Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Battle of Gettysburg - YOU ARE THERE!

A hat tip to my good friend Alan Rowe for pointing me to this link from the Internet Archive.

This is a radio recording from CBS News produced in 1948. It's an interesting, if somewhat strange, premise. Basically - the recording imagines what the Battle of Gettysburg would have sounded like if it was covered by radio reporters. Enjoy!



8 comments:

  1. Hi, I really liked this post. The CBS broadcast was enjoyable and quirky :-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is great. I used to borrow the albums of this show from the library when I was a kid!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Speaker was portrayed in the film, "Good Night and Good Luck...Don Hollenbeck.

    ReplyDelete
  4. This was great, enjoyed it very much..thanks

    ReplyDelete
  5. Glad everyone enjoyed it. I will have to look up some other episodes of this show.

    ReplyDelete
  6. There was also a TV series in the mid 50's by the name You are there. The host was Walter Cronkite. I watched nearly every episode; hence, I became a history major in college:)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Very intresting and enjoyable--thanks!

    ReplyDelete