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 #  Airdate  Episode Name  Notes 
 1  1938-03-13  CBS World News Roundup (22 min)    
 2  1939-03-08  BBC Gas Mask Drill (0 min)    
 3  1939-08-28  CBS European War Crisis (15 min)    
 4  1939-09-01  BBC Evacuation of London (1 min)    
 5  1939-09-03  BBC Pm Chamberlain Declaration of War (1 min)    
 6  1939-09-10  BBC Evacuee Message to Parents (1 min)    
 7  1939-10-13  BBC Princess Elizabeth Aged 14 (1 min)    
 8  1939-10-15  BBC Richard Dimbleby by a French Road (1 min)    
 9  1939-11-11  BBC Queen Elizabeth Fortitude of Women (1 min)    
 10  1939-12-18  BBC Churchill Sinking of Graff Spee (1 min)    
 11  1940-10-xx  BBC Emergency Services Soundbites during B~1 (2 min)    
 12  1940-01-18  CBS Today in Europe (13 min)    
 13  1940-02-27  Prop Lord Haw-Haw William Joyce (1 min)    
 14  1940-04-09  BBC Alvar Liddell Invasion of Denmark Norway (0 min)    
 15  1940-05-08  BBC Ed Murrow No Confidence Debate in Comm~1 (1 min)    
 16  1940-05-10  BBC Chamberlain Resigns (0 min)    
 17  1940-05-13  BBC Bernard Stubbs Advance into Belgium (1 min)    
 18  1940-05-14  BBC Anthony Eden Sec of State for War Ldv ~1 (1 min)    
 19  1940-05-14  BBC Charles Gardner Attempt Stop German Ad~1 (1 min)    
 20  1940-05-19  BBC Churchill's 1st Speech As Pm (0 min)    
 21  1940-05-31  BBC Bernard Stubbs Trains Full of Evacuate~1 (0 min)    
 22  1940-05-31  BBC Bernard Stubbs Troops Arriving from Du~1 (1 min)    
 23  1940-06-05  BBC Jb Priestley on Dunkirk (2 min)    
 24  1940-06-18  BBC Churchill Finest Hour Speech (2 min)    
 25  1940-06-21  CBS-NBC Coverage of French Surrender (25 min)    
 26  1940-07-08  BBC Bill Herbert Bombing of Caen (1 min)    
 27  1940-07-14  BBC Charles Gardner Dog Fight over English~1 (1 min)    
 28  1940-08-16  CBS Battle of Britain (15 min)    
 29  1940-08-24  BBC Ed Murrow on Blackout (1 min)    
 30  1940-08-29  CBS the News from Europe (14 min)    
 31  1940-09-15  BBC Alvar Liddell 175 Aircraft Destroyed (~1 (1 min)    
 32  1940-10-05  BBC Robin Duff in Air Raid Shelter (1 min)    
 33  1940-11-15  BBC Coventry Loudspeaker Announcement (1 min)    
 34  1940-11-15  BBC Reverend Rt Howard Attempt Save Covent~1 (2 min)    
 35  1940-12-20  BBC Robin Duff Sees London Burning (2 min)    
 36  1940-12-31  BBC Herbert Morrison Minister for Home Sec~1 (1 min)    
 37  1941-01-05  BBC Bruce Belfrage (0 min)    
 38  1941-01-10  BBC Alan Howland (0 min)    
 39  1941-05-24  BBC German Announcment Sinking Hms Hood (1 min)    
 40  1941-05-31  BBC 1st Sea Lord Av Alexander Sinking of B~1 (1 min)    
 41  1941-06-22  BBC Churchill on Hitler -'Guttersnipe' Inv~1 (1 min)    
 42  1941-09-05  BBC Frank Phillips (0 min)    
 43  1941-09-08  BBC Alvar Liddell Air Raid on Berlin (1 min)    
 44  1941-11-11  BBC Robert Dougall with Convoy in Atlantic~1 (1 min)    
 45  1941-12-07  BBC Alvar Liddell Japanese Attack Pearl Ha~1 (1 min)    
 46  1941-12-07  Ny Philharmonic Bulletins (17 min)    
 47  1941-12-07  The World Today (29 min)    
 48  1941-12-07  World Today (29 min)    
 49  1941-12-08  BBC Roosevelt (2 min)    
 50  1941-12-08  BBC Wilfred Pickles News on the Far East (1 min)    
 51  1941-12-26  BBC Churchill in Washington to Congress (1 min)    
 52  1942-02-11  News of the World (15 min)    
 53  1942-02-25  News of the World (12 min)    
 54  1942-04-20  Mobil Gas News Service (15 min)    
 55  1942-06-04  BBC Capt William Graves Batle of Midway (2 min)    
 56  1942-06-15  BBC Giles Playfair Last Days of Singapore (1 min)    
 57  1942-08-17  BBC Freddy Grisewood Saving Fuel (1 min)    
