Broadcast 1945-04-12. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
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12 April 1945
The Death of Roosevelt
Networks dropped commercial programming entirely. The funeral train was described live as it moved north.
39 recordings · 7 broadcasters · 14 days
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12 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-12. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-12. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-12. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-12. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-12. Mutual Broadcasting System. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-12. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
13 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-13. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-13. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-13. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-13. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-13. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
14 April 1945
The National Archives Collection
Description Of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Funeral Train And Procession
14 Apr 1945 · 2h 3m
"This sound recording captures a National Broadcasting Company (NBC) correspondent's report of the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral train at Union Station, Washington, DC, and the procession from Union Plaza down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House."National Archives Identifier: 2353526
15 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-15. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-15. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
New World a Coming 43 Memorial to Franklin D Roosevelt
15 Apr 1945 · 29 min
Broadcast 1945-04-15. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-15. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-15. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-15. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
16 April 1945
The National Archives Collection
Address Of Harry S. Truman At His First Official Appearance Before Congress As President
16 Apr 1945 · 30 min
National Archives Identifier: 2353528
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
President Truman Addesses Congress After FDRs Funeral
16 Apr 1945 · 6 min
Broadcast 1945-04-16. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
17 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-17. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
President Truman On The Death Of President Roosevelt
17 Apr 1945 · 3 min
Broadcast 1945-04-17. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-17. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
18 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-18. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
19 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-19. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-19. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
20 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-20. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
21 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-21. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
22 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-22. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-22. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-22. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
23 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-23. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
24 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-24. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-24. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
25 April 1945
Broadcast 1945-04-25. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-25. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
The National Archives Collection
Harry S. Truman's Address To The Opening Of The San Francisco Conference Drafting The United Nation's Charter
25 Apr 1945 · 12 min
"This sound recording captures a broadcast made by President Harry S. Truman from the White House to the conference in San Francisco that drafted the United Nation's (U.N.) Charter. On the task facing the new U.N. organization, he said: 'With ever-increasing brutality and destruction, modern warfare, if unchecked, would ultimately crush all civilization....The essence of our problem here is to provide sensible machinery for the settlement of disputes among nations.'"ARC Identifier 2131159
Broadcast 1945-04-25. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).