1941 Radio News


(5 stars; 23 reviews)

Explore the news from 1941 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world during that year.

While some files may not be available on archive.org, this collection aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the news from that time. Any errors or typos in the content are the responsibility of the curator.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

New Year War News 15:17
Kaltenborn Edits The News New Session Of Congress Begins Tomorrow 13:44
January 5, 1941 0:26
FDR Four Freedoms 37:50
Alan Howland On German Air Attacks 0:28
British Attack Tobruk, Italy 3:50
British Take Tobruk 4:44
Elmer Davis & The News: Charles Lindbergh Opposes Lend-lease 4:43
January 31, 1941 29:40
NBC Alf Landon 27:53
Winston Churchill Give Us The Tools 36:28
February 9, 1941 29:54
Kaltenborn Edits The News 14:10
February 24, 1941 14:54
NBC News Of The World 14:38
March 9, 1941 7:13
NBC World News Roundup 14:51
La Tribuna Denies German Aims In Balkans 2:56
NBC News of the World 14:40
NBC World News Roundup 14:39
April 18, 1941 14:58
April 25, 1941 6:03
NBC News Roundup 15:07
Westward, Look, The Land Is Bright 27:26
The Riddle Of The Straits 14:03
Kentucky Derby 1:04
May 6, 1941 13:59
The Monitor And The Merrimac 14:05
Cedric Foster Largest R.A.F. Squadron Strikes Germany 14:23
President Roosevelt Comments 14:29
The World Today 4:58
Jergen's Journal 15:24
RRG German Announcement Sinking of HMS Hood 0:24
FDR Fireside Chat On Pan-American Unity 33:02
Kaltenborn Edits The News Comments On The Sinking Of The Bat 13:09
BBC First Sea Lord A.V. Alexander On Sinking Of Bismark 0:43
BBC Worker's Playtime Signature Tune 0:45
June 1, 1941 0:42
CBS Elmer Davis & The News Comments On Columbia's War Coverage 14:17
I Was There: The Duke Of Windsor 28:59
Winston Churchill Until Victory Is Won 3:49
June 16, 1941 3:02
Winston Churchill Germany Invades Russia 18:58
Russian Radio Reports on German Invasion 0:21
Douglas Ritchie AKA Colonel Britton On The V-Campaign 0:44
June 28, 1941 0:46
Josef Stalin Addresses Nation 0:32
PCPT Josef Stalin On Peroration 0:27
RRG P.G. Wodehouse Second Broadcast 0:36
BBC Anglo-Soviet Agreement 1:42
BBC Fighter Pilot Richard Hillary Shot Down 12:20
General DeGaulle Urges America To Join The Allies 4:21
Winston Churchill Do Your Worst, We'll Do Our Best 7:10
July 14, 1941 0:38
Wendell Wilkie Calls For End Of U.S. Isolationism 3:37
Winston Churchill War Production 10:25
Millions For Defense 58:38
NBC News Roundup 14:40
Winston Churchill Meeting With President Roosevelt 32:06
These Are Great Days 4:04
Wise Williams On Fighting In Russia 14:14
Labor Day 12:29
September 5, 1941 0:23
Air Raid On Berlin 0:30
Winston Churchill Still Masters Of Our Fate 19:56
Charles Lindbergh America First Committee Speech in Des Moines, Iowa 9:17
FDR Warns the Axis Powers 13:50
PCPT Dmitri Shostakovich Siege of Leningrad Radio Speech 0:49
Tanks For Russia 6:27
October 7, 1941 14:39
Jergen's Journal 6:41
No Peace With Hitler 0:33
October 24, 1941 1:04
I Was There Austria 1934 28:14
October 28, 1941 14:42
Story Behind The Headlines: Hitler's Crimean War 14:19
NBC Bulletin On Capture of Blockade Runner Odenwald In Atlantic 0:24
The Resolution Of The People 2:51
November 9, 1941 29:34
November 10, 1941 14:44
Irving Swanson Reads U.S. War Statement 0:50
With A Convoy In Atlantic 1:27
November 11, 1941 14:49
The World Today HMS Ark Royal Sunk 1:32
The March Of Time 10:20
Winston Churchill Address To Harrow School 4:15
Senator Connally Warns Japan 2:02
December 6, 1941 14:40
Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade 28:41
First Bulletin On Pearl Harbor 0:32
December 7, 1941 0:23
Canada At War 31:08
December 7, 1941 0:41
Albert Warner Speculates On FDR's Next Steps 6:17
Bob Trout On British Reaction 1:10
December 7, 1941 0:51
December 7, 1941 0:13
Burma Bombed 0:42
CBS NY Philharmonic Concert Interrupted 17:22
December 7, 1941 14:08
December 7, 1941 25:59
National Vespers 24:19
December 7, 1941 29:35
December 7, 1941 3:07
Bulletins About Pearl Harbor 0:54
December 7, 1941 0:26
December 7, 1941 27:07
The Metropolitan Auditions Of The Air 28:48
December 7, 1941 0:30
Catholic Hour With Reverend James Gillis 29:11
Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen 14:54
Eleanor Roosevelt 1:18
Eleanor Roosevelt 14:39
December 7, 1941 3:40
December 7, 1941 29:37
Jack Benny Show 29:35
December 7, 1941 29:27
December 7, 1941 28:44
Chase And Sanborn Program 29:34
Island Of Death 29:45
One Man's Family 29:00
Jergen's Journal 13:44
Manhattan Merry Go-Round 28:45
Parker Family 15:01
Dear John 14:47
December 7, 1941 29:18
December 7, 1941 14:42
Goodwill Hour 1:00:02
Hour Of Charm 29:45
Sherlock Holmes 29:18
December 7, 1941 14:25
December 7, 1941 28:24
Japanese Attacks In The Pacific 0:57
December 7, 1941 0:52
CBS Analysis Of Attack On Pearl Harbor And Manilla 3:19
CBS Attempts To Call Honolulu 1:05
CBS Football Broadcast - War Bulletin 0:24
Between Americans 29:44
December 7, 1941 2:21
CBS NY Philharmonic Concert - War Bulletins 17:22
Pearl Harbor & Manila 56:09
December 7, 1941 4:33
MBS Bulletin Interrupts Football Game 0:30
MBS Flash UPI Bulletin Reports Attack On Pearl Harbor 0:09
MBS Interrupts Brooklyn Dodgers - NY Giants Game 0:36
December 7, 1941 14:19
December 7, 1941 14:07
December 7, 1941 3:41
NBC News George Putnam and Interruptions 14:50
Cousin Octavia Visits 28:07
Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade 42:11
December 7, 1941 42:11
NHK Gen Hideki Tojo Declares War On The Allies 0:14
December 7, 1941 17:36
Fiorello La Guardia Warns of Extreme Crisis 8:36
Bert Silen Reports Manila Bombed 0:32
December 8, 1941 25:42
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club 59:43
Familiar Melodies 14:57
Story Of Mary Marlin 14:09
Declaration Of War Proceedings 1:09:09
NBCR Coverage After FDR's Speech To Congress 32:38
Let's Sing And Swing 14:25
December 8, 1941 14:19
December 8, 1941 43:01
Latest News From the Far Eastern War Zone 29:19
Wilfred Pickles On Far East Attacks 0:44
Winston Churchill War With Japan 21:09
December 8, 1941 8:36
December 8, 1941 27:45
December 8, 1941 FDR Speech To Joint Session Of Congress 4:47
FDR's 'Day Of Infamy' Speech 7:15
The Day After Pearl Harbor 2:12
NBC News and Music of Reminiscence 14:43
December 8, 1941 13:18
FDR World News Today 14:44
FDR Fireside Chat 28:04
Japanese Attacks In Philippines 4:02
December 10, 1941 16:17
Congress Declares War On Germany 12:49
The March Of Time 24:23
Benito Mussolini Discorso 0:33
December 11, 1941 0:04
Pearl Harbor 23:42
We Hold These Truths 1:00:04
December 15, 1941 28:08
They Started Something 1:01
Good-Bye Mama I'm Off To Yokohama 1:57
News of the World 26:27
Sammy Kaye Remember Pearl Harbor 1:43
Fall Of Wake Island 0:29
The White House Christmas Tree 3:56
December 24, 1941 4:24
December 24, 1941 30:15
Churchill to U.S. Congress 1:17
Germany Calling 25:06
Winston Churchill Preparation, Liberation, Assault 40:07
Were Gonna Have To Slap The Dirty Little Jap 2:36
Sybil Irving, Australian Women's Army Service 7:33
Battle Of Britain A Radio Dramatisation 57:35
California Governor Olson On Japanese Residents 1:12
Charles Lindbergh On U.S. Non-Intervention 0:27

