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October 30, 1938 (1938-10-30), 8–9 pm ET. Opening theme. Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. " The War of the Worlds " was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells 's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and ...
The film industry during World War II was an important source of communication to the people on all sides. At this time the cinema was the most popular form of entertainment to the people. It was used to entertain, lift spirits, motivate and inform the audience. This made film an important means of distributing propaganda.
Release. 1934. ( 1934) –. 1994. ( 1994) The World Tomorrow is a half-hour radio and television program which was sponsored by the Worldwide Church of God (originally known as the Radio Church of God) led by Herbert W. Armstrong. It originally ran from 1934 to 1994. [1] A 15-minute version of the radio program (under varied translations of The ...
Our Secret Weapon (1942–1943) is a CBS radio series created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II. Writer Rex Stout, chairman of the Writers' War Board and representative of Freedom House, would rebut the most entertaining lies of the week. Sponsored by Freedom House and Philco, the 15-minute weekly series ...
The United States Office of War Information ( OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other forms of media, the OWI was the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities.
Mail Call was an American radio program that entertained American soldiers from 1942 until 1945, during World War II. Lt. Col. Thomas A.H. Lewis (commander of the Armed Forces Radio Service) wrote in 1944, "The initial production of the Armed Forces Radio Service was 'Mail Call,' a morale-building half hour which brought famed performers to the microphone to sing and gag in the best American ...
The Army Hour was a radio news program in the United States, broadcast on NBC April 5, 1942-Nov. 11, 1945. [1] Planning for The Army Hour, with Colonel Edward M. Kirby [2] in charge, began soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [3] Sponsored by the War Department and the U.S. Army, [4] the program brought "on-the-spot stories and ...
Home Front is a British radio drama, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 4 August 2014 [1] and 11 November 2018. [2] Based on historical events exactly one hundred years before the date of broadcast, Home Front tells the story of World War I from the perspective of those managing life in wartime Britain. It is part of the BBC's World War I ...