Classic Radio 12-07-24 - Remembering Pearl Harbor

Remembering the events of December 7, 1941 and the attack on Pearl Harbor.

First a look at the events of the day

Then a number of the early reports and analysis of the first hours after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Manila, at the time an American Territory. 

Then CBS World News Today with shortwave reports and news from John Daly and Elmer Davis on the attacks.  That is followed by news and commentary from NBC’s HV Kaltenborn, all from December 7, 1941, 83 years ago.  

Next, The Gulf Screen Guild Theater, originally broadcast December 7, 1941, 83 years ago, Between Americans.  A sound portrait of our country, starring Orson Welles and written by Norman Corwin.  

Followed by This is your FBI, originally broadcast December 7, 1945, 79 years ago, Pearl Harbor. A program marking the 4th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The story of how the FBI protected the security of America before and after the attack, through the FBI's "years of preparations."

Finally Jonathan Thomas and his Christmas on the Moon, originally broadcast December 7, 1938, 86 years ago, Jonathan Has Fallen Under the Witches Spell.  Jonathan Thomas falls off Gorgonzola The Horse, and is fated to sleep for a long, long time. 

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