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Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, 1938

April 24, 2009 - 3:04pm by neil
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This was an episode of the American radio drama series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed on October 30, 1938 and aired on the CBS radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7th December 1941

September 2, 2008 - 2:04pm by neil
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The attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a surprise attack against the United States' naval base by the Japanese navy, on the morning of December 7, 1941, resulting in the United States becoming involved in World War II. Two aerial attack waves, totaling 353 aircraft, launched from six Japanese aircraft carriers.

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Announcement of Hitler's death, 1945

September 2, 2008 - 6:51pm by neil
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BBC radio announcement of Hitler's death in April, 1945.

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Martin Luther King "I have a dream..." speech

September 2, 2008 - 6:49pm by neil
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King delivered the speech on August 28, 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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Apollo 11 moon landing, July 21st, 1969.

September 2, 2008 - 6:46pm by neil
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first to land on the Moon. Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969 and carried Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.

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My Father's Father's Job

September 2, 2008 - 6:44pm by neil

My father, Joseph, talks about his father's working life, working in an engineering factory in Enniscorthy in the 1930s and 1940s.

Recording Date: June 23rd, 2008.

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Announcement of JFK assassination.

September 2, 2008 - 6:43pm by neil
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Announcement of JFK having been shot.

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Enniscorthy in the 1920s.

September 2, 2008 - 6:32pm by neil

My father describes this photo of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland in the 1920s.

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My father's summers in Courtnacuddy and Clonroche.

September 2, 2008 - 6:30pm by neil

My fathers childhood summers were spent in the countryside in the south-east of Ireland in County Wexford. Here, he talks about what he used to get up to in the 1940s.

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Number 6, John Street. My father's childhood home.

September 2, 2008 - 6:28pm by neil

My father talks about his childhood home, where he lived until 1955 when he emigrated to England. See also this blog post, based on the same recording.

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Our family home, 1967-75. Surbiton, Greater London.

September 2, 2008 - 6:13pm by neil

My father talks about the house in the south London suburbs that we moved into as the family grew in size.

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How my mother and father met and got married.

September 2, 2008 - 6:10pm by neil

My father talks about how he met our mother, the ups and downs of their early years and his favourite mother-in-law.

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Churchill, "Iron Curtain" speech, 1946.

September 2, 2008 - 6:07pm by neil
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Churchill gave his "Sinews of Peace" address on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.

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President Reagan, Berlin Wall Speech

September 2, 2008 - 6:02pm by neil
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June 12th, 1987

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J.F.Kennedy speech about Cuban missile crisis

September 2, 2008 - 5:52pm by neil
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President Kennedy gives his speech.

(First:) To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. All ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port will, if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers.

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Us Five Kids

September 2, 2008 - 5:49pm by neil

My father talks about the five children that make up our family. The person being interviewed is the Scribas member, WexfordJoe

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