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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 1
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Ann Tudor
Part 1 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie.
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A Rare Recording of John R. Brinkley Volume 2
by John R. Brinkley
read by John R. Brinkley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
John R. Brinkley (July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) became nationally known as the "goat gland doctor" for his controversial medical practice that promised virility for his male patients. He was a pioneer in radio broadcasting and advertising, as he promoted his services to his large listening audience. Despite detractors and critics in the medical community thoroughly discrediting his methods, Brinkley operated clinics and hospitals in several states for two decades. When opposition from the organized medical community resulted in revocation of his radio and medical license he turned to politics, with two failed runs for the governorship of Kansas. Brinkley's rise to fame and fortune was as precipitous as his eventual fall: At the height of his career he had amassed millions of dollars; yet he died sick and nearly penniless, as a result of a number of malpractice, wrongful death and fraud suits brought against him.
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A Rare Recording of Aldous Huxley, Volume 2
by Aldous Huxley
read by Aldous Huxley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He was best known for his novels "Brave New World" and "The Doors of Perception." This recording is from a speech he gave, "What a Piece of Work Man Is." Earlier in his career Huxley edited the Oxford Poetry magazine, wrote travel articles, film stories, and scripts. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, including universalism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 2
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Ian Richard Kyle Paisley
Part 2 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 3
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Corrie Ten Boom
Part 3 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie. The following is part one of a speech ten Boom gave called, Authority Over Demons.
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A Rare Recording of Corrie ten Boom, Volume 4
by Corrie Ten Boom
read by Corrie Ten Boom
Part 4 of the Rare Recording of... series
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught, and ten Boom was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, but released after ten months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote, "The Hiding Place," a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned at the concentration camp. It was later made in to a movie. The following is part two of a speech ten Boom gave called, Authority Over Demons.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Gloria Swanson, Volume 2
by Gloria Swanson
read by Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 to April 4, 1983), born in Chicago, was an American actress who joined United Artists in 1925 as one of the film industry's pioneering women filmmakers. She produced and starred in the 1928 film Sadie Thompson, earning a nomination for Best Actress at the first annual Academy Awards. Her sound film debut performance in 1929's The Trespasser earned her a second Academy Award nomination. Swanson earned her third Oscar nomination for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award. The following recordings are from two tv interviews, one in 1950 and one in 1957.
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A Rare Recording of Poet John Ciardi
by John Ciardi
read by John Ciardi
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John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, Ciardi pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. The following recording is from a speech Ciardi gave in 1965.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Gene Tierney
by Gene Tierney
read by Gene Tierney
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Gene Eliza Tierney (November 19, 1920 - November 6, 1991), born in New York City, was an American stage and film actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She starred in Otto Preminger's Laura (1944), a film noir classic, and in John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven (1945), which earned Tierney a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Darryl F. Zanuck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, said Tierney was "unquestionably, the most beautiful woman in movie history." The following recording is from a 1979 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Television Icon Jean Stapleton
by Jean Stapleton
read by Jean Stapleton
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Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray; January 19, 1923 - May 31, 2013), born in Manhattan, was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family--arguably the most iconic female character in television history. The role earned her three Emmys and two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a comedy series. The following recordings include two interviews (1972 and 1980) and two of Stapleton's Emmy Award wins, in 1972 and 1978.
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A Rare Recording of Entertainment Icon Zero Mostel
by Zero Mostel
read by Zero Mostel
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Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 - September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his portrayal of Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' 1967 film The Producers. Mostel won three Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. He is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1979. This recording includes a 1949 tv show appearance, a 1961 interview by boxing great Rocky Marciano, and a 1967 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Greer Garson
by Greer Garson
read by Greer Garson
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Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress and singer. She was a major star at MGM who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront and was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's Top 10 box office draws from 1942 to 1946. The fourth most-nominated woman for the Best Actress Oscar, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, including a record-tying (with Bette Davis) five consecutive nominations (1941-1945) in the best actress category, winning for her performance in the title role as the British housewife in the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver.
