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Re: [ARSCLIST] Actual Pearl Harbor Bulletin Broadcast
In 1999, Robert Trout did a piece for NPR's "All Things Considered" on the
anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. He included clips from the original
CBS newscast (which was on-air before the Philharmonic broadcast, not an
interrupt). Given that he was part of that broadcast (with reaction from
London), his account is probably the most reliable available. Here's the audio:
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1067553
The KIRO/CBS phonoarchive of CBS newscasts includes a copy of the Dec. 7
1941 "News of the World" which appears to have been the newscast that Trout
is describing in the NPR piece. I'm guessing that the excerpts Trout used
came from there. The original acetate disks and tape copies are currently
stored at the National Archives in Washington.
Copies of the NBC and Mutual coverage are also in circulation. Because
Murrow and Friendly used an edited version of the CBS report, it's likely
that the surviving versions of the stuff from the other networks are
probably authentic. There are links to all of the networks' bulletins here:
http://www.otr.com/r-a-i-new_pearl.html
Of course, it's not clear whether these are real, and not re-creations.
John Ross
Northwest Folklife
Seattle
At 11:49 AM 12-6-2003 -0500, you wrote:
Since the Pearl Harbor anniversary is upon us, I am curious (because I
have long forgotten) which of the various "Pearl Harbor radio bulletins"
recordings circulating is the actual one.
I remember that several of the Pearl Harbor announcements on radio were re-
created or re-edited for the "I Can Hear it Now" series of LPs issued by
CBS.
One such announcement is the interruption of a professional football game
by John Daly with the news and I believe another interrupts a classic
music broadcast.
Does anyone have a good idea of what the authenticated Pearl Harbor
broadcast bulletin actually contains?
Thanks.
Neal Lavon
Voice of America
Washington, D.C.
USA