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Complete Broadcast 1941 (Pearl Harbor)

Complete Broadcast 1944 (D-Day Invasion of Normandy CBS)

Complete Broadcast 1939 (Nazi Invasion of Poland)

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World War II Collection

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	Bill Clinton 974 Episodes 27 Volume Relive the swinging 1990's through the historical speeches and radio addresses of President Clinton.	974	27	Add To Cart: $125.00
	Joe Biden 1434 Episodes 23 Volume This collection begins in 1972 the day after Joe Biden's 30th birthday being sworn in as a Senator through his Presidency in 2021.	1434	23	Add To Cart: $115.00
	Family Business American Political Dynasties 1031 Episodes 21 Volume American politics is a family business. This collection is dedicated to these dynasties in American politics from the Twentieth Century forward.	1031	21	Add To Cart: $99.00
	Barack Obama 1005 Episodes 17 Volume Born in Hawaii, Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States serving as president between 2009-2017.	1005	17	Add To Cart: $85.00
	Vice Presidents 926 Episodes 17 Volume This collection focuses on the men and woman who served as our nation's Vice President from 1949 to the present.	926	17	Add To Cart: $85.00
	Presidential Labor Day 793 Episodes 15 Volume It is to the American laborer and the retirees from labor that this collection has been created.	793	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Presidential Election 2020 632 Episodes 15 Volume Joe Biden (D) won against incumbent Donald Trump (R) in a highly polarized contest, with a focus on COVID-19, racial justice, and economic recovery.	632	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Cavalcade of America 742 Episodes 15 Volume This well-done, star-studded factual show is a wonderful resource for those interested in historical highlights.	742	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Healthcare in America 629 Episodes 15 Volume When Americans think of the issue of health care they think of the cost for the doctor or prescriptions.	629	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Presidency Foreign Policy Post Cold War 708 Episodes 14 Volume Follow the presidential foreign policy from 1989-2023 with recordings spanning George HW Bush through Joe Biden administrations.	708	14	Add To Cart: $70.00
	Presidency and Cold War 665 Episodes 13 Volume Look back at the Cold War and nine presidents who led us through this time. Hear speeches, press conferences, and during the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.	665	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	Minstrel Shows 473 Episodes 13 Volume Minstrelsy is considered the first truly American form of entertainment, and as such provides the forms and traditions which would eventually form vaudeville and ultimately the Hollywood movies and TV shows which shape and inform the rest of the world's opinion of American culture.	473	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	Education in America 561 Episodes 13 Volume "Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others." When anyone has any kind of education, no one can ever take that knowledge away from you. It is with this collection that we can learn from the past to make our future brighter than our past and our present.	561	13	Add To Cart: $65.00
	Donald Trump 504 Episodes 12 Volume Former business man and television personality, Donald Trump is the 45th US president.	504	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	Kent State Shootings 467 Episodes 12 Volume Radio Broadcasts are historical artifacts. In this collection, we present a timeline of the coverage of the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, including the political climate which led up to the incident, coverage of the shootings, and the aftermath for America.	467	12	Add To Cart: $60.00
	First Ladies 615 Episodes 11 Volume Some First Ladies sat quietly while their husbands steered the ship of state, but as time went on, the role evolved into a position to champion a favorite cause.	615	11	Add To Cart: $55.00
	Presidency and Midterms 615 Episodes 12 Volume Historically and in precedented times, the political party in the White Hose usually does horrible bad in gaining seats. Through audio, this collection explores midterm elections since 1962.	615	12	Add To Cart: $55.00
	Violence in America 386 Episodes 11 Volume This collection is a reminder to the about the violence in America. Hopefully learning from history someone can piece together an idea to reduce violence in America.	386	11	Add To Cart: $55.00
	Women in Government and Politics 536 Episodes 11 Volume Over the past century, women have really exploded onto the political landscape to set forth ideas that are more family friendly, meaning issues that are at the heart of what matters to the American family.	536	11	Add To Cart: $55.00
	Ronald Reagan 612 Episodes 10 Volume This collection contains his early old time radio appearances and recordings from his political career and presidency.	612	10	Add To Cart: $50.00
	John F Kennedy 1 Episodes 9 Volume Extensive collection of presidential speeches, recordings, and assassination coverage + transcripts, images and documents!	1	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	Kamala Harris 630 Episodes 9 Volume Celebrate the first woman Vice President, Kamala Harris with this collection. Follow her career as a San Francisco District Attorney to California’s Attorney General to California’s Junior United States Senator to Vice President of the United States.	630	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	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
