This was 1949.

Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Tre...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: WKZO (Radio station : Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970 (Host)
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (Speaker)
Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988 (Speaker)
Everton, John Scott (Speaker)
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 (Speaker)
Anderson, Donald (Speaker)
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 (Speaker)
Martin, John, Jr (Speaker)
Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968 (Speaker)
Campbell, Charles (Speaker)
Robinson, Frankie (Speaker)
Todd, Paul (Paul H.) (Speaker)
Manitz, Janislav (Speaker)
Language:English
Series:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Subjects:
Nineteen forty-nine, A.D.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972 > Inauguration, 1949.
Williams, G. Mennen, > 1911-1988 > Inauguration, 1949.
High schools > Michigan.
North Atlantic Treaty > (1949 April 4)
Elections > Michigan.
Nuclear weapons > Soviet Union > Testing.
Public affairs television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Public affairs television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 audio file (1 hr., 21 min., 11 sec.)
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
Note:Electronic resource.
Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Originally broadcast on WKZO.
Call Number:Voice 28867
Playing Time:01:21:11
Event Details:
Broadcast 1949 December 31