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The Incredible Century, Vol. I
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Gordon Skene Sound Collection
The Incredible Century, Vol. I
1900-1953
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Gordon Skene Sound Collection
Abridged Edition
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1 Hr. 18 Min.
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Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953. This volume includes the following:
1. Inventor Marconi Talks About Sending The First Transatlantic Radio Transmission β 1901 (recorded in 1936)
2. The Double-Sided Record, New From The Columbia Graphophone Company, Offers Improved Sound - 1904
3. Inventor Thomas Edison Announces The Age Of Electricity - 1908
4. Commander Robert E. Peary Expounds On The Allure Of Arctic Exploration - 1909
5. Survivor Gives Harrowing Account Of The R.M.S. Titanic Disaster β 1912 (recorded 1936)
6. Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson Makes The Case For A Living Wage - 1912
7. British Member Of Parliament Horatio Bottomley . 1915
8. American Federation Of Labor President Samuel Gompers Explains U.S. Efforts In World War I - 1916
9. Commander Of American Expeditionary Forces In France, General J.J. 'Black Jack' Pershing .- 1917
10. Former Ambassador To Germany James Gerard Challenges German-Americans' Loyalty . - 1917
13. Humorist Will Rogers Muses On His Entry In The 'Congressional Record' -1925
14. Aviator Charles Lindbergh Reflects On The First-Ever Transatlantic Flight - 1927
15. As The Threat Of War Once Again Looms Over Europe, Winston Churchill Asks 'What Are We To Do?' -1934
16. Expatriate Author Henry Miller Reads From His Controversial Book 'Tropic Of Cancer' β 1934 (reading recorded 1969)
17. Louisiana Senator Huey Long Criticizes The Current Roosevelt Administration - 1935
18. Indian Leader Mohandas Gandhi Shares His Beliefs -
19. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Dust Bowl States . - 1936
20. Physicist Albert Einstein Asserts That Modern Man Is Detached From The World Because Of Technology - 1936
21. King Edward VIII Announces His Abdication Of The Throne 12/11/36
22. News Coverage Of The Hindenburg Airship Disaster β 5/6/37
23. The Man And The Mouse: Mickey Mouse Turns 10.- 1937
24. Civil Rights Activist Asa Philip Randolph Pleas For Social And Racial Justice - 1937
25. Aviator Howard Hughes And Crew Successfully Complete World's First Transglobal Flight β 7/15/38
26. Sigmund Freud Discusses Psychoanalysis - 1938
27. Dramatist And Critic George Bernard Shaw Defines The Pacifist Movement - 1938
28. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorates The Nations Of The World At New York World's Fair β 4/30/39
29. Author Margaret Mitchell Expresses Gratitude Over Winning Pulitzer Prize For 'Gone With The Wind' - 1939
30. Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow Reports Plans For The Evacuation Of Children From London β 8/31/39
31. Nazi Germany Mounts Blitzkrieg Invasion Of Poland β 9/1/39
32. Nazi Germany Denies Aggression Toward Poland, Claiming Self-Defense β 9/1/39
33. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Declares A State Of War - 9/3/39
34. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Condemns Polish Aggression Toward Germans β 9/3/39
35. Italian Facist Leader Benito Mussolini Declares War On The Allied Powers β 6/10/40
36. American Journalist William L. Shirer Reports On French Armistice Signing β 6/22/40
37. Labor Leader John L. Lewis Supports Wendel Willkie For President- 10/25/40
38. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces The First Peacetime Draft Lottery. -10/29/40
39. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War On Japan β 12/8/41
40. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Publicizes The New Convenient New York- 9/1/42
41. Announcement Of Allied Invasion Of North Africa β 11/8/42
42. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports The Allied Armies Liberation Of Rome β 6/5/44
43. First Allied Planes Leave England, Leading D-Day Invasion β 6/6/44
44. Report Of U.S. Flag Raised Over Island Of Iwo Jima β 2/23/45
45. Announcement Of Allied Forces Crossing The Rhine River β 3/8/45
46. Report Of German Army's Unconditional Surrender In Italy β 4/29/45
47. Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide β 4/30/45
48. V-E Day Report Of German Surrender Ending The War In Europe β 5/7/45
49. V-E Day Celebration In Times Square, New York City β 5/7/45
50. President Harry Truman Signs The United Nations Charter -6/26/45
51. Report Of The U.S. Having Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima β 8/6/45
52. V-J Day Report Of Japanese Surrender Ending The War In The Pacific β 8/14/45
53. British Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill Declares Eastern Europe Behind An 'Iron Curtain' β 3/5/46
54. U.S. Census Reveals Postwar Infant Population Boom β 4/1/47
55. Secretary Of State George C. Marshall Announces Plan To Revitalize Postwar European Economy β 6/5/47
56. Soviet Blockade Of Berlin Thwarted By U.S. Air Efforts - 1948
57. United Nations Representative ABBA Eban Comments On Israel's Nationhood β 5/31/48
58. President Harry Truman Mocks Naysayer Journalists In Election Victory Speech β 11/2/48
59. White House Issues Statement That Soviet Union Has Atomic Bomb β 9/23/49
60. Bobby Thompson Secures New York Giants National League Pennant Win With Game Winning Home Run β 10/3/51
61. Baseball Great Joe DiMaggio Announces His Retirement β 12/11/51
62. Vice-Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon delivers βCheckers Speechβ β 9/23/52
63. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin Dies At Age 73. β 3/5/53
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