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A Rare Recording of Virologist Jonas Salk
by Jonas Salk
read by Jonas Salk
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Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 - June 23, 1995), born in New York City, was an American virologist and medical researcher. A graduate of City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine, in 1947, Salk accepted a professorship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he undertook a project to determine the number of different types of poliovirus and, eventually, develop a vaccine against polio. This recording is from a 1974 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of Poet John Ciardi Reading His Own Writing
by John Ciardi
read by John Ciardi
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John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, Ciardi pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, and recorded commentaries for National Public Radio. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. In the following recordings, Ciardi reads "And They Lived Happily Ever After For Awhile," "To Judith, I," "Happiness," and "The Lamb."
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A Rare Recording of the 1972 Title Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson
by Muhammad Patterson
read by Muhammad Patterson, Floyd Patterson
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This is the audio recording of the second Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson boxing match contested on September 20, 1972, for the NABF championship. It followed Patterson's victory over Oscar Bonavena in February 1972. The fight lasted 7 rounds. After the ringside doctor inspected eye between rounds, referee Arthur Mercante Sr. stopped Patterson from coming out for the eighth round, giving Ali a RTD (retired) victory. This was the final fight of Patterson's career.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Natalie Wood
by Natalie Wood
read by Natalie Wood
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Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 - November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). Wood starred in the musicals West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962) and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). The following recording is from a 1979 interview.
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A Rare Recording of Five Famous Seabiscuit Horse Races
by Various Authors
read by Various Readers
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Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 to May 17, 1947), foaled in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 23, 1933, from the mare Swing On and sire Hard Tack, a son of Man o' War, was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States that became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938. Seabiscuit has been immortalized in books and films, including the Shirley Temple film, The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); the book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (1999) by Laura Hillenbrand, along with the film adaptation of Hillenbrand's book, Seabiscuit (2003), that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The following recordings include the Third Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on February 27, 1937; the Fourth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 5, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti held at Del Mar, California August 12, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD - dubbed the "Match of the Century" - held on November 1, 1938; and the Sixth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 2, 1940.
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A Rare Recording of the 1965 "Phantom Punch" Title Fight Between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston
by Muhammad Ali
read by Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston
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This is the audio recording of the "Phantom Punch" title fight--the second championship bout between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston--held on May 25, 1965, at St. Dominic's Hall in Lewiston, Maine. It also includes a follow-up analysis by boxing experts. This rematch is infamous for the controversial "phantom punch" that led to Liston's quick defeat in the first round. Ali knocked Liston down, but the punch was not clearly seen by many observers, leading to speculation about a fix. The fight was marred by confusion, as the referee failed to administer a proper count, and the atmosphere surrounding the event was tense, contributing to its notoriety.
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A Rare Recording of the 1970 World Cup Final Between Brazil and Italy
by Italian National Futbol Team
read by Italian National Futbol Team Team
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This is the audio recording of the 1970 FIFA World Cup final held on Sunday, June 21st, in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, between Brazil and Italy. This marked the first time two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962. After the incomparable Pele opened up the scoring in the 18th minute, Brazil would go on to win the match, 4-1, making Pele the only player in futbol history to win three World Cups.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Veronica Lake
by Veronica Lake
read by Veronica Lake
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Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 - July 7, 1973), born in Brooklyn, NY, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in films noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, her peek-a-boo hairstyle, and films such as Sullivan's Travels (1941) and I Married a Witch (1942). The following audio recording is from a 1971 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Adult Film Actress Marilyn Chambers
by Marilyn Chambers
read by Marilyn Chambers
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Marilyn Ann Taylor (April 22, 1952 to April 12, 2009), raised in Westport, CT, known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, dancer, model, actress, singer, and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 film Insatiable. She is ranked as one of the top porn stars of all-time. Although she was primarily known for her adult film work, she made a successful transition to mainstream projects and has been called "porn's most famous crossover." The following recordings are from 1977 and 1981 television interviews.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Dorothy Lamour
by Dorothy Lamour
read by Dorothy Lamour
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Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914 - September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer from New Orleans. Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood, where she signed with Paramount Pictures. She is best remembered for having appeared in a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and for her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." The following interview is from 1978.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Irene Dunne
by Irene Dunne
read by Irene Dunne
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Irene Dunne, born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky(December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was an American actress who appeared in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress--for her performances in the western drama Cimarron (1931); the screwball comedies, Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Awful Truth (1937); the romance, Love Affair (1939); and the drama, I Remember Mama (1948). Dunne is considered one of the finest actresses never to have won an Academy Award.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Gloria Swanson
by Gloria Swanson
read by Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 - April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. The following recording includes interview clips from 1965 and 1980.