 58  1942-10-01  BBC Montgomery to Troops El Alemein (2 min)    
 59  1942-11-01  BBC Godfrey Talbot Watches Tanks at El Ale~1 (2 min)    
 60  1942-11-04  BBC Bruce Belfrage 'Excellent News' (1 min)    
 61  1942-12-19  BBC Godfrey Talbot Christmas with 8th Army (2 min)    
 62  1942-12-20  World News Today (24 min)    
 63  1943-02-09  BBC Paul Winterton on Stalingrad (2 min)    
 64  1943-02-09  BBC Robert Robinson Victory Stalingrad (1 min)    
 65  1943-05-13  BBC Frank Gillard German Surrender N Africa (1 min)    
 66  1943-06-22  BBC Cdr Kimmins on Invasion of Sicily (1 min)    
 67  1943-07-01  News of the World (13 min)    
 68  1943-07-25  BBC Maurice Shillington Mussolini Resigns (0 min)    
 69  1943-07-25  World News Today (24 min)    
 70  1943-08-08  World News Today (24 min)    
 71  1943-08-17  BBC Garry Marsh Patton Enters Messines (1 min)    
 72  1943-08-22  BBC Frank Gillard Town Band in Lentini (1 min)    
 73  1943-09-03  BBC in a Lancaster over Berlin (2 min)    
 74  1943-09-03  BBC Mongomery Announces Landings in Italy (1 min)    
 75  1943-10-13  BBC Freddy Grisewood Italy at War with Ger~1 (1 min)    
 76  1943-10-24  World News Today (24 min)    
 77  1943-12-06  BBC Freddy Grisewood Great Powers Meeting ~1 (1 min)    
 78  1943-12-26  World News Today (25 min)    
 79  1944-01-16  World News Today (25 min)    
 80  1944-01-26  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas Anzio (1 min)    
 81  1944-01-30  World News Today (24 min)    
 82  1944-02-06  World News Today (25 min)    
 83  1944-02-20  World News Today (24 min)    
 84  1944-02-27  World News Today (25 min)    
 85  1944-03-05  World News Today (24 min)    
 86  1944-03-12  World News Today (25 min)    
 87  1944-03-19  World News Today (25 min)    
 88  1944-03-26  BBC Churchill on Allied Victories (1 min)    
 89  1944-03-26  World News Today (25 min)    
 90  1944-03-31  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas (2 min)    
 91  1944-04-02  World News Today (25 min)    
 92  1944-04-20  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas Springtime Anzio (2 min)    
 93  1944-05-05  BBC Richard Dimbleby Watches Airborne Troops (1 min)    
 94  1944-05-17  BBC Godfrey Talbot in Monte Cassino (2 min)    
 95  1944-06-03  BBC Robin Duff on Sealed Ship (1 min)    
 96  1944-06-04  BBC Frank Gillard on Build up to D-Day (1 min)    
 97  1944-06-05  BBC Rome Welcomes the Allies (1 min)    
 98  1944-06-06  BBC Alan Melville Sees Paratroops (0 min)    
 99  1944-06-06  BBC Chester Willmot in Glider (1 min)    
 100  1944-06-06  BBC Chester Willmot Sees Gliders (0 min)    
 101  1944-06-06  BBC Colin Wills Lands with Infantry (0 min)    
 102  1944-06-06  BBC Eisenhower to Western Europe (0 min)    
 103  1944-06-06  BBC John Snagge D-Day Has Come (1 min)    
 104  1944-06-06  BBC Robin Duff Mid-Channel to Normandy (0 min)    
 105  1944-06-08  BBC Guy Byam Parachutes into France (1 min)    
 106  1944-06-08  BBC Michael Standing on French Civilians (1 min)    
 107  1944-06-14  BBC Alan Melville Hermanville Church Bells (1 min)    
 108  1944-06-17  BBC Frank Gillard Takes Cover (0 min)    
 109  1944-08-06  BBC Frank Phillips Hiroshima (0 min)    
 110  1944-08-06  World News Today (25 min)    
 111  1944-08-13  World News Today (25 min)    
 112  1944-08-17  BBC Ed Murrow Counts Parachutes in Holland (1 min)    
 113  1944-08-20  World News Today (25 min)    
 114  1944-08-25  BBC Richard Wessell Paris Liberated (2 min)    
 115  1944-08-26  BBC Robert Reid Snipers Fire at Degaulle (1 min)    
