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Item |
Duration (min:sec) |
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| Eisenhower's Pre-D-Day
announcement to the troops (from 6/5/44). |
01:42 |
CD1
(57:47) |
| FDR Fireside Chat from the
evening of 6/5/44 —
The President discusses the fall of Rome to the Allies the previous
day, the significance of Rome throughout human history, and Allied
efforts to help the Italians recover from Fascist rule. |
14:11 |
| 03:00: CBS News broadcast by Bob
Trout; unconfirmed reports of the invasion; commentary by CBS
("Columbia") military analyst Major George Fielding Elliot; decision
by Columbia to remain on the air continuously. |
11:39 |
| 03:13: The (Norman) Corwin Show
starring Charles Laughton in an "American Trilogy" adaptation of a
work by Carl Sandburg. |
29:34 |
| 03:30: Columbia news broadcast
by Irwin Darlington of first (unconfirmed) reports by German
(Berlin) radio of Allied invasion at Normandy; music of Lenny Conn
and his orchestra; Bob Trout news break-in with "communique #1" by
Colonel R. Ernest Dupuis announcing Allied landings at Normandy
under command of General Eisenhower; commentary by Major George
Fielding Elliot; report from London by Edward R. Murrow; Herbert
Clark reports "from the flagship of an Allied assault invasion
force;" report from London with Eisenhower's announcement to the
"People of Europe" about the invasion; statements by the King of
Norway,the Prime Minister of The Netherlands, and the Prime Minister
of Belgium. |
46:41 |
CD2 |
| 04:15: Bob Trout begins more CBS
("Columbia") coverage; report from London from Wright Bryan, who
represented the combined Allied networks and who describes the
take-off of the first airborne troops to engage in the invasion;
commentary by Major George Elliot Fielding about British General
Sir Bernard Montgomery's commanding of the army group carrying out the
attack on the French coast; commentary from Columbia correspondent
Quentin Reynolds; John W. Vandercook reporting from London; James
Willard reports from London. |
42:48 |
CD3 |
| 05:00: Additional commentary by
Major George Fielding Elliot; Richard C. Hottelet reports from
London and describes his flight in a B-26 Marauder; David Anderson
reports from London; FCC reports that the German news agency DNB has
not yet, four hours after it began, informed the German people of
the invasion; Arthur Mann reports from London; Paul White, CBS
director of news broadcasts, holds a two-way trans-Atlantic
conversation with Edward R. Murrow to discuss the process of their
reporting; Quentin Reynolds commentary; Bill Henry reports from CBS
in Washington, D.C.; Joe McCafferty reports from the War Department
at the Pentagon. |
46:24 |
CD4 |
| 05:40: Additional commentary by
Major George Fielding Elliot; Bob Trout summarizes the night's
events; reporting from the BBC in London; more commentary by Major
Elliot; reaction to news of the invasion from Times Square including
that by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia; report from Charles Shaw in
London; |
46:41 |
CD5 |
| 06:30: Bob Trout continues;
commentary by CBS correspondent Ned Calmer; Don Pryor reports from
Washington with comment by Lieutenant Colonel Victor M. Morrison of
the French military mission in Washington; more commentary by Major
Elliot; Joe McCafferty reports from the Pentagon; Moscow radio
reports the invasion to the Russian people; reaction from Tokyo
radio. |
46:26 |
CD6 |
| 09:18: Bob Trout continues;
repeat of Richard C. Hottelet's report; recorded report by Charles
Collingwood who was aboard an "LST" (Landing Ship Tank) as it was
loaded and heading for the invasion; Mr. Trout reads a statement
from the Vichy leader of France asking Frenchmen not to assist the
Allies; Swiss coverage of the invasion; UPI dispatch from a fighter
base in England; two-way conversation between reporter Charles Shaw
in London and Paul White, director of CBS news broadcasts in New
York; Joe McCafferty reports from the Pentagon; Bill Henry reports
from Washington; more from Major Elliot; commentary from War
Correspondent Quentin Reynolds; commentary by Ned Calmer; reaction
to the invasion from Moscow; Alan Jackson reports on the size of the
armada involved in the invasion; Quentin Reynolds analyzes
Eisenhower's announcement of the invasion to Europe. After
seven straight hours, continuous coverage of invasion ends at 10
a.m., and regular CBS programming begins with interruptions as
necessary. |
41:57 |
CD7 |
| 10:15: "Light of the World."
Pitch to buy war bonds. Theme of the program is the invasion.
Exhortation to not talk about letters received from overseas (loose
lips sink ships). |
13:16 |
CD8
(57:21) |
| 12:00: Kate Smith speaks with a
prayer for our troops. News update at 12:03. Homemaker's
quiz. |
13:44 |
| 12:30: "Romance of Helen Trent."
Interruption at 12:41 for a nine-minute report from London by Edward
R. Murrow followed by commentary by Doug Edwards who reports, among
other things, that German Reichsmarshal Hermann Goring orders that
the invasion be repelled even if it means the end of the Luftwaffe;
analysis by CBS analyst Quincy Howe. |
30:21 |
| 12:45: News update; address by
Charles de Gaulle in London; CBS commentator Quincy Howe; FDR's
D-Day prayer; Edward R. Murrow/Douglas Edwards/Quincy Howe as
described above; reporting from correspondent John Daly (this ran
parallel to the entry above). |
43:09 |
CD9
(68:34) |
| 15:00: Speech by King George
VI in London. |
08:31 |
| 18:00: News summary while
waiting for communique #2 from Europe, but it doesn't come by the
end of the newscast. |
16:54 |
| 19:15: The voice of John Nesbith
and "Our Passing Parade." Mr. Nesbith discusses how the world
100 years later, in 2044, will look back on this day. |
14:01 |
CD10
(70:57) |
| 21:30: Newscast; speech and
prayer by President Roosevelt. |
42:47 |
| 23:00: Commentary by Ned Calmer
and Quincy Howe (quality is fair). |
14:09 |
| 24:00: Report from the field by
George Hicks. German aircraft pass overhead. |
13:29 |
CD11
(31:57) |
| Commentary by Columbia
correspondent John Daly. |
23:23 |
| Commentary by Columbia analyst
Quincy Howe. |
05:05 |
