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Various Great Moments of the 20th Century (2000)
YEAR: 2000
This misc cd contains 63 tracks and runs 79min 7sec.
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1. Various - Inventor Marcosi Talks About Sending the First Transatlantic Radio Transmission (01:02)
2. Various - The Double-Sided Record, New from the Columbia Graphophone Company, Offers Improved Sound and Durability (01:59)
3. Various - Inventor Thomas Edison Announces the Age of Electricity (01:03)
4. Various - Commander Robert E. Peary Expounds on the Allure of Arctic Exploration (00:47)
5. Various - Survivor Gives Harrowing Account of the H.M.S. Titanic Disaster (02:25)
6. Various - Presidential Candidate Woodrow Wilson Makes the Case for a Living Wage (01:35)
7. Various - British Member of Parliament Horatio Bottomley Asserts That "We are Witnessing That Great Armageddon" (00:54)
8. Various - American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers Explains U.S. Efforts in World War I (01:12)
9. Various - Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in France, General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing Asks for the Support of U.S. Troops (00:32)
10. Various - Former Ambassador to Germany James Gerard Challenges German-Americans' Loyalty in the Face of Conflict (00:50)
11. Various - An Explanation of Inventor Lee De Forest's Principles of "Talking Film" (00:41)
12. Various - Attorney Clarence Darrow Proclaims "The Real Cause of Crime is Poverty, Ignorance, Hard Luck, and Generally Youth" (01:35)
13. Various - Humorist Will Rogers Muses on His Entry in the Congressional Record (01:40)
14. Various - Aviator Charles Lindbergh Reflects on the First-Ever Transatlantic Flight (00:58)
15. Various - As the Threat of War Once Again Looms Over Europe, Winston Churchill Asks "What are We to Do?" (01:50)
16. Various - Expartriate Author Henry Miller Reads from His Controversial Book Tropic of Cancer (00:58)
17. Various - Louisiana Senator Huey Long Criticizes the Current Roosevelt Administration (01:19)
18. Various - Indian Leader Mohandas Gandhi Shares His Beliefs (00:40)
19. Various - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Visits Dust Bowl States and Vows to Save the American Farming Family (01:45)
20. Various - Physicist Albert Einstein Asserts that Modern Man is Detached from the World Because of Technology (02:31)
21. Various - King Edward VIII Announces His Abdication of the Throne and Declares Allegiance to His Brother King George VI (01:17)
22. Various - News Coverage of the Hindenburg Airship Disaster (01:33)
23. Various - Mickey Mouse Turns 10 Years Old (01:03)
24. Various - Civil Rights Activist Asa Philip Randolph Pleas for Social and Racial Justice (01:02)
25. Various - Aviator Howard Hughes and Crew Successfully Complete World's First Transglobal Flight (01:08)
26. Various - Sigmund Freud Discuess Psychoanalysis (01:16)
27. Various - Dramatist and Critic George Bernard Shaw Defines the Pacifist Movement (02:01)
28. Various - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorates the Nations of the World at New York World's Fair (01:37)
29. Various - Author Margaret Mitchell Expresses Gratitude over Winning Pulitzer Prize for Gone with the Wind (00:40)
30. Various - Broadcaster Edward H. Murrow Reprts Plans for the Evacuation of Children from London (01:38)
31. Various - Nazi Germany Mounts Blitzkrieg Invasion of Poland (01:15)
32. Various - Nazi Germany Denies Aggression Toward Poland, Claiming Self-Defense (01:26)
33. Various - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Declares a State of War (00:46)
34. Various - German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Condemns Polish Aggression Toward Germans (02:17)
35. Various - Italian Fascist Leader Benito Mussolini Declares War on the Allied Powers (01:54)
36. Various - American Journalist William Shirer Reports on French Armistice Signing (01:36)
37. Various - Labor Leader John L. Lewis Supports Wendell Willkie for President (01:53)
38. Various - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Announces the First Peacetime Draft Lottery (00:58)
39. Various - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares War on Japan (01:13)
40. Various - Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Publicizes the New Convenient New York (01:25)
41. Various - Announcement of Allied Invasion of North Africa (00:27)
42. Various - President Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports the Allied Armies' Liberation of Rome (00:23)
43. Various - First Allied Planes Leave England, Leading D-Day Invasion (01:25)
44. Various - Report of U.S. Flag Raised over Iwo Jima (01:14)
45. Various - Annoncement of Allied Forces Crossing the Rhine River (00:50)
46. Various - Report of German Army's Unconditional Surrender in Italy (00:47)
47. Various - Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide (00:40)
48. Various - V-E Day Report of German Surrender Ending the War in Europe (01:14)
49. Various - V-E Day Celebration in Times Square, New York City (01:54)
50. Various - President Truman Signs the United Nations Charter (01:20)
51. Various - Report of the U.S. Having Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (01:09)
52. Various - V-J Day Report of Japanese Surrender Ending the War in the Pacific (00:53)
53. Various - British Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill declares Eastern Europe Behind an Iron Curtain (01:01)
54. Various - U.S. Census Reveals Postwar Infant Population Boom (01:09)
55. Various - Secretary of State George C. Marshall Announces Plan to Revitalize Postwar European Economy (01:32)
56. Various - Soviet Blockade of Berlin Thwarted by U.S. Air Force Efforts (00:58)
57. Various - United Nations Representative Abba Eban Comments on Israel's Nationhood (01:19)
58. Various - President Harry Truman Mocks Naysayer Journalists in Election Victory Speech (01:50)
59. Various - White House Issues Statement That Soviet Union has Atomic Bomb (00:15)
60. Various - Bobby Thompson Secures New York Giants' National League Pennant Win with Game-Clinching Home Run (01:33)
61. Various - Baseball Great Joe DeMaggio Announces His Retirement (00:36)
62. Various - Vice-Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon Defends Himself Against Allegations of Mishandled Campaign Contributions (01:28)
63. Various - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin Dies at Age 73 (00:26)