File019: Love At First Flight

On this episode we’re back with Words At War and an episode called Love At First Flight that first aired August 14, 1943.

Next episode we take a break from World War II and hear an espionage tale from the Cold War.

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File018: The Black Radio

It is another visit with Cloak And Dagger this time around.

We’ll hear “The Black Radio” which first aired August 27, 1950.

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File017: Mission Completed

It’s an episode of Suspense this week that first aired December 1, 1949. Mission Completed stars Jimmy Stewart as an ex-prisoner of war badly wounded in a prison camp. As he recovers in the hospital, he’s convinced he has seen the commander of the camp running a flower shop. He decides action must be taken… But this story is more than just a tale of revenge.

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File016: Prisoner Of The Japanese

We’re back this week with another episode from Words At War. This episode originally aired August 7, 1943.

I hope we all keep in mind that many of the shows here were recorded during, or shortly after the war. As such the portrayals of German, and in this case Japanese, people were less than flattering. The voice acting in some of these shows sounds comical, though the subject matter certainly was not. I’ve been meaning to mention this for some time, but I hope I’m stating the obvious. It’s not my desire to offend anyone!

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File015: Pressure

This week we’ll hear another episode from Escape.

Pressure first aired in March of 1953. It tells the story of a submarine captain attempting to rebuild his reputation by taking on a Japanese aircraft carrier and its destroyer escort…alone.

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