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A dramatization based on Otto Zoff's They Shall Inherit the Earth examines what modern war has done to children in different countries. Scenes contrast ordinary childhood play with militarization, hunger,…
After a torpedo sinks his ship in the South Atlantic, Seaman Basil Izzi and a handful of survivors crowd onto a raft with almost no food or water. Over eighty-three…
A dramatization of Lin Tai Yi's War Tide follows young Loyin as war destroys the ordinary life of her Chinese family. Her brother goes to fly against the Japanese, her…
A documentary-style adaptation of Captain Frederick J. Bell's Condition Red uses the destroyer he calls the G to explain life and combat aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in the South…
Belgian civilian Jean Boucher joins the White Brigade resistance after the German occupation and takes part in espionage, sabotage and escape work while his family lives under constant threat. The…
A biographical dramatization traces George Washington Carver from a child born into slavery to the scientist and teacher who transformed agricultural research at Tuskegee Institute. Carver pursues education despite poverty…
A dramatization of Japanese artist Taro Yashima's The New Sun recounts his opposition to militarism and fascism inside prewar Japan. His drawings criticize military domination, leading to arrest, interrogation and…
A documentary-style adaptation of Selden Menefee's Assignment USA surveys wartime America after a 15,000-mile reporting trip. The program praises enormous industrial and military effort while also confronting racial discrimination, southern…
A dramatic impression of Vicki Baum's The Weeping Wood tells the global story of natural rubber through exploitation, plantation development, war and scientific innovation. Scenes move from abused Amazon rubber…
A documentary-style adaptation of George W. Gray's Science at War asks whether scientific progress is responsible for modern destruction or merely a tool shaped by human choices. Through dramatized examples…
A dramatization based on Conrad Heiden's Der Fuehrer traces the fabrication and political use of the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The program follows the forged document from…
A dramatization of John Hersey's A Bell for Adano follows Italian-American Major Victor Joppolo as he administers the newly occupied town of Adano. He works to restore food, water, local…
A radio impression of Anna Louise Strong's Wild River traces the building of the great Dnieper dam as a symbol of Soviet industrialization and collective sacrifice. Workers endure primitive housing,…
A dramatization of Vercors' The Silence of the Sea follows an elderly Frenchman and his niece after a cultured German officer is billeted in their occupied home. They answer his…
A dramatization of Quentin Reynolds' The Curtain Rises follows the correspondent from another departure overseas through Allied campaigns in Russia, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Reynolds is especially struck by…
Navy armed-guard officer Bob Berry recalls being rushed through wartime training and sent to defend merchant ships against submarine and air attack. His service includes the sinking of a ship,…
A dramatization of Robert Carse's Lifeline honors the United States Merchant Marine and the dangerous supply routes that sustained Allied forces. An able seaman describes Arctic convoys, sinkings, lifeboat ordeals…
A documentary-style dramatization of Edward Stettinius Jr.'s Lend-Lease: Weapon for Victory explains the program through analogies, historical narration and scenes from Allied fronts. It traces the shift from American hesitation…
The Coast Guard Reserve yacht CGR-3070 begins an ordinary coastal picket patrol searching for enemy submarines, but a severe Atlantic storm turns the mission into a survival ordeal. The small…
A War Bond special reprises dramatized passages from Ernie Pyle's Here's Your War about American infantrymen in North Africa. Pyle describes exhausted soldiers carrying heavy weapons after days of combat,…
A wounded British airman crash-lands in occupied France and is hidden by a French family while recovering from severe injuries that eventually cost him an arm. As German pressure closes…
A policy-driven dramatization of George Creel's War Criminals and Punishment argues that Axis leaders must not escape accountability after the war. Using historical examples from the aftermath of World War…
A humorous autobiographical adaptation of Donald Hough's Captain Retread follows a middle-aged World War I veteran returning to uniform as an Air Force captain. Through loosely connected vignettes, Hough buys…
A dramatization of War Below Zero follows American servicemen assigned to isolated weather stations on Greenland's ice cap. Their enemy is primarily cold, blizzards, loneliness and the strain of maintaining…
Army engineer Major George Dodd arrives on a peaceful South Pacific island to prepare it for conversion into an American airbase. As he grows close to Ruth, Vigo, Father Vincent…
A dramatization based on Robert Parker's Headquarters Budapest uses satire and reported scenes to examine corruption, dictatorship and political weakness in the prewar Balkans. The program portrays rulers such as…
A warning-oriented dramatization argues that Nazi power could survive military defeat by moving underground. Staged scenes show German officials planning infiltration, propaganda, sabotage and the placement of loyal personnel inside…
This staged first-half recording combines material from E. H. Clayton's Heaven Below and Sun Fo's China Looks Forward to examine wartime China. Through missionary observations and dramatized examples, it contrasts…
Fifteen-year-old Simone lives with her prosperous uncle as France collapses before the German advance. She discovers that he has hoarded gasoline, profiteered from refugees and intends to preserve his garage…
A dramatized discussion of Willard Waller's The Veteran Comes Back examines the political and social danger created when returning servicemen are denied work, security and respect. Historical scenes from earlier…
A dramatization of the wartime career of fighter pilot Don Gentile traces his fascination with flying from reckless youthful aviation in Ohio to combat service against Germany. Once war comes,…
A policy-focused dramatization drawing on Sumner Welles's The Time for Decision and Walter Lippmann's U.S. War Aims asks what kind of peace can prevent another world war. Through family scenes,…
A dramatized survey of American social problems argues that the nation cannot win a war for freedom abroad while ignoring fear and division at home. Scenes examine slum housing, juvenile…
A dramatized adaptation of correspondent Joseph Driscoll's Pacific Victory 1945 surveys the American war against Japan and argues that victory depends on men, leadership, weapons and sustained support from the…
A documentary-style dramatization of Willard Waller's The Veteran Comes Back examines the social problems awaiting American servicemen returning from war. Through staged testimony from veterans of earlier conflicts, scenes of…
A dramatization of correspondent Jack Belden's Still Time to Die rejects sanitized or triumphalist descriptions of modern war. Recovering from wounds, Belden recalls the hunger, bombing, fear and misery he…
A dramatization of correspondent Tom Treanor's One Damn Thing After Another recounts his comic and dangerous path from low-priority, often unauthorized war reporter to an accepted front-line correspondent. Treanor talks…
A documentary-style adaptation of Kent Cooper's Barriers Down argues that monopolies and national controls over international news helped create prejudice and war. Dramatized examples show how distorted reporting encouraged nations…
Army wife Barbara follows her husband from post to post, learning how difficult wartime life can be for women trying to stay near soldiers whose orders change without warning. She…
A framed collection of dramatized accounts from Alfred Friendly's The Guys on the Ground honors the Air Force service crews who keep combat aircraft operating. Three pilots relaxing after a…
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