Originally broadcast on Mutual, 1 May 1945. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1943–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 89
- Genre
- anthology
Words at War ran on NBC from 1943 to 1945, adapting newly published books about the war into half-hour dramas, often within weeks of publication. The series was supported by the Council on Books in Wartime. Recordings come from the Old Time Radio Researchers' restored single-episode collection.
1945 · 211944 · 431943 · 25
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 89 of 89
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
25 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1943
1944
1945
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. Combined Operations - The Official Story of the British Commandos · 24 Jun 1943
- 2. They Call It Pacific · 10 Jul 1943
- 3. The Last Days of Sevastopol · 17 Jul 1943
My Country - A Poem Of America
5 Jun 1945 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
Soldier To Civilian
29 May 1945 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
Wartime Racketeers
22 May 1945 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
The Road To Serfdom
15 May 1945 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
The Hide Out
1 May 1945 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
Brave Men
24 Apr 1945 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
They Left The Back Door Open
17 Apr 1945 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
Apartment In Athens
10 Apr 1945 · 27 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'OTRR_Words_At_War_Singles' (public domain).
Same night on the air
1 May 1945
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 1 May 1945.
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 1 May 1945. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'MailCall' (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1943–1945
Other series the network carried while Words at War was on the air.
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