 116  1944-08-27  World News Today (25 min)    
 117  1944-09-03  World News Today (26 min)    
 118  1944-09-10  World News Today (25 min)    
 119  1944-09-17  BBC John Snagge Invasion of Holland (0 min)    
 120  1944-09-20  BBC Stanley Maxted Cut off with Airborn (2 min)    
 121  1944-09-24  World News Today (26 min)    
 122  1944-09-44  BBC Montgomery (1 min)    
 123  1944-10-01  World News Today (25 min)    
 124  1944-10-15  World News Today (25 min)    
 125  1944-10-22  World News Today (25 min)    
 126  1944-10-29  World News Today (25 min)    
 127  1944-11-01  BBC Audrey Russell Interviews Bomb Victim (1 min)    
 128  1944-12-18  BBC Robert Barr Ardennes Withdrawal (1 min)    
 129  1944-12-24  BBC Mountbatten 'Not Forgotten' Front (1 min)    
 130  1945-02-19  BBC Sgt Richard Mawson on Iwa Jima (2 min)    
 131  1945-03-08  BBC Churchill Crosses Rhine (Est Date) (1 min)    
 132  1945-03-08  BBC Freddy Grisewood Remagen Bridge Crossed (0 min)    
 133  1945-03-08  BBC Ian Wilson Americans over the Rhine (0 min)    
 134  1945-03-21  BBC Richard Sharp with Gen Slim Mandalay (2 min)    
 135  1945-03-24  BBC Richard Dimbleby (4 min)    
 136  1945-03-24  BBC Richard Dimbleby in Halifax Tow Plane (1 min)    
 137  1945-03-24  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas Crossing the Rhine (2 min)    
 138  1945-03-25  BBC Robert Barr (1 min)    
 139  1945-03-25  BBC Stanley Maxted Is Wounded on Glider La~1 (2 min)    
 140  1945-03-28  BBC Stuart McPherson (1 min)    
 141  1945-03-31  BBC Edward Ward (4 min)    
 142  1945-03-31  BBC Edward Ward on Release from Oflag Xxiib (1 min)    
 143  1945-04-08  BBC Richard Dimbleby (2 min)    
 144  1945-04-19  BBC Richard Dimbleby in Belsen (1 min)    
 145  1945-04-23  BBC Edward Ward (Celebrating) (1 min)    
 146  1945-04-24  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas (4 min)    
 147  1945-04-25  BBC Freddy Grisewood Frank Gillard at Torgau (1 min)    
 148  1945-04-30  Prop Lord Haw-Haw's Last Broadcast (2 min)    
 149  1945-04-31  BBC Robert Reid (2 min)    
 150  1945-05-01  BBC Stuart Hibberd Hitler Is Dead (0 min)    
 151  1945-05-02  BBC Berlin Has Fallen (1 min)    
 152  1945-05-03  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas Troops Surrender~1 (1 min)    
 153  1945-05-04  BBC Chester Wilmot at Montgomery's Hq for ~1 (0 min)    
 154  1945-05-04  BBC Montgomery Reads Surrender Terms Luneb~1 (1 min)    
 155  1945-05-07  BBC John Snagge (1 min)    
 156  1945-05-07  BBC John Snagge Announces Ve Day (1 min)    
 157  1945-05-07  BBC Thomas Cadett Sees Jodl Surrender (3 min)    
 158  1945-05-08  BBC Churchill Announces Surrender (2 min)    
 159  1945-05-08  BBC Howard Marshall Shares Day with Crowds (1 min)    
 160  1945-05-08  BBC King George Vi (1 min)    
 161  1945-05-08  BBC Montgomery (1 min)    
 162  1945-05-08  BBC Truman 'Wish Roosevelt Had Lived' (0 min)    
 163  1945-05-09  BBC Thomas Cadett (1 min)    
 164  1945-05-09  BBC Thomas Cadett in Berlin (2 min)    
 165  1945-05-19  BBC Matthew Halton in Holland (1 min)    
 166  1945-08-08  BBC Grp-Capt Cheshire Witnesses Nagasaki B~1 (2 min)    
 167  1945-08-15  BBC Atlee Surrender of Japan (1 min)    
 168  1945-08-15  BBC Crowds Celebrate Vj Day (1 min)    
 169  1945-08-15  BBC King George Vi to the Empire (1 min)    
 170  1945-08-15  BBC Wynford Vaughn-Thomas in Piccadilly Ci~1 (1 min)    
 171  1945-09-01  BBC Macarthur Holy Mission (2 min)    
 172  1945-11-04  BBC Sgt Frank Foster on Building Burma Rai~1 (1 min)    

 

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