	Voting in US 560 Episodes 9 Volume To understand voting in the United States, one must understand the history of voting.	560	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	Environment in America 389 Episodes 8 Volume Hear the history of environmental policy from political speeches from 1963 through today.	389	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Presidential Before They Were Nominees 302 Episodes 8 Volume Every four years, the United States holds a Presidential Election to elect a President and a Vice President to lead the nation. For the most part, Americans like to elect leaders with a proven record for which they can run on.	302	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Presidential Debates 118 Episodes 8 Volume Although not mandated by the Constitution and a "tradition" which only goes back to 1960, Americans have come to expect a broadcast debate between their Presidential Nominees as a part of the Election Process.	118	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	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
	Hawaii Old Time Radio Shows 289 Episodes 7 Volume Aloha! This collection includes old time radio shows from all genres from ting-ting steel guitar music to epic Hawaiian Adventure and detective stories to supernatural Tiki tales.	289	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Harry S Truman 478 Episodes 7 Volume Listen to historic speeches from the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.	478	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Red Scare in Old Time Radio 300 Episodes 7 Volume After the Second World War, American culture was shaped and driven largely by fears of Communist infiltration corrupting American institutions and values.	300	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Presidential Election 2016 265 Episodes 7 Volume Like 2000, the 2016 Presidential Election will be studied by contemporaries and historians alike.	265	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Apocalypse Bundle 348 Episodes 7 Volume Survive in style the end of the world. It includes five of our favorite world's end collections!	348	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	Sept 11 Attack 280 Episodes 6 Volume The 9/11 attacks targeted symbols of American power and democracy and fundamentally changed American culture.	280	6	Add To Cart: $30.00
	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
	History Through the Ears of Radio 157 Episodes 6 Volume This collection takes you back to those dangerous, yet simple times when you got your news on the go with that transistor radio tucked close to your ear.	157	6	Add To Cart: $30.00
	Presidential Party Nominating Conventions 365 Episodes 5 Volume The Nominating Conventions are an important part of the path to the White House and are a vibrant example of Representative Democracy in action.	365	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Presidential Candidate Announcements 183 Episodes 5 Volume While only 44 men have served as President and 48 men have served as Vice President, so many Americans have stepped up to answer the call to run for these two top spots. Listen as we hear from some of these Americans as they make their plans known, give their victory, and even their concession.	183	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	John Kerry 150 Episodes 5 Volume American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate.	150	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Presidency and Miltary 328 Episodes 5 Volume This collection celebrates, for better or for worst the relationship between the presidency and the military.	328	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	George HW Bush Speeches 239 Episodes 4 Volume Served as the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush presidency saw the falling of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the Soviet Union, Invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War.	239	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Bob Dole 156 Episodes 4 Volume Bob Dole first ran for political office in 1950 and ran for president three times starting in 1980s.	156	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Jimmy Carter 154 Episodes 4 Volume Considered "a better man than he was a president", Jimmy Carter ushered America into the 1980s.	154	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Airchecks of the 1970s 172 Episodes 4 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.	172	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Communists and Cold War 155 Episodes 4 Volume This extensive collection includes radio shows, news broadcasts, psa's, and debates about The Red Scare, McCarthyism, and The Cold War which pervaded politics, cultures, life and more in second half the the 20th Century.	155	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Impeach a President (Trump) 278 Episodes 4 Volume Hear the proceedings and rhetoric as Donald Trump has becomes the first president in history to be impeached twice.	278	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Biography in Sound 86 Episodes 4 Volume Produced by Joseph O. Meyers, this old time radio series fascinated radio audiences with the biographies of Churchill, Babe Ruth, Fred Allen, WC Fields, and more.	86	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Graduation Day Speeches 185 Episodes 4 Volume Hear some inspiring words from our national leaders and people from the worlds of business, entertainment, media, military, politics, religion, sports, and other vocations that might have inspired our studies whom we can benefit from their advice.	185	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Presidential Election 1996 154 Episodes 4 Volume President Clinton won a decisive victory over Bob Dole, becoming the first Democrat to win two consecutive presidential elections since Franklin D. Roosevelt.	