1-3 September 1939
German troops crossed the Polish frontier on 1 September. Britain and France declared war on the 3rd; that evening Roosevelt told America it would stay neutral, and admitted he could not ask anyone to stay neutral in thought.
46 recordings · 7 broadcasters · 11 days
Who carried it
23 Aug 1939 · 1 min
Broadcast 1939-08-23. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-27. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-27. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-27. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-28. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-28. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-28. Mutual Broadcasting System. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-08-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
1 Sep 1939 · 1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
1 Sep 1939 · 2 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
1 Sep 1939 · 1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-02. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-02. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
3 Sep 1939 · 12 min
Broadcast 1939-09-03. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
3 Sep 1939 · 14 min
"This sound recording captures a broadcast by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in which he voiced his intention to keep America out of the growing conflict in Europe. In it he stated 'This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well...As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no black - out of peace in the United States.'"ARC Identifier 1752482
Broadcast 1939-09-03. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-03. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-04. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-04. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-06. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-07. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-07. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-10. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-09-10. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).