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A Rare Recording of President Truman's 1945 Radio Address on the Potsdam Conference and Bombing of H
by President Harry S. Truman
read by President Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945. Assuming the presidency after FDR's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. The following recording is an August 9th 1945 radio address President Harry S. Truman gave on the results of the Potsdam Conference and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 1
by Ludwig Von Mises
read by Ludwig Von Mises
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881-October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. He is best known for his work on human behavior studies comparing communism and capitalism.
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A Rare Recording of Baseball Great Lou Gehrig, Including His "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"
by Lou Gehrig
read by Lou Gehrig
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Henry Louis Gehrig (June 19, 1903 to June 2, 1941), born in New York City, was an American baseball player who played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees (1923-1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him the nickname the "Iron Horse," and he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Gehrig was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League Most Valuable Player twice and a member of six World Series championship teams. He had a career .340 batting average, hit 493 home runs, and had 1,995 RBIs. He is also one of 19 players to hit four home runs in a single game. In 1939, Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by a team, when his number 4 was retired by the Yankees. The following recording is a radio interview from August 1939 after Gehrig had retired from baseball due to his illness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neuromuscular illness which, since then, is often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
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A Rare Recording of Novelist Harold Robbins
by Harold Robbins
read by Harold Robbins
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Harold Robbins, born Harold Rubin (May 21, 1916 - October 14, 1997), was an American author from New York City. One of the best-selling novelists of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers-including The Carpetbaggers in 1961-and sold over 750 million copies in 32 languages. The following recording is from a 1974 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reading His Own Poems
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
read by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 - February 22, 2021), born in Yonkers, NY, was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. The following recording includes Ferlinghetti reading the poems, Baseball Canto, Travels in America Deserta, See It Was Like This When, and Underwear.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Burt Lancaster
by Burt Lancaster
read by Burt Lancaster
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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 to October 20, 1994), born in New York City, was an American actor and World War II veteran. Over a 45-year career in films and television series, Lancaster was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actor (winning the Oscar for his role in Elmer Gantry, 1960), won two BAFTA Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. The following audio clips include a 1963 interview discussing Lancaster's participation in the March On Washington, a tv interview from 1963 about his experience working with various directors, and a tv interview from 1974 during which Lancaster promotes his forthcoming Moses The Lawgiving tv mini-series.
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A Rare Recording of a British Woman's Account of a 1954 UFO Sighting
by Jessie Roestenberg
read by Jessie Roestenberg
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At around 4:45 pm on October 21, 1954, British woman Jessie Roestenberg claimed to have seen a flying saucer of aluminum color, hovering over her remote cottage near Staffordshire, UK, with two Nordic-looking figures sitting in the craft. Roestenberg, who was inside her house with her 2-year-old daughter while her two young sons were playing outside in the garden, suddenly heard a loud sound like an aircraft crash. When she stepped outside, her terrified sons shouted: "Mommy, Mommy, there's a flying saucer" pointing toward a round UFO hovering above them. The following recording is from a tv report of Roestenberg's account.
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A Rare Recording of Allen Ginsburg Reading His Poem "America"
by Allen Ginsburg
read by Allen Ginsburg
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Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997), born in Newark NJ, was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, and hostility to bureaucracy. "America" is a poem by Ginsberg written in 1956.
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A Rare Recording of Dan Smoot Explaining Why America Is a Constitutional Republic
by Dan Smoot
read by Dan Smoot
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Dan Smoot (October 5, 1913 to July 24, 2003), born in East Prairie, MO, was an FBI agent turned conservative political commentator. From 1956 to 1971, he published The Dan Smoot Report, which was a weekly newsletter and radio program. Smoot wrote four books, including The Invisible Government (1962), concerning early members of the Council on Foreign Relations. In the following recording, Smoot explains the importance of America as a Constitutional Republic.
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A Rare Recording of Entertainment Icon Burt Reynolds
by Burt Reynolds
read by Burt Reynolds
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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 - September 6, 2018) was an American actor who became well known in the tv series Gunsmoke, Hawk and Dan August, before breaking out as a movie star in the 1970s and 80s, starting with his role as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). He later returned to television, in the sitcom Evening Shade (1990-1994), which won him a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. In 1997, Reynolds gained renewed critical attention for his performance in the movie Boogie Nights, earning him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination. The following recording includes three interviews from the early 1970s.
