1940 Radio News


(4.7 stars; 17 reviews)

Experience the news from 1940 with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world during that year.

While these files may not be fully available on archive.org, this collection serves as a valuable resource for those interested in historical news broadcasts. Any errors or typos in the content are my own.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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MBS In Review 1939 58:26
Prince Olaf Of Norway To Norwegians Living Abroad 1:55
The News Congress Convenes Tomorrow 4:44
CBS Today In Europe 12:34
CBS Today in Europe 12:34
Lord Haw Haw The Sinking of the Graf Spee 0:34
Lord Haw Haw Germany Not Going To Invade Balkans 1:19
Kaltenborn Edits The News FDR & The Reporters 12:01
Winston Churchill Free Trade Hall Manchester Heckler 55:23
The Ear of Britain 37:07
Glenn Miller Live from the Cafe Rouge 31:03
The Daughter Of Lillian Russell 30:11
Europe Speculates On Sumner Welles Visit 4:37
Supreme Court Sets Aside Florida Negro Decision 4:48
Finnish Losses On Mannerheim Line 0:22
Lord Haw Haw The Altmark Incident 0:37
Lord Haw Haw Mocks Winston Churchill 0:30
The Navy Is Here 4:07
Elmer Davis & The News British Arctic Fleet Watches Russians 4:39
Lord Haw Haw British Minister Of Misinformation 0:31
Lord Haw Haw Mocks British Fear Of German Bombs 0:31
NBC News Of The World 14:13
March 31, 1940 4:47
Japanese Reorganizing Nanking Government 4:48
Germans Raid Scapa Flow In Orkneys 4:43
PTT French Premier Paul Reynaud Appeals For U.S. Aid 0:22
Alvar Liddell On Invasion Of Denmark & Norway 0:26
German Liner Bremen Has Been Sunk 14:19
Lord Haw Haw Denmark & Norway 1:28
Lord Haw Haw Russo-Finnish War Concluded 13:02
War News 12:54
Scandinavian Update 13:16
Probable That Germans Hold Dombas, Norway 4:49
Germans Have Taken Dombas 4:47
British Forces Withdraw In Norway 0:20
Kentucky Derby 2:22
CBS Murrow On Non-Confidence Debate In Commons 1:10
Unusual Precautions In The Netherlands 4:47
AVRO Proclamation Of Queen Wilhelmina On The Attack On Holland 0:25
May 10, 1940 BBC Chamberlain Resigns As Prime Minister 0:27
Holland And Belgium Invaded 0:18
War News From England 2:43
Germans Invade Low Countries 4:16
May 10, 1940 14:47
Hubert Pierlot Dénonce L'invasion De La Belgique 0:25
Germans Advance In The Netherlands 4:45
Elmer Davis Reports On First Day Of Blitzkrieg 1:06
3rd Day of German Advances In The Netherlands 4:15
Bernard Stubbs On The BEF Advance Into Belgium 1:05
Winston Churchill The New Administration 5:11
Germans Ahead Of Schedule In Low Countries 4:44
German Advance On Antwerp 0:39
BBC Sec State Anthony Eden Calls For Local Defense Volunteers 1:05
Dutch Army Surrenders 0:57
Sonny Boy Williamson War Time Blues 2:56
Churchill's 1st Speech As PM 0:27
Winston Churchill First Speech As Prime Minister 11:06
I Was There Wilson Vs Hughes Election 29:47
A Biography of Hitler 15:02
Germans Push Toward Channel Ports 4:45
Elmer Davis & The News Allies Counter & Retake Arras 0:28
Battles In France & Belgium Undecided 4:46
The Story Behind The Headlines: Third Invasion Of France 14:25
May 27, 1940 29:24
Winston Churchill On Capitulation Of Belgium 2:41
Lord Haw Haw - Holland & Belgium Invaded 13:48
Lord Haw Haw Holland & Belgium Invaded 13:52
An Appeal For Boating Skills 0:26
May 30, 1940 15:09
Bernard Stubbs On Evacuated Troops From Dunkirk 1:20
Bernard Stubbs On Evacuated Troops In London 0:23
BBC Bernard Stubbs Reports On The Returning Troops 4:22
Bernard Stubbs Trains Full of Evacuatees 0:23
Troops From Dunkirk 1:20
RAF Dispatched To Dunkirk 1:23
Edward R. Murrow On Dunkirk 3:30
Germans Near Dunkirk 3:48
June 2, 1940 11:04
BBC Dunkirk Evacuation BEF Experiences 9:35
Germans Bomb Paris 4:40
Churchill News Of Dunkirk 1:10
We Shall Never Surrender 12:13
Germans Capture Dunkirk 4:43
J.B. Priestly Pays Homage To The Small Boats Of Dunkirk 3:08
J.B. Priestly On Dunkirk 2:27
June 6, 1940 5:48
Charles Martin Describes Dunkirk 0:47
Benito Mussolini Italy Declares War On Allies 0:47
June 10, 1940 3:27
Paul Reynaud à Tours - La France Ne Peut Pas Mourir 0:21
BBC Eyewitness Account From Paris 4:13
