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Fdr Fireside Chats

1939–1944

1939–1944

Fdr Fireside Chats

17

Surviving broadcasts

1939–1944

Years on the air

6

Seasons represented

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in the public domain and stream from the Internet Archive.

Source collection: 1September31939FiresideChat14OnTheEuropeanWarFDR

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

15 dated broadcasts across 6 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1941
1942
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

The surviving run

17 of 17 shown

Transmission

3 September

No. 1

1939

Fdr Fireside Chats

September 3, 1939 Fireside Chat 14 On the European War- FDR

Running time

10 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

26 May

No. 2

1940

Fdr Fireside Chats

May 26, 1940 Fireside Chat 15 On National Defense- FDR

Running time

31 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

29 December

No. 3

1940

Fdr Fireside Chats

December 29, 1940 Fireside Chat 16 On the Arsenal of Democracy- FDR

Running time

36 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

11 September

No. 4

1941

Fdr Fireside Chats

September 11, 1941 Fireside Chat 18 On The Greer Incident- FDR

Running time

28 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

9 December

No. 5

1941

Fdr Fireside Chats

December 9, 1941 Fireside Chat 19 On the War with Japan- FRD

Running time

27 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

23 February

No. 6

1942

Fdr Fireside Chats

February 23, 1942 Fireside Chat 20 On the Progress of the War- FDR

Running time

36 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

28 April

No. 7

1942

Fdr Fireside Chats

April 28, 1942 Fireside Chat 21 On Sacrifice- FDR

Running time

32 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

7 September

No. 8

1942

Fdr Fireside Chats

September 7, 1942 Fireside Chat 22 On Inflation and Food Prices- FDR

Running time

27 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

12 October

No. 9

1942

Fdr Fireside Chats

October 12, 1942 Fireside Chat 23 On the Home Front- FDR

Running time

28 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

2 May

No. 10

1943

Fdr Fireside Chats

May 2, 1943 Fireside Chat 24 On the Coal Crisis- FDR

Running time

22 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

28 July

No. 11

1943

Fdr Fireside Chats

July 28, 1943 Fireside Chat 25 On the Fall of Mussolini- FDR

Running time

29 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

8 September

No. 12

1943

Fdr Fireside Chats

September 8, 1943 Fireside Chat 26 On the Armistice in Italy- FDR

Running time

11 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

24 December

No. 13

1943

Fdr Fireside Chats

December 24, 1943 Fireside Chat 27 On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences- FDR

Running time

26 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

11 January

No. 14

1944

Fdr Fireside Chats

January 11, 1944 Fireside Chat 28 On the State of the Union- FDR

Running time

29 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

5 June

No. 15

1944

Fdr Fireside Chats

June 5, 1944 Fireside Chat 29 On the Fall of Rome- FDR

Running time

16 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

12 June

No. 16

1944

Fdr Fireside Chats

June 12, 1944 Fireside Chat 30 Opening Fifth War Loan Drive- FDR

Running time

12 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

1940 · year only

No. 17

Fdr Fireside Chats

Fdr Fireside Chats — 1940

Running time

31 min

Between 1933 and 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation in a series of evening radio talks carried simultaneously by the networks; a reporter's phrase, "fireside chat", stuck to them. The surviving network transfers gathered here run from the September 1939 chat on the European war through the June 1944 opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive, including the December 9, 1941 broadcast following the declaration of war on Japan. These recordings are United States government broadcasts in theand stream from the Internet Archive.

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