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Propaganda

Both sides, working the microphone: morale, rumour and the manufactured truth.

70 recordings · 7 broadcasters

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Charles Lindbergh Speaks On US Neutrality

1 Jan 1938 · 9 min

Broadcast 1938-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Germany Calling Sign On

1 Jan 1939 · 0 min

Broadcast 1939-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Sign Off

1 Jan 1939 · 0 min

Broadcast 1939-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

The National Archives Collection

German American Bund Rally Address By Its Leader Fritz Kuhn

20 Feb 1939 · 12 min

"This sound recording is a compilation of several excerpts from a German-American Bund rally in which leader Fritz Kuhn addressed a crowd at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. In it, he remarked: We, the German-American Bund, organized as American citizens with American ideals and determined to protect ourselves, our homes, our wives and children against the slimy conspirators who would change this glorious republic into the inferno of a Bolshevik paradise."National Archives Identifier: 2803258

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw NY Times Reports Cruiser Exeter Damaged

13 Dec 1939 · 0 min

Broadcast 1939-12-13. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

New British Broadcasting Station ID Nazi

1 Jan 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw The Sinking Of The Graf Spee

20 Jan 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-01-20. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Germany Not Going Invade Balkans

21 Jan 1940 · 1 min

Broadcast 1940-01-21. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw The Altmark Incident

16 Feb 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-02-16. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Mocks Winston Churchill

18 Feb 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-02-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw British Minister Of Misinformation

27 Feb 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-02-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Mocks British Fear Of German Bombs

27 Feb 1940 · 0 min

Broadcast 1940-02-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Denmark Norway

9 Apr 1940 · 1 min

Broadcast 1940-04-09. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Russo Finnish War Concluded

13 Apr 1940 · 13 min

Broadcast 1940-04-13. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Scandinavian Update Schmidt Smith

16 Apr 1940 · 13 min

Broadcast 1940-04-16. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Holland Belgium Invaded

28 May 1940 · 13 min

Broadcast 1940-05-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw The Fall Of France

21 Jun 1940 · 13 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw British Invasion Looms

28 Jun 1940 · 14 min

Broadcast 1940-06-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Charles Lindbergh On US Non Intervention

1 Jan 1941 · 0 min

Broadcast 1941-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

CBS World News

Elmer Davis The News Charles Lindbergh Opposes Lend lease

23 Jan 1941 · 4 min

Broadcast 1941-01-23. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw La Tribuna Denies German Aims In Balkans

1 Mar 1941 · 2 min

Broadcast 1941-03-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

The National Archives Collection

Propaganda Broadcast by "Paul Revere"

9 Sep 1941 · 14 min

"This is a sound recording of a propaganda broadcast by 'Paul Revere' (Douglas Chandler, an American citizen) from the heart of Nazi Germany on the eve of the third anniversary of the Axis Pact. In the broadcast, Chandler lauded the Axis victories and castigated the opponents of world progress led by 'Churchill the Charlatan' and 'Roosevelt the Renegade.'"National Archives Identifier: 2188111

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Lindberghs America First Committee Speech in Des Moines Iowa

11 Sep 1941 · 9 min

Broadcast 1941-09-11. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Germany Calling

28 Dec 1941 · 25 min

Broadcast 1941-12-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Paul Revere aka Douglas Chandler

1 Jan 1942 · 0 min

Broadcast 1942-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Robert Best Against US Action

1 Jan 1942 · 4 min

Broadcast 1942-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Radio Tokyo

Station DEBUNK Another Sign On

1 Jan 1942 · 0 min

Broadcast 1942-01-01. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Radio Tokyo

Station DEBUNK Sign On

29 Apr 1942 · 0 min

Broadcast 1942-04-29. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Gerrys Front Calling American POW Messages

1 Jan 1943 · 1h 3m

Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Gerrys Front Calling British POW Messages

1 Jan 1943 · 27 min

Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Gerrys Front To Americans w Bruno Swinging Tigers

1 Jan 1943 · 1h 3m

Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Gerrys Front To British w Bruno Swinging Tigers

1 Jan 1943 · 46 min

Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Midge At The Mike

18 May 1943 · 6 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Mildred Gillars Home Sweet Home Part 1

18 May 1943 · 0 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Mildred Gillars Home Sweet Home Part 2

18 May 1943 · 3 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Mildred Gillars Home Sweet Home Part 3

18 May 1943 · 3 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Mildred Gillars Home Sweet Home Part 4

18 May 1943 · 1 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally Mildred Gillars Home Sweet Home Part 5

18 May 1943 · 0 min

Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Germany Calling We Are Waiting for You

17 Apr 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-04-17. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Germany Calling

Axis Sally German Overseas Service

27 Jul 1944 · 50 min

Broadcast 1944-07-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Radio Tokyo

The Zero Hour Hosted By Orphan Anne Iva Toguri

14 Aug 1944 · 28 min

Broadcast 1944-08-14. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

The National Archives Collection

Zero Hour

14 Aug 1944 · 32 min

"This sound recording captures a Japanese broadcast to Allied forces in the South Pacific. The broadcast contained music; war news and commentary; music with "Ann the Orphan," Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American dubbed "Tokyo Rose" by the American military; news from the United States, including news of the Presidential campaign; music; and commentary."National Archives Identifier: 2292471

Radio Tokyo

The Zero Hour Hosted By Orphan Anne Iva Toguri

16 Aug 1944 · 17 min

Broadcast 1944-08-16. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

Radio Tokyo

The Zero Hour Hosted By Orphan Anne Iva Toguri

10 Sep 1944 · 30 min

Broadcast 1944-09-10. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Great Day

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Irene Manning Begin The Beguine

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Johnny Desmond Here We Go Again

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Little Brown Jug

1 Nov 1944 · 3 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Pointsienna

1 Nov 1944 · 5 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Ray McKinley Is You Is Or Is You Aint My Baby

1 Nov 1944 · 3 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Show Closing Theme

1 Nov 1944 · 3 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Show Opening

1 Nov 1944 · 3 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Stormy Weather

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse String Of Pearls

1 Nov 1944 · 4 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Summertime

1 Nov 1944 · 2 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe

Music for the Wehrmacht Glenn Miller And Ilse Volga Boatmen

1 Nov 1944 · 3 min

Broadcast 1944-11-01. ABSIE — American Broadcasting Station in Europe. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).

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