Old Time Radio Downloads

+ Program #1. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. Commercials added locally. A wartime series dramatizing the exploits of United Press correspondents covering the action. Correspondent Henry Gorell goes along on the first U.S. bombing run in the Mediterranean (Navareno Bay). This syndicated series was heard on many different stations, on different dates and in different sequences. The dramatized programs were very similar to the actually reports filed by the U.P. correspondents and were issued on transcription soon after the actual event being dramatized occurred. The dates given are for the the first run on WHN, New York City, where it was heard at 9:30 P.M. (Eastern). All the correspondents' reports are in the first person, but the journalists are impersonated by New Yor City based actors. Jackson Beck, Henry Gorell (impersonated). 

+ Program #3. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Richard McMillan covers the battle of North Africa against Rommel as it turns from the defense to the offense. Richard McMillan (impersonated). 

+ Program #5. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Leo Disher is decorated for heroism for his coverage of the action at Oran in North Africa, despite his many wounds. Leo Disher (impersonated). 

+ Program #7. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. Commercials added locally. The adventures of William Tyree, the U.P. correspondent covering the Pacific Theatre and the action on Guadalcanal. William Tyree (impersonated). 

+ Program #9. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. Commercials added locally. The story of U.P. correspondent Ned Russell, and "The Siege Of Stuka Acres." Ned Russell (impersonated). 

+ Program #17. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "A Son Of Bushido". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Robert Miller describes the fighting on Guadalcanal. Robert Miller (impersonated). 

+ Program #28. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "Atlantic Convoy". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondents Robert Vermillion and Robert Richards tell of a battle with a German submarine pack. Robert Vermillion (impersonated), Robert Richards (impersonated). 

+ Program #56. United Press syndication. "Torpedo". Commercials added locally. George Palmer reports from aboard a convoy ship that is torpedoed. The drama offers a good description of what it must feel like to be on board. The date is approximate. George Palmer (impersonated). 

+ Program #78. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "Merrill's Raiders". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Frank Hewlett's report with a hand-picked force of jungle fighters in Northern Burma. The date is approximate. Frank Hewlett (impersonated). 

+ Program #86. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "Invasion". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Virgil Pinkley covers the Allied landings in France. The date is approximate. Virgil Pinkley (impersonated). 

+ Program #98. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "The Return Of The Soldier". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Joan Younger's poignant story about wounded men at the Mitchell Field Hospital. The date is approximate. Joan Younger (impersonated). 

+ Program #106. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "The Ghost Goes To War". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Boyd Lewis' funny story of, "The Witch Of Scrapfaggot Green." The date is approximate. Boyd Lewis (impersonated).

+ Program #109. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "Drama In The Air". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Leo Disher's wonderful story of inspiring bravery in the air. The story of a blinded pilot, it is announced, will later be made into a movie (and it was!). The date is approximate. Leo Disher (impersonated).

+ Program #113. United Press syndication, World lateral transcription. "Christmas Greetings". Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Henry Gorell tells a strange story of Christmas on the Western front...about the general, the private and the sergeant. The date is approximate. Henry Gorell (impersonated). 

+ Program #120. United Press syndication. "The Symbol Of Caduseus". Commercials added locally. Walter Cronkite's story about three army nurses at the front. The date is approximate. One announcement is added locally. Walter Cronkite (impersonated), Jackson Beck.

+ Program #128. United Press syndication. "The Hideout. Commercials added locally. U.P. correspondent Doris Johnston "refused to give in to the Japs" and hid in the mountains with the Filipinos after the fall of Manila on January 22, 1942. She was eventually arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese. Doris Johnston (impersonated), Jackson Beck.

+ Program #137. United Press syndication. "Prisoner Of War". Commercials added locally. Edward Beatty of the United Press is taken prisoner by the Germans. In January 1945, Beatty was brought to Berlin and then sent to Buchenwald. He was eventually freed by U.P. correspondent Harold Vermilyea. Edward Beatty (impersonated), Harold Vermilyea (impersonated).