"Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium. Conflict between Russia & the West. Execution of ten top Nazi war leaders. International war crimes trial at Nuremberg. Lilienthal's "Credo of Democracy". V-J Day celebrations. Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The 1946 congressional elections. The Baruch proposal for the control of atomic energy. The Bikini atom bomb test. The Howard Hughes congressional hearing. The Marshall Plan. The assassination of Gandhi.
Notes:
"The continuing chronicle of the years following the close of World War II up to the present time, told in the authentic sounds and voices of the men who made this history" -- Container. Program notes by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly on container. Speeches and broadcasts of important historical events from 1945 to 1949. Edward R. Murrow, narrator.
Contents:
V-J Day celebrations -- Conflict between Russia & the West ; The Bikini atom bomb test -- The Barauch proposal for the control of atomic energy ; International war crimes trial at Nuremberg ; Execution of ten top Nazi war leaders -- The 1946 congressional elections ; Lilienthal's "Credo of Democracy" ; "Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium -- The Marshall Plan ; The Howard Hughes congressional hearing ; Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh ; The assassination of Gandhi.
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