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Historical Recordings

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Space Missions
Space Missions
490 Episodes
8 Volume
Hear coverage and actual broadcasts of America's early Space Missions, from Mercury through Apollo 15.

490 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
March of Time
March of Time
16 Episodes
1 Volume
This old time radio broadcast was renown for dramatized news events.

16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Atomic Radio
Atomic Radio
109 Episodes
2 Volume
OTRCAT original collection featuring radio shows inspired by the Atomic Age. A blast from the past, this collection includes a bombardment of shows from all genres including Science Fiction, comedy, horror, detective, and drama.

109 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
69 Episodes
1 Volume
October 14, 1962 U2 spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off of the Florida Coast.

69 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Axis Sally (German Propaganda)
Axis Sally (German Propaganda)
4 Episodes
1 Volume
Born in the US, Mildred Gillars starred in the 1942 Nazi broadcast, "Home Sweet Home" where she used stories about cheating girlfriends and wives to sow discontent and homesickness in American G.I.'s listening to the radio.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
HV Kaltenborn Edits the News
HV Kaltenborn Edits the News
39 Episodes
1 Volume
History repeats itself when H. V. Kaltenborn provides vivid commentary and pointed insight into world affairs and politics in the 1940s and 1950s.

39 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Airchecks of the 1970s
Airchecks of the 1970s
246 Episodes
8 Volume
As the decade wore on and 1960s started to fade into the 1970s by the resignation of President Richard Nixon due to Watergate, radio started to get much crazier.

246 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
Apocalypse (End of the World)
Apocalypse (End of the World)
103 Episodes
2 Volume
Hear Duck and Cover, Plagues, Robot Attacks, Time Travel, Annihilation, Cold War Speeches, and more in this OTRCAT original collection of tales about THE END OF THE WORLD!

103 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Father Coughlin
Father Coughlin
79 Episodes
3 Volume
"The Radio Priest" was a success when he first discussed religious matters in the early days of radio. Father Coughlin stepped on a few toes when he expanded into calls for economic reform and political commentary.

79 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Presidential Election 1940
Presidential Election 1940
21 Episodes
1 Volume
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.

21 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR Fireside Chats)
Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR Fireside Chats)
337 Episodes
6 Volume
With his Fireside Chats, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the power of radio to speak directly and intimately to the American people through some of the darkest periods of the Nation's history.

337 6
Add To Cart: $30.00
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower
115 Episodes
2 Volume
Eisenhower was a national hero after serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII and in 1952 won the Presidential Election.

115 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
91 Episodes
1 Volume
includes news reports and speeches on the german invasion across Europe as the atrocities unfolded.

91 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy NBC)
Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy NBC)
103 Episodes
1 Volume
original full day broadcast from the day of the invasion June 6th, 1944 including news bulletins, comedy and variety shows. These recordings illustrate the response on the American home front to the Normandy Landings called "the greatest invasion in the history of the world."

103 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy
645 Episodes
9 Volume
Extensive collection of presidential speeches, recordings, and assassination coverage + transcripts, images and documents!

645 9
Add To Cart: $45.00
Wolfman Jack
Wolfman Jack
83 Episodes
1 Volume
As a DJ, he played a rowdy combination of Rock and Rhythm and Blues, and his trademark raspy voice conveyed an unending sense of mischief.

83 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vietnam War
Vietnam War
479 Episodes
12 Volume
This collection is dedicated to the memory of the 58,220 Americans killed in Vietnam as well as the brave Americans who fought in that war.

479 12
Add To Cart: $60.00
AFVN Recordings (Armed Forces Vietnam)
AFVN Recordings (Armed Forces Vietnam)
171 Episodes
2 Volume
The American Troops assigned to Vietnam did what American Troops did wherever they were assigned, served with Honor, and they had the American Forces Vietnam Network to bring them a slice of Home

171 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
You Are There
You Are There
93 Episodes
2 Volume
This series takes historic events and dramatizes them with "live radio" coverage. Many of the announcers on You Are There were wartime correspondents in World War II.

93 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Adventures in Research
Adventures in Research
196 Episodes
2 Volume
"Learn! Investigate! Instruct!" written by physicist, Dr. Phillips Thomas, this historically accurate series includes recordings about the invention of the typewriter, automobile, penicillin, machine gun, skyscraper, and more!

196 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Churchill (Winston) Recordings
Churchill (Winston) Recordings
114 Episodes
1 Volume
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of United Kingdom during WWII and great orator, wrote his own speeches and delivered them on many radio broadcasts.

114 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Edward Murrow (Hear It Now)
Edward Murrow (Hear It Now)
101 Episodes
2 Volume
One of the greatest American journalists in broadcast history, he pioneered the reporter on the scene reporting during WWII.

101 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
World War II Collection
World War II Collection
1220 Episodes
9 Volume
This compilation includes vintage broadcasts and historical recordings of the era. The American men and women serving in WWII exclusively heard many of the recordings in this collection through the AFRS (American Forces Radio Service).

1220 9
Add To Cart: $45.00
Commercials
Commercials
545 Episodes
1 Volume
The cost of free entertainment on your radio was having to listen to commercials, fortunately, many commercials were even more entertaining than the regular programming. Snap up these snappy commercials, and you'll truly be convinced to "make Jello for your own family, yum, yum, yum," "use Ajax the foaming cleanser (bum bum bum bum bum)," and buy "Nabisco, N-A-B-I-S-C-O, it's the name to know."

545 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Complete Broadcast 1939 (Nazi Invasion of Poland)
Complete Broadcast 1939 (Nazi Invasion of Poland)
19 Episodes
1 Volume
Recording a full day's broadcast in 1939 was a technological and historical feat! The day the Nazis invaded Poland is seen as the beginning of the Second World War. The staff of WJSV recorded the entire days broadcast, so we can learn about the events as they unfold.

19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy CBS)
Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy CBS)
24 Episodes
1 Volume
The invasion of Europe was to be the turning point of The War, but no one back home knew when or how it would happen. CBS recorded their entire broadcast day on June 6, 1944, so we can learn about the events as they unfold.

24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Complete Broadcast 1941 (Pearl Harbor)
Complete Broadcast 1941 (Pearl Harbor)
56 Episodes
1 Volume
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the history of the world and officially brought the US in WWII. In the Complete Day Coverage of the Blue Network on Pearl Harbor Day (Dec 7, 1941) we can hear a nation moving from the confusion of a surprise attack to one steeled for War.

56 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
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