World War II on the air : Edward R. Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation / Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi ; CD narrated by Dan Rather

Object Details

Contents

CD track list : Introduction -- Anschluss / Edward R. Murrow -- Eve of war / Edward R. Murrow -- War is declared / Edward R. Murrow -- Peace of sorts / William L. Shirer -- Phony war / Edward R. Murrow & William L. Shirer -- Hitler's return / Mary Marvin Breckinridge -- Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium invaded / William L. Shirer -- Chamberlain resigns / Edward R. Murrow -- German bombing of Paris / Eric Sevareid -- Italy to enter war / Cecil Brown -- Dunkirk/Churchill : we shall never surrender / Edward R. Murrow -- German troops enter Paris / William L. Shirer -- France surrenders at Compiegne Forest / William L. Shirer -- London after dark / Edward R. Murrow -- Bombs over Berlin / William L. Shirer -- London is burning / Edward R. Murrow -- Few German pilots / Edward R. Murrow -- Rooftop air raid / Edward R. Murrow -- Christmas/so long and good luck / Edward R. Murrow -- Bombing has been heavy / Edward R. Murrow -- Big Ben bombed / Larry LeSueur -- Japanese embassy / Eric Sevareid -- Day which will live in infamy / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Repulse sunk, Brown saved / Cecil Brown -- Suicide job of the 1942 war / Larry LeSueur -- Algiers / Charles Colllingwood -- Axis retreat in North Africa / Winston Burdett -- Invasion of Sicily / Winston Burdett -- Chinese situation / Eric Sevareid -- Race for the possession of Italy / Winston Burdett -- Orchestrated hell / Edward R. Murrow -- Capture of Rome / Winston Burdett -- Sterner stuff lies ahead / Edward R. Murrow -- Eisenhower's Order of the day/D-Day / Edward R. Murrow -- Flying over Normandy / Richard C. Hottelet -- Utah Beach / Charles Collingwood -- Liberation of Paris (premature report) / Richard C. Hottelet -- Paris not yet free / Larry LeSueur -- Market Garden/parachute drop / Edward R. Murrow -- Street fighting / Richard C. Hottelet -- Crossing the Rhine / Howard K. Smith -- Paratroopers / Bill Downs -- Buchenwald / Edward R. Murrow -- V-E Day in New York / William L. Shirer -- V-E Day in Piccadilly Circus / Edward R. Murrow -- 9:15 over Hiroshima / Edward R. Murrow

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2003

C2003

Author

Bernstein, Mark 1950 January 30-

Lubertozzi, Alex

Subject

Murrow, Edward R

Type

Biography

Personal narratives, American

Physical description

xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place

United States

Topic

Journalists

World War, 1939-1945

Record ID

siris_sil_721624

Usage

CC0