World War II on the air : Edward R. Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation
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- ISBN: 1402200269
- ISBN: 9781402200267
- ISBN: 1402202474
- ISBN: 9781402202476
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xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) - Publisher: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks MediaFusion, ©2003.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | CD track list: -- Introduction -- Anschluss / Edward R. Murrow -- Eve of war / Edward R. Murrow -- War is declared / Edward R. Murrow -- A peace of sorts / William L. Shirer -- The "phony war" / Edward R. Murrow, William L. Shirer -- Hitler's return / Mary Marvin Breckinridge -- Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium invaded / William L. Shirer -- Chamberlain resigns / Edward R. Murrow -- German bombing of Paris / Eric Sevareid -- Italy to enter war / Cecil Brown -- Dunkirk/Churchill : "We shall never surrender" / Edward R. Murrow -- German troops enter Paris / William L. Shirer -- France surrenders at Compiègne Forest / William L. Shirer -- London after dark / Edward R. Murrow -- Bombs over Berlin / William L. Shirer -- London is burning / Edward R. Murrow -- A few German pilots / Edward R. Murrow -- Rooftop air raid / Edward R. Murrow -- Christmas/"So long and good luck" / Edward R. Murrow -- "The bombing has been heavy" / Edward R. Murrow -- Big Ben bombed / Larry LeSueur -- Japanese embassy / Eric Sevareid -- "A day which will live in infamy" / Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Repulse sunk, Brown saved / Cecil Brown -- Suicide job of the 1942 war / Larry LeSueur -- Algiers / Charles Collingwood -- Axis retreat in North Africa / Winston Burdett -- Invasion of Sicily / Winston Burdett -- Chinese situation / Eric Sevareid -- Race for the possession of Italy / Winston Burdett -- Orchestrated hell / Edward R. Murrow -- Capture of Rome / Winston Burdett -- "Sterner stuff lies ahead" / Edward R. Murrow -- Eisenhower's "Order of the day"/D-Day / Edward R. Murrow -- Flying over Normandy / Richard C. Hottelet -- Utah Beach / Charles Collingwood -- Liberation of Paris (premature report) / Richard C. Hottelet -- Paris not yet free / Larry LeSueur -- Market Garden/parachute drop / Edward R. Murrow -- Street fighting / Richard C. Hottelet -- Crossing the Rhine / Howard K. Smith -- Paratroopers / Bill Downs -- Buchenwald / Edward R. Murrow -- V-E Day in New York / William L. Shirer -- V-E Day in Piccadilly Circus / Edward R. Murrow -- 9:15 over Hiroshima / Edward R. Murrow. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Edward R. Murrow. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.1 13.0 Quiz: 75566. |
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