154	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Al Gore 136 Episodes 4 Volume Long time politician, businessman, and environmentalist, Al Gore served as Clinton's Vice President. Gore won the popular vote in 2000 presidential election, but lost the presidency George W Bush.	136	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Presidential Election 1992 151 Episodes 4 Volume Running against George HW Bush and political outsider, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton and Al Gore won the 1992 Presidential Election carrying 32 states plus Washington, DC.	151	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Presidential Election 1988 120 Episodes 4 Volume George Bush and Dan Quayle would beat Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen with 426 Electoral Votes to 111 Electoral Votes.	120	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	First Children 232 Episodes 4 Volume This collection chronicles some of the First Children that we have had in the White House and their future ambitions.	232	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Presidential Election 2008 205 Episodes 4 Volume The 2008 Election saw an orphan briefly run, a woman [Hillary] ran for president and VP, a POW [McCain] was able to run, and an African-American [Obama] was ultimately elected president.	205	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Pacific Story 171 Episodes 4 Volume One of the many lessons of WWII was how the countries of the Pacific would grow in importance on the world scene, as profiled in The Pacific Story.	171	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Father Coughlin 61 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.	61	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Boxers Champions and Prizefighters 125 Episodes 3 Volume This OTRCAT original collection includes examples of boxing in all the genres of old time radio shows.	125	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 2000 102 Episodes 3 Volume Perhaps one of the most historic and nail biting Elections in our history was not one from the 19th Century or the 20th Century. The most nail biting Election had to be that of the first Election of the 21st Century in 2000.	102	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Lyndon Johnson 274 Episodes 3 Volume Johnson was the 36th President of the United States of America. His term as President was from 1963 when succeeded to the Presidency after the assassination for John F. Kennedy until 1969 when he was re-elected in 1964 by a large margin.	274	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Mitt Romney 106 Episodes 3 Volume American politician and businessman, Mitt Romney is a former governor of Massachusetts and the GOP's nominee for US President in the 2012. He has also served as a United States Senator from Utah since January 2019.	106	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1964 255 Episodes 3 Volume Starting out with the promise of a second Kennedy term only to be cut down in Dallas. Follow President Johnson's style of governing and how he uses the telephone to enact the Civil Rights Act and find the three missing civil rights workers.	255	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Eavesdropping 404 Episodes 3 Volume Listen in on conversations either in the office or on the phone of three presidents in a most defining decade and a half in recent history.	404	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	George W Bush 327 Episodes 3 Volume Major events during George W Bush two term presidency include the terrorist attack on 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.	327	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	State of the Union Addresses 74 Episodes 3 Volume Officially a speech made from the US President to Congress; however, the advent of radio made the State of the Union a public speech heard by Americans everywhere.	74	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential and Political Funerals 55 Episodes 3 Volume How we send our leaders and public figures into the afterlife says as much about society as it does about the deceased.	55	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Richard Nixon 298 Episodes 5 Volume Richard M. Nixon was the 37th President of the United States of America, and one of the most controversial. In 1974, he became the only US President to resign from office.	298	5	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Vox Pop 140 Episodes 3 Volume You won't want to miss this charming program featuring often spontaneous and playful interviews with citizens across the US and abroad. This extensive collection contains rare recordings previously not in circulation.	140	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	University of Chicago Roundtable 112 Episodes 3 Volume uses the media of radio as a platform to answer big questions of the day. Topics include war time politics, civil rights, economics, great literature, psychology, nutrition, and more.	112	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Meet the Press 128 Episodes 3 Volume an excellent interview program featuring top makers and shakers of the day being put under the microscope and asked tough questions.	128	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Norman Corwin 120 Episodes 3 Volume One of the greatest creative minds that has ever floated through the airwaves, Norman Corwin's poetic personality left an impression on listeners everywhere.	120	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1984 112 Episodes 3 Volume President Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in a landslide winning over 58% of the popular vote.	112	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Mr President 144 Episodes 3 Volume This old time radio series tells the untold tales the Commanders-in-chief's everyday life. In order to challenge the audience to guess his identity, the President's name was not revealed until the end of the show.	144	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Impeach a President (Clinton) 172 Episodes 6 Volume Whenever a sitting President does something that his opposition does not like, there are calls for Impeachment. The case of President Clinton's Impeachment proceedings can be instructive.	