When Radio Ruled #112 - SoundScape 1939 part 2

1939 was the year the country woke up to the horrific scale of the death to come on land, sea, and in the air

 

Seems obvious now, but at the time lots of people thought the first great war   had been so terrible it could never happen again. I wish they had been right.

 

The Soundscapes for 1939 series is the story of optimism to pessimism, of hope to resignation, compromise to confrontation through a tapestry of OTR clips.

 

Here is part 2, Curated clips broadcast chronologically January 12 to January 23, 1939. The early, hopeful days in 1939.

 

Highlights include

Do we have a free press or don't we?

Better food with less kitchen time!

Mutiny on the Bounty descendants on Pitcairn island.

How Jack Benny saved Fred Allen's life!

 

Featured Performers include:

America's Town Hall of the Air

Orson Welles

Kenny Baker

Jack Benny

Mary Livingston

Don Wilson

Phil Harris Orchestra

Cecil B Demille

Fred MacMurray

Paulette Goddard

Floyd Gibbons

The Family Doctor

Artie Shaw Orchestra featuring Helen Forrest

Eddie Cantor

Fanny Brice

George Arliss

And more!