American History Through The Eyes Of Radio: “AHTER 1924 Calvin Coolidge”, first broadcast in 1924. Old-time radio news.

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On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln attends a charity performance of the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Reporters move through the crowd outside and inside the theater, speaking with Lincoln, his guests, the theater staff and the presidential guard, John F. Parker. The play is interrupted by a shot from the presidential box, and the audience and the reporters rush to find out what has happened. The broadcast follows the confusion in the theater, then turns to reports from the Peterson House, where the wounded president has been carried, and to the wider alarm across the capital. The episode is in the You Are There series, first broadcast by CBS on December 14, 1947.

With Abraham Lincoln, John Daly, John Hollenbeck, Quincy Howe, Ned Crowe, John F. Parker, Clara Harris, Major Rathbone.

Listen for: The sudden shot from the presidential box during the performance, and the reporters' accounts of the crowd's reaction as the news spreads

First aired on July 7, 1947.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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CBS World News Today: “World News Special”, first broadcast on November 11, 1942. Old-time radio news.

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