172	6	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1976 110 Episodes 3 Volume This collection takes you back to that time before big money really got into our politics, when the people and not big business controlled the direction of the country.	110	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 2004 107 Episodes 3 Volume The first time since 1988 that the GOP candidate won both popular and electoral majority, George W Bush was reelecting to the Presidency.	107	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Michael Dukakis 54 Episodes 3 Volume Dukakis is a retired lawyer, Governor of Massachusetts, and aspiring Presidential Candidate in the 1980's.	54	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1952 283 Episodes 3 Volume Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) won a landslide victory, promising to end the Korean War. Adlai Stevenson (D) couldn't overcome public discontent.	283	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Operation Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom 108 Episodes 3 Volume Operation Desert Storm (1991): Coalition effort led by the US to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011): US-led campaign to remove Saddam Hussein's regime and address WMD concerns in Iraq.	108	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1968 164 Episodes 3 Volume In the last five and a half decades there was one Presidential Election that saw more change than any other and that was the Presidential Election of 1968.	164	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Presidential Election 1972 119 Episodes 3 Volume Students of the Presidential Election of 1972 think about how Richard Nixon won 49 out of 50 states to George McGovern. This election brought about some serious change in regards to the Vietnam War and young people's actual voting participation.	119	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Gerald Ford 144 Episodes 3 Volume President Ford became President when Richard Nixon left the office of presidency due to the Watergate scandal.	144	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Hubert Humphrey 89 Episodes 2 Volume Hubert Humphrey leaves behind a legacy of true liberal causes in the areas of civil rights and labor rights.	89	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Robert F Kennedy 113 Episodes 2 Volume Sometimes thought of as 'the good Kennedy', Robert F. Kennedy had more in common with his mother, Rose, than with his father or even his older brothers	113	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Mike Wallace 104 Episodes 2 Volume with early appearances in old time radio quiz shows, radio dramas, and as an announcer, Mike Wallace later focused on news broadcasts and earned the nickname "King of Confrontation" for his hardboiled interviewing style.	104	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	CBS World News Today 95 Episodes 2 Volume one of the first news shows to send famed correspondents, Edward R Murrow, John Charles Daly, and William L. Shirer, around the world to give American eyewitness accounts to some of the most dramatic events in history.	95	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Old Fashioned Revival Hour 91 Episodes 2 Volume Classic old time radio Christian evangelicalism.The show was lead by Pastor Charles E Fuller who was one of the first radio ministers.He dedicated his life to the ministry and often traveled around the country and aired live revivals.	91	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Abraham Lincoln 61 Episodes 2 Volume One of the most revered Presidents in American History, Abraham Lincoln was a popular figure in old time radio shows.	61	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Inheritance 50 Episodes 2 Volume This highly patriotic show revisits amazing people, times, and events in American History.	50	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Author Meets Critic 53 Episodes 2 Volume Join the battle between authors and critics when you listen to The Author Meets the Critic.	53	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	You Are There 92 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.	92	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Colin Powell 61 Episodes 2 Volume Colin Powell was an American politician, diplomat, and 4-star general who served as secretary of state from 2001-2005.	61	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Jeffrey Silver 93 Episodes 2 Volume While on vacation from Cleveland, Jeffrey Silver made a few radio auditions just for fun, and wound up as a young, professional, Hollywood radio actor.	93	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	America Town Meeting of the Air 44 Episodes 2 Volume Every week, the nation listened as experts debated issues from communism to social security to the type of music America wanted. Modeled after New England Town Hall Meetings, each show opened with a "town crier" clanging a bell and an active audience that would "boo" panelists.	44	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	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
	Final Episodes of OTR 54 Episodes 2 Volume Even the best OTR programs eventually came to an end, learn how it happened in our Last Episode Collection.	54	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Movie Previews 178 Episodes 2 Volume This is a compilation of movie previews on radio shows with glimpses of some of the best classics in film history.	178	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Rare Historical 125 Episodes 2 Volume Old Time Radio is more than a report of History, OTR Programs ARE History!	125	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	DJ Madness 164 Episodes 2 Volume The original Disc Jockeys from the Age of Radio bring you their best and greatest music from their era.	164	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
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