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Veterans Day Wars From The Past
On this radio show, Tallulah Bankhead reads a letter that Abraham Lincoln wrote. Meredith Willson and His Orchestra perform music for a program celebrating Veterans Day. George M. Cohan sings "Over There" on The Magic Key from 1937. You can hear the bugler who played when World War One ended. Frank Munn, Jean Dickenson, Elizabeth Lenox, The Buckingham Choir, and announcer Milton Cross sing songs from "Eileen" on The American Album Of Familiar Music. Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink talks about radio and war on a program from November 1935. President Roosevelt announces that America is going to war. Richard Mossen describes soldiers landing on Iwo Jima and says it happened on D-Day, even though it really happened eight months after D-Day. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne make their first radio appearance together on a wartime broadcast of "There Shall Be No Night." Kate Smith introduces "God Bless America" on the radio for the first time in November 1938.
Cast & Crew
Ed HerlihyAnnouncer
Fred CollinsAnnouncer
Alfred LuntActor
Frank MunnActor
Franklin RooseveltActor
George M. CohanActor
Jean DickensonActor
Kate SmithActor
Lynn FontanneActor
Milton CrossActor
Tallulah BankheadActor
The Buckingham ChoirActor
Bob MauerDirector
About
Citation
“Veterans Day Wars From The Past.” Recollections At 30. Radio broadcast, November 7, 1956. Radio Index. https://www.radioindex.org/series/recollections-at-30/episodes/veterans-day-wars-from-the-past.
Frequently asked questions
When was “Veterans Day Wars From The Past” broadcast?“Veterans Day Wars From The Past” was broadcast on November 7, 1956 as an episode of Recollections At 30.
What is “Veterans Day Wars From The Past” about?On this radio show, Tallulah Bankhead reads a letter that Abraham Lincoln wrote. Meredith Willson and His Orchestra perform music for a program celebrating Veterans Day. George M. Cohan sings "Over There" on The Magic Key from 1937. You can hear the bugler who played when World War One ended. Frank Munn, Jean Dickenson, Elizabeth Lenox, The Buckingham Choir, and announcer Milton Cross sing songs from "Eileen" on The American Album Of Familiar Music. Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink talks about radio and war on a program from November 1935. President Roosevelt announces that America is going to war. Richard Mossen describes soldiers landing on Iwo Jima and says it happened on D-Day, even though it really happened eight months after D-Day. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne make their first radio appearance together on a wartime broadcast of "There Shall Be No Night." Kate Smith introduces "God Bless America" on the radio for the first time in November 1938.
What radio series is “Veterans Day Wars From The Past” from?“Veterans Day Wars From The Past” is an episode of Recollections At 30.
Who appeared in “Veterans Day Wars From The Past”?The cast includes Ed Herlihy, Fred Collins, Alfred Lunt, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, and Frank Munn.
How long is “Veterans Day Wars From The Past”?The recording runs about 24 minutes.
Can I listen to “Veterans Day Wars From The Past”?Yes. Radio Index has a surviving sound recording of “Veterans Day Wars From The Past” available to stream.
What's the title of this episode?The title of this show is "Veterans Day Wars From The Past."
What's the title of this series?The title of this series is Recollections At 30.
When was this show broadcast?This show was broadcast on Wednesday, November 7, 1956 at 8:30PM on NBC.
What time did this show air?This show aired at 8:30PM.
What network broadcast this show?This show was broadcast on NBC.
What genre is this episode?The genre of this show is Variety, News.
What's the duration of this episode?The duration of this show is 24:28.
What decade is this episode from?This show is from the 1950s.
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