BBC London Calling

1939

BBC London Calling

68 surviving broadcasts held in the archive

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Source collection: 1939RadioNews

The surviving run

Transmission

9 April

No. 1

1939

BBC London Calling

NBC Marian Anderson Concert

Running time

29 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

11 April

No. 2

1939

BBC London Calling

NBC Bob Hope Betty Grable

Running time

27 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

26 April

No. 3

1939

BBC London Calling

Former British PM Stanley Baldwin Speaks In New York

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

6 July

No. 4

1939

BBC London Calling

Herbert Hoover Urges US Neutrality In European Conflicts

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

27 August

No. 5

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Czech Ambassador In London On Poland Situation

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

27 August

No. 6

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC News

Running time

16 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

27 August

No. 7

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS HV Kaltenborn Reports On The Eve Of War

Running time

5 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

28 August

No. 8

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS European News

Running time

14 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

28 August

No. 9

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS London Edward R. Murrow

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

28 August

No. 10

1939

BBC London Calling

MBS Sigrid Schultz In Berlin

Running time

7 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

31 August

No. 11

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Alvar Lidell Polish Question 16 Points

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 12

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Evacuation of London

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 13

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Seymour Joly de Lotbinière Evacuees Depart from Waterloo Station

Running time

16 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 14

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Lionel Marson Invasion of Poland

Running time

14 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 15

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Adolf Hitler Announces War With Poland

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 16

1939

BBC London Calling

FDR Speaks On U.S. Neutrality

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 17

1939

BBC London Calling

PPR Radio Warsaw Reports On German Invasion

Running time

2 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 September

No. 18

1939

BBC London Calling

Polish Ambassador To U.S. On War With Germany

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

2 September

No. 19

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC News

Running time

52 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

2 September

No. 20

1939

BBC London Calling

Chamberlain Declares War

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 21

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Outbreak of War with Germany

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 22

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Britain Declares War On Germany

Running time

12 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 23

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC King George VI Addresses The Nation (Excerpts1)

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 24

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC King George VI Addresses The Nation (Excerpts2)

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 25

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC King George VI Addresses the Nation

Running time

5 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 26

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Places Of Entertainment To Be Closed

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 27

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Prime Minister Chamberlain Declares War On Germany

Running time

2 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 28

1939

BBC London Calling

CBC Canada Declares War On Germany

Running time

7 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 29

1939

BBC London Calling

FDR Speaks About The War Beginning In Europe

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

3 September

No. 30

1939

BBC London Calling

NBC Dorothy Thompson Hitler Invasion of Poland

Running time

13 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

4 September

No. 31

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC News

Running time

49 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

4 September

No. 32

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Edward R. Murrow British Class System

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

6 September

No. 33

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Survivors Recall the Sinking of the SS Athenia

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

7 September

No. 34

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS William L. Shirer In Berlin

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

7 September

No. 35

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS William L. Shirer News From Berlin

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

10 September

No. 36

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC We Have Been Evacuated

Running time

15 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

20 September

No. 37

1939

BBC London Calling

NBC Reports On Adolph Hitler's Danzig Address

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

21 September

No. 38

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS French Premier Daladier Message To France

Running time

16 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

21 September

No. 39

1939

BBC London Calling

FDR Addresses Extraordinary Session Of Congress

Running time

35 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

22 September

No. 40

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Adolf Hitler On Poland (H. V. Kaltenborn Commentary)

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

22 September

No. 41

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS H. V. Kaltenborn Commentary

Running time

14 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 October

No. 42

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Winston Churchill The First Month of the War

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

7 October

No. 43

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis With The News

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

15 October

No. 44

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Richard Dimbleby By A French Road

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

16 October

No. 45

1939

BBC London Calling

Elsie & Doris Waters Gert, Daisy & the Blackout

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

24 October

No. 46

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports 'City Of Flint' Still Missing

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

27 October

No. 47

1939

BBC London Calling

NBC Story Behind The Headlines The Outbreak Of The European War

Running time

14 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

30 October

No. 48

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports On Neutrality Bill

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

31 October

No. 49

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports On Molotov's Speech

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

11 November

No. 50

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC HM Queen Elizabeth Calls On Women

Running time

8 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

12 November

No. 51

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Winston Churchill Ten Weeks Of War

Running time

9 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

27 November

No. 52

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Edward R. Murrow Underground Air Raid

Running time

2 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

29 November

No. 53

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC War Comes to London Voluntary Hospitals

Running time

8 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

30 November

No. 54

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis With George Fielding Elliot

Running time

14 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

30 November

No. 55

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports Russian Air Raids On Helsinki

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1 December

No. 56

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports The Defense Of Finland Continues

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

2 December

No. 57

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports Germany Accuses Sweden

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

18 December

No. 58

1939

BBC London Calling

BBC Winston Churchill The Sinking Of The Graf Spee

Running time

5 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

18 December

No. 59

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports On Russo-Finnish Front

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

19 December

No. 60

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports German Liner 'Columbus' Scuttled

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

20 December

No. 61

1939

BBC London Calling

CBS Elmer Davis Reports Swedish Volunteer Units For Finland

Running time

4 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

31 December

No. 62

1939

BBC London Calling

RRG Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmach

Running time

3 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

31 December

No. 63

1939

BBC London Calling

Arthur Askey We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line

Running time

2 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

August 1939 · month only

No. 64

BBC London Calling

FDR Speech 'There Can Be No Peace'

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

November 1939 · month only

No. 65

BBC London Calling

BBC Viscount Halifax Our War Aims Now and After

Running time

17 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

November 1939 · month only

No. 66

BBC London Calling

Harry Roy God Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain

Running time

2 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

December 1939 · month only

No. 67

BBC London Calling

BBC Tommy Handley Very Little Nazi

Running time

1 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.

Transmission

1939 · year only

No. 68

BBC London Calling

XERA Pickard Family

Running time

17 min

BBC news bulletins and announcements recorded off air in 1939 and 1940, including the Overseas Service bulletin of 9 April 1940. Held by the Internet Archive's wartime audio collections.