News and Speeches: 1946-1949
1940s
*excerpt
Albert Einstein, physicist, calls for an end to atomic proliferation
unknown, 1940s
:30
 
1946
Winston Churchill Delivers his "Iron Curtain" Speech at Westminster College, Fulton, MO
March 5, 1946
1:29
Press Conference With Interior Secretary J.A. Krug On Taking Over The Coal Fields
May 21, 1946
1:32*
Bernard Baruch's Atomic Energy Proposal to The United Nations
June 14, 1946
:58
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee On Atomic Weapons and The United Nations
June 19, 1946
1:07
News: "Operation Crossroads" atomic test ABLE at Bikini Atoll (world's 4th atomic explosion)
July 1, 1946
2:33
News: "Operation Crossroads" atomic test ABLE at Bikini Atoll (world's 4th atomic explosion)- Detonation
July 1, 1946
:38
Nuremberg Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson at Nuremberg
July 26, 1946
:13
Arthur Gaeth Witnesses Nazi Hangings
October 16, 1946
:34
David E. Lilienthal on The Future of Atomic Energy
October 28, 1946
:21
News: CBS: Robert Trout on Mid-term Election Results
November 6, 1946
:26
1947
George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, Proposes European Recovery Program
June 5, 1947
2:02
John Howard Lawson, Screenwriter, Testifies Before HUAC
October 29, 1947
:46
Howard Hughes Testifies Before Congress About The "Spruce Goose"
November, 1947
:28
Howard Hughes, industrialist and aviation pioneer; James McNamara, radio correspondent: First and only flight of "Spruce Goose"
November 2, 1947
2:13
News report: Blacklisting of the Hollywood Ten
November 25, 1947
1:40

Jackie Robinson On Being Subjected To Racial Taunts

unknown
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1948
Description of "Operation Vittles," The Berlin Airlift, narrated
June 26, 1948
2:09
Speech: Harry Truman Accepts The Democatic Party's Nomination For President in the 1948 Election
July 15, 1948
23:38*
News: Edward R. Murrow Election Night Coverage
November 3, 1948
2:15
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey Concedes The Election
November 3, 1948
:37
Truman Remarks At Victory Celebration, Missouri
November 3, 1948
2:07
 
1949
President Truman Inaugural Address
January 20, 1949
3:18*
Winston Churchill On The Atomic Bomb As A Deterrent to War
March 31, 1949
:18
President Truman Signs NATO Agreement
April 4, 1949
:35
Edward R. Murrow on The Alger Hiss Trial
June 2, 1949
4:39
Edward R. Murrow on The Right To Dissent, McCarthyism
June 9, 1949
4:38
Jackie Robinson Testifies Before HUAC
July 18, 1949
:32
Harry S. Truman Speaks at U.N. Headquarters Cornerstone-laying Ceremony
October 24, 1949
2:32