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$18.95
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(4 hours on 4 Compact Discs)

Eight complete broadcasts from the Golden Age of Radio, designed to bring holiday spirit to the Home Front during World War II. FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (12-16-41) Eight days after America’s entry into World War II McGee has cut down his own Christmas tree. Show opens with “The National Emblem March”. Martha Tilton sings “Thank Your Lucky Stars and Stripes.” Johnson’s Wax, NBC. JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-21-41) Jack is planning a Christmas party and claims many big stars will be attending. As Jack and Mary leave to prepare for the party, Dennis sings Christmas carols. Jell-O, NBC. THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-20-42) With Christmas coming, Gildy has been so busy at the Water Department that he’s been neglecting Leila. Kraft, NBC. CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (12-21-42) “A Child Is Born” stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in an original play about the Nativity, DuPont, NBC. KRAFT MUSIC HALL (12-16-43) Bing Crosby stars, with Ukie, The Charioteers, The Music Maids and Lee, Trudy Erwin, announcer Ken Carpenter, John Scott Trotter and the Orchestra, and guests Joan Davis and Phil Silvers. Bing sings “White Christmas”. Kraft, NBC. SUSPENSE (12-23-43) “Back For Christmas” Peter Lorre as an eccentric botany professor plants a “Devil’s Garden” in his cellar just before he and his wife are due to sail to America. Announcer Frank Martin. Roma Wines, CBS. LIFE OF RILEY (12-17-44) Riley receives a package marked “Do Not Open Until Christmas. American Meat Institute, NBC BLUE. CHARLIE McCARTHY SHOW (12-24-44) Bergen promised Charlie a gift if he can memorize “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Professor Gazolla gives Charlie a voice lesson. Don Ameche reads “The American Prayer.” AFRS

   
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$29.95
#DBP282
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)

WORLD WAR II from 1938–1941– March of Time (2-10-38); Adolf Hitler (9-1-39); CBS News (9-3-39); FDR speaks on the outbreak of war in Europe (9-3-39); Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (9-15-39); Edward R. Murrow (9-17-39); H. V. Kaltenborn (9-21-39); CBS News (12-7-39); FDR State of the Union Address (1-30-40); The World Today news program (7-1-40); Selective Service Lottery (10-29-40); Milwaukee’s First draftee (10-29-40); FDR’s return to Washington after being elected to a third term (11-7-40); Edward R. Murrow (12-31-40); Elmer Davis reports (12-31-40); World News Today (4-4-41); Walter Winchell (5-18-41); Columbia Covers the War (6-1-41); United Press On The Air (6-7-41); The World Today (12-6-41).
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$29.95
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(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)

RADIO COVERS WORLD WAR II – From Pearl Harbor to D-Day to V-J Day, here are selected CBS news broadcasts from the WW II years, with reports by John Daly, Douglas Edwards, Albert Warner, Robert Trout, Edward R. Murrow, Quincy Howe, George Fielding Elliott, Elmer Davis, Charles Colingwood, Eric Sevareid, Webley Edwards, Bill Slocombe Jr., Lee White, Chester Morrison, Bill Downes, Charles Shaw, Richard C. Hotalet, Larry Leseur and others, providing an overview of radio’s global coverage of the Second World War.
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$29.95
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(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)

RADIO COVERS D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944– Selected news reports and special programming covering the Allied invasion of France and the beginning of the end of World War II. Included: D-Day News Specials; Light of the World; Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories; Kate Smith Speaks; Passing Parade; Ginny Simms Show; Fibber McGee and Molly; President Roosevelt’s address to the nation; Bob Hope Show; Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians; Red Skelton Show; George Hicks’ dramatic on-the-scene description of the D-Day landing and invasion.
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$12.95
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(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)

G.I. JIVE WITH G.I. JILL– Hear 10 quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service broadcasts with Jill –Martha Wilkerson– playing the top recordings as requested by servicemen around the world during WW II. The G.I.s loved her and her “girl-back-home” sign-off: “Good morning to some of you... good afternoon to some more of you... and to the rest of you... good night.”
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$12.95
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(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)

G.I. JIVE WITH G.I. JILL – Here are 10 more quarter-hour broadcasts with every serviceman’s favorite radio girlfriend.
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$12.95
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(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)

G.I. JILL’S ALL-TIME JUKEBOX Jill was so popular that military listeners wanted to hear more, so this 30-minute series was also created. This set provides a quartet of shows including a pair of special Christmas-time broadcasts from 1945 and 1946 with Jill recalling the songs that were popular during Christmas seasons past and adding some personal memories.
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(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE – produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service during and just after World War II, this all-star series of programs featured the greatest stars of stage, screen and radio, donating their services as a contribution to the war effort. Three complete programs:
DICK TRACY IN B FLAT (2-15-45) Hour-long show billed as “The First Comic Strip Opera of All Time,” this spoof of Chester Gould’s popular Dick Tracy boasts one of the greatest casts ever assembled on one stage for a single radio broadcast: Bing Crosby as Dick Tracy; Dinah Shore as Tess Trueheart; Harry Von Zell as Old Judge Hooper; Jerry Colonna as Police Chief; Bob Hope as Flattop; Jimmy Durante as The Mole; Judy Garland as Snowflake; Frank Sinatra as Shakey; Cass Daley as Gravel Gertie; Frank Morgan as Vitamin Flintheart; Andrews Sisters as Summer Sisters.
JUDY’S NEW PICTURE (6-29-44) Judy Garland, Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra star when Judy “auditions” leading men for her new motion picture.
FRANKIE AND THE KIDS (4-16-45) Emcee Frank Sinatra welcomes Frances Langford, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O’Brien, Roddy McDowell, Peggy Ann Garner, and Gary, Philip, Dennis and Lindsay Crosby. Frankie takes a beating at the hand of these kids.
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$29.95
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(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)

JACK BENNY AND WORLD WAR II–Specially selected remote broadcasts from military bases during WW II: (12-7-41) Program interrupted by civil defense and war bulletins; (10-11-42) From Army Air Base at Santa Ana, California, with guest Barbara Stanwyck; (10-18-42) Jack donates his Maxwell to the war effort; (11-15-42) Jack becomes a house-husband while Mary gets a job in a defense plant. Dorothy Lamour guests; (11-29-42) Three Men in a Tank; (10-10-43) Jack’s back from a three-month overseas tour; (1-23-44) Guest is Alexis Smith; (2-6-44) Jack recalls his WW I Navy duty; (3-14-44) Jack gives income tax advice to Dennis; (4-23-44) supporting Canada’s Sixth Victory Loan; (11-19-44) Larry Adler guests for show at Carona, California Naval Hospital; (4-8-44) From Tunney General Hospital in Palm Springs with guest William Powell.
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Best of Those Were The Days · Books · Christmas/Holiday Features · Comedy · Fall/Halloween Features · Featured Items
Franklyn MacCormack · Jack Benny · Music and Big Bands · Mystery/Drama/Adventure · Specials and Documentaries· World War II

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