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Item |
Duration (min:sec) |
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| From 12/7/41, 14:00:
Sammy Kaye Sunday Serenade. This was the program that
immediately preceded the first bulletin about the Pearl Harbor
attack. The bulletin came right at the end (about 28 minutes
after the hour) just after the show ended and is not actually heard
here but instead is heard in the the next recording. |
28:41 |
CD1
(63:48) |
| 14:30: University of
Chicago Roundtable. Begins with first bulletin of Pearl Harbor
attack. Discussion of the creation of what became NORAD. |
31:00 |
| 15:15: H. V. Kaltenborn,
"dean of radio commentators, analyzes and interprets the day's
startling news from the Pacific." |
14:07 |
| 15:30: Listen America.
Moderated by John V. Kennedy. "Good news of America on the
march." Public affairs program. One minute interruption
about six minutes in describing a naval battle going on.
Another bulletin about 19 minutes in calling all Southern California
active-duty officers and men to report to their ships. A third
bulletin occurs about 23 minutes in. Ends with Red Network ID. |
25:59 |
CD2
(55:26) |
| 16:00: Sylvia Marlowe and
Richard Dyer-Bennet. Harpsicord music and singing.
Thirteen-minute interruption about six minutes in for war news.
Another interruption occurs about three-minutes later. Network
has difficulty switching from the regular programming to the news
reports. |
29:27 |
| 16:30: NBC news broadcast. |
27:07 |
CD3
(56:19) |
| 18:00: Catholic Hour with
Reverend James Gillis. Begins with news updates. Program
completes, and then there are additional bulletins at the end.
Red Network ID. |
29:12 |
| 19:00: Jack Benny program.
Brief announcement at beginning that programming will be interrupted
as necessary for news bulletins. Thirty-second interruption
occurs about 10 minutes in telling citizens to avoid hysteria.
Recording quality is good. |
29:36 |
CD4
(58:51) |
| 19:30: Fitch Bandwagon
Program with Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt. Program is
interrupted periodically for news bulletins. Same program
appeared on NBC Blue. |
29:15 |
| 20:00: Chase and Sanborn
Program. Begins with announcement that programming will be
interrupted as necessary for news bulletins. Variety show with
Abbott and Costello, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Judy Garland,
and others. Interruption about 16 minutes in for about one
minute. |
29:34 |
CD5
(58:34) |
| 20:30: One Man's Family.
Begins with news update. Japanese nationals in New York are
told to stay in their homes until the government determines their
status. Trans-World Airlines (TWA) is ordered not to carry
Japanese nationals. News update at end. |
29:00 |
| 21:00: Manhattan
Merry-Go-Round. New York-based variety show. No news
interruptions occur. Ends with Red Network ID. |
28:45 |
CD6
(58:59) |
| 21:30: American Album of
Familiar Music. No news interruptions occur. Ends with
Red Network ID. NBC network is ID'd as coming from the RCA
Building in New York. |
29:18 |
| 22:00: Hour of Charm.
Music program. Begins with announcement that interruptions
because of the "national emergency" might occur. Three-minute
interruption for news bulletins occurs about 20 minutes in. |
29:46 |
CD7
(59:04) |
| 22:30: The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. No news
interruptions occur. Ends with Red Network ID. |
29:18 |
| 23:00: Summary of the day's
news from NBC. Heard are John W. Vandercook, Robert St. John,
and NBC's observer in the nation's capital (whose name is not
discernable). |
14:25 |
CD8
(68:32) |
| 23:30: NBC Roundtable
Discussion. NBC's famous commentators plus others gather via
"two-way radio" from around the country to discuss the day's events. |
28:25 |
| From 12/8/41, 01:00:
NBC Red News and music. Summary of the news to this point. |
25:42 |
| 11:00: Story of Mary
Marlin. Begins with news broadcast interrupting start of
program. Report on losses the previous day at Pearl Harbor. |
14:09 |
CD9
(61:13) |
| 12:40: Coverage following
President Roosevelt's speech to a Joint Session of Congress asking
for a declaration of war against Japan. Coverage lasts 26
minutes, followed by late news bulletins, including Mexico's
declaration of war against Japan. The U.S. Senate voted 82-0
for war against Japan. Haiti declares war on Japan.
Programming concludes with patriotic music from Chicago. |
32:38 |
| 13:30: Let's Sing and Swing
with Irving Miller and his Orchestra. Interrupted less than a
minute in with news update on the details of the Senate's
declaration of war vote. The House of Representatives vote was
388 to 1 with 46 not voting for various reasons. Regular
programming returns after about 12 minutes for all of about a
minute. |
14:26 |
| 13:45: NBC news with Bert
Silan with the latest from Manila and Upton Close from New York.
Expressed are concerns about a Japanese attack on California. |
14:19 |
CD10
(27:37) |
| NBC News with John W. Vandercook.
Announcement that half the world has now declared war on Japan.
Capture of Guam and Wake are claimed by Japan. Discussion of
how we were caught off guard in Hawaii. Realization that
damage inflicted was much worse than originally reported. Ends
with Red Network ID. |
13:18 |
