die 29:11
One Damn Thing After Another 28:37
Barriers Down 29:31
Camp Follower 29:10
Guys On The Ground 29:40
Your School, Your Children 29:23
The Cross And The Arrow 30:28
Scapegoats In History 29:43
It's Always Tomorrow 29:18
Borrowed Night 28:48
Verdict on India 29:05
Story Of A Secret State 29:36
Ten Escape from Tojo 15:03
What To Do With Germany 29:58
Battle Report: Pearl Harbor To The Coral Sea 29:52
Faith of Our Fighters: The Bid Was Four Hearts 29:06
The Rainbow 29:06
Can Do 29:34
Tomorrow Will Sing 29:56
Banshee Harvest 27:03
Full Employment In A Free Society 27:21
Apartment In Athens 28:19
They Left The Back Door Open 29:30
Brave Men 28:33
The Hideout 28:52
The Road To Serfdom 30:17
Wartime Racketeers 29:54
Soldier To Civilian 29:20
My Country: A Poem of America 30:17
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 15:08
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:48
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 15:03
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:35
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:56
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:28
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 15:06
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:39
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 15:15
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:35
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:46
You Can't Do Business With Hitler 14:51
Night Radar 30:39
Interview With The Crew Of Enola Gay 29:24
Doolittle Flyer 28:30
Fire Fighting Paratroopers 29:05
Blind Landings 27:16
Hydroponics 27:15
G.I. Bill 29:17
Ending Blackouts For Airmen 29:10
Radar Defense 29:30
Oxygen Test Device 29:27
Radar Compass 29:17
Farewell Broadcast 14:22