CBS Rebroadcasts Nazi Announcement 0:43
Last Marseillaise Broadcast As Paris Falls 1:18
Nazi Radio Announces Fall Of Paris 0:20
Winston Churchill: Their Finest Hour 29:47
Princess Juliana Of The Netherlands On Asylum In Canada 5:18
Churchill's Finest Hour 1:35
June 19, 1940 3:45
French To Surrender Tomorrow 4:43
Elmer Davis And The News 0:29
NBC News of the World 14:29
Eric Sevareid On The Fall Of Paris 0:15
William C. Kirker On French Armistice At Compiegne 1:44
CAN Wm Shirer Coverage Of French Surrender 2:35
French Receive Armistice Terms 0:42
French Surrender 4:51
CBS NBC Coverage of French Surrender 25:13
June 21, 1940 14:42
Lord Haw Haw The Fall of France 13:52
Charles DeGaulle à la Résistance Contre L'occupant Allemand 1:54
French-German Armistice Signed 4:43
Conversation Téléphonique Entre Le Général Huntziger Et Le Général W 0:35
June 22, 1940 14:30
Verne Marshall Nominates Hanford MacNider 24:43
Lord Haw Haw British Invasion Looms 14:05
July 1, 1940 12:31
Arthur Mann In London 0:06
Bombing of Caen 1:09
Charles Gardner On Convoy Attack & Dogfight 3:34
More On Dogfight 1:02
Dogfight Over The Channel 1:26
Winston Churchill War Of The Unknown Warrior 17:46
MBS News Sigrid Schulz From Berlin 9:28
Democratic Convention Opened Today 0:52
FDR To State 3rd Term Shortly 4:01
Elmer Davis & The News Wheeler Withdraws As Candidate 3:52
NBCR News Carlton Smith Eleanor Roosevelt 13:44
Hitler offered peace to Britain in a speech 13:38
Havana Inter-American Conference Opens 4:38
July 22, 1940 0:16
Germans Say Die Is Cast 3:53
July 23, 1940 14:38
Lord Beaverbrook On Aircraft Production 7:50
July 27, 1940 0:49
CBS European War 14:37
August 14, 1940 0:26
Battle of Britain 14:35
August 16, 1940 1:08
August 19, 1940 14:44
Winston Churchill The First Year 10:31
BBC Convoy Shelled In Straits Of Dover 4:50
Trafalgar Blitz 1:39
Wartime Recipes 1:10
CBS Murrow on Blackout 1:06
London After Dark 29:39
Blitz Effects 3:47
Dangers Of Combat 6:00
Heavy Damage In Night Raids Over Britain 3:49
September 2, 1940 15:02
FDR Pledges 50 Destroyers To Britain 3:54
Boy Finds A Dog 28:41
A Londoner On Shelters And The Blitz 2:17
175 German Aircraft Destroyed 0:36
Robin Duff Covers Convoy Attack Off Dover 1:04
Winston Churchill House Of Commons Secret Session 10:34
One Raid In Eight Reaches London 3:50
CBS Blitz Edward R. Murrow 0:46
September 20, 1940 15:09
London Rooftop Blitz 4:13
J. Edgar Hoover On The Opponents Of War Preparedness 2:04
September 29, 1940 1:00:36
Robin Duff in Air Raid Shelter 0:43
October 10, 1940 14:37
Pepsodent Presents Sunday Night At 8 25:10
Princess Elizabeth & Margaret Speak To Evacuated Children 0:42
October 15, 1940 1:36
Winston Churchill Pledge To Free France 10:59
October 21, 1940 0:29
Winston Churchill To France (En Français, Pt1) 0:31
October 27, 1940 32:51
Maréchal Pétain Collaboration Franco-allemande 0:23
Pepsodent Presents Sunday Night At 8 26:11
November 15, 1940 0:35
Coventry Cathedral Destroyed 2:21
Berlin And Moscow Claim Victory 14:43
London War At Night 3:53
British Request Aid From U.S. 4:46
FDR Outlines British Finance Plans 3:52
Mixed Reception For FDR Aid Plan 4:46
Kaltenborn Edits The News FDR To Appoint New Defense Council 14:31
Robin Duff Sees London Burning 2:07
December 23, 1940 17:25
Grim Christmas In London 1:49
December 25, 1940 27:34
December 31, 1940 0:39
December 1, 1940 1:25
BBC Girl Tells Of Bomb Shelters 0:25
Lili Marleen 3:48
NBBS New British Broadcasting Station ID Nazi 0:32

Reviews

priceless


(5 stars)

I have begun studying WW2. These broadcasts turn written pages into human experiences. Thank you and Librevox for posting them

Inquiry on Rights/Licensing - Phenomenal Collection!


(5 stars)

This is such an amazing collection! I am interested in using some of these broadcasts in a sound art piece to be used with a musical production on the ATA Girls of WWII. Would you know which if any are in the public domain, or who to contact to acquire licensing for use? Thank you very much for such a fascinating collection! We can be reached at arhavermann@gmail.com.


(5 stars)

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for sharing this!!!