Reviews

the report ordering black out


(5 stars)

The report ordering blackout across the West coast was just plane creepy. I can’t imagine going though that.

Good Audio History


(5 stars)

To WA4CZD I say Thank You very much for putting this collection of News and radio broadcasts together from the time before the U.S entry to the entry into the war. If we could use these shows in our schools it would help to educate students on how important radio was in bringing information to the peoples attention during the war years.

Historical value


(5 stars)

By hearing the actual news of the era (WWII) it makes that time period more immediate for those of us who didn't grow up in the 1940s. It's important that we learn history from the source because without history we will make the same mistakes again and again and again. . .

Thank you so much for archiving!


(5 stars)

I agree with previous comments. First, if we squash learning the full history, we will make the same mistakes again. It WILL happen and is happening even now. Second, people do need to understand the importance of radio. We are now so used to instant news, kids today need to learn that radio changed how news was done. It was the first step toward instant news. Finally, these broadcasts are simply interesting. I try to imagine how people felt when they heard about Pearl Harbor. It was like 9/11 for them. Next year, there will be young adults who were born after 9/11. Already there are young adults who don't remember 9/11 as they were too young. It's so important that we educate these young people about shock, horror and what war really means.

Time Travel with LibriVox


(5 stars)

Doing a little time travel with LibriVOX to December 7, 1941, when amongst the network war news was good old KIRO, the Seattle CBS station, teaching listeners how and how not to get ready for war, starting with preparing to keep the whole west coast dark each night to foil the enemy . Really added to the immediacy to hear other than the big famous broadcasts. thanks for all the trouble you went to, wonderful LibriVOX volunteer WA4CZD! You have the right stuff! I don't know what torrent is, have to check it out\some kind of news archive?

1999417 Radio News


(5 stars)

Yes Thank you for this rare glimpse into 1941. Truly traveling back in time. I like to call it Radio Archeology!!!!!