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A Rare Recording of Artist Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol
read by Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987), born Andrew Warhola Jr., was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. The following recordings are from interviews in 1966 and 1981.
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A Rare Recording of Senator Barry Goldwater
by Senator Barry Goldwater
read by Senator Barry Goldwater
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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 to May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the US Air Force, flying dangerous war zone supply routes overseas during World War II, who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964. The following recording is from a 1988 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Dorothy Lamour, Volume 2
by Dorothy Lamour
read by Dorothy Lamour
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Dorothy Lamour, born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton (December 10, 1914 - September 22, 1996) was an American actress and big band singer, best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen." For her contribution to the radio and motion picture industry, Lamour has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The following recordings are from tv appearances in 1972 and 1981.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Betty Grable
by Betty Grable
read by Betty Grable
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Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 - July 2, 1973) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942 to 1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars. Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her iconic bathing-suit poster made her the top pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. The photo was later included in the Life magazine project, "100 Photographs That Changed the World." The following recording is a clip from a 1969 tv interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Jean Harlow
by Jean Harlow
read by Jean Harlow
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Jean Harlow, born Harlean Harlow Carpenter (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), from Kansas City, MO, was an American actress known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde," Harlow was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow number 22 on its greatest female screen legends list. In the following recording from 1936, Harlow is interviewed by Elsa Schalert, a radio show host and Los Angeles Times writer.
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A Rare Recording of Bobby Seale, Founder of the Black Panther Party
by Bobby Seale
read by Bobby Seale
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Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an African American revolutionary, political activist and author. Seale is widely known for co-founding the Marxist-Leninist and black power political organization the Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) with fellow activist Huey P. Newton to monitor police activities and challenge police brutality in black communities, first in Oakland, California, and later in cities throughout the United States. Seale was also one of the "Chicago Eight" defendants, charged by the US government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, later called the "Chicago seven" when Seale's case was severed from the other defendants. After which, the government declined to retry Seale on the conspiracy charges, and he was never convicted in the case.
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A Rare Recording of Margaret Thaler Sing
by Louis 'Jolly' Jolyon West
read by Margaret Thaler Singer, Louis 'Jolly' Jolyon West
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A Rare Recording of Dan Smoot on the US Constitution
by Dan Smoot
read by Dan Smoot
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Dan Smoot (October 5, 1913 to July 24, 2003), born in East Prairie, MO, was an FBI agent turned conservative political commentator. From 1956 to 1971, he published The Dan Smoot Report, which was a weekly newsletter and radio program. Smoot wrote four books, including The Invisible Government (1962), concerning early members of the Council on Foreign Relations. In the following recording, Smoot discusses the US Constitution and its limited grant of powers.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Fay Wray
by Fay Wray
read by Fay Wray
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Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 - August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films and has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens." The following recording is from a tv interview in the 1980s.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Susan Hayward
by Susan Hayward
read by Susan Hayward
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Susan Hayward, born Edythe Marrenner (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was a fashion model and Oscar-winning American actress. By the late 1940s, Hayward achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award Best Actress nominations for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947). Hayward's success continued through the 1950s as she received nominations for My Foolish Heart (1949), With a Song in My Heart (1952), and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), winning the Academy Award for her portrayal of death row inmate in I Want to Live! (1958).
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Ingrid Bergman
by Ingrid Bergman
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Ingrid Bergman (August 29, 1915 - August 29, 1982) was a Swedish actress often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history, having won four Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and 3 Academy Awards. Bergman won Best Actress Oscars for Gaslight in 1944 and Anastasia in 1956, and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1974's Murder On The Orient Express. The following recording is from a 1973 television interview.
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A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 2
by Ludwig Von Mises
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881-October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. He is best known for his work on human behavior studies comparing communism and capitalism.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Lillian Gish
by Lillian Gish
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Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the First Lady of American Cinema, and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Duel in the Sun and in 1971, she was awarded an Academy Honorary Award for her career achievements. Despite being better known for her film work, she was also accomplished on stage, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1972. The following recording is from a 1950 interview.
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A Rare Recording of Film Icon Lana Turner
by Lana Turner
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Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (February 8, 1921 - June 29, 1995), born in Wallace, Idaho, was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, Turner was one of Hollywood's highest-paid American actresses. She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for 1957's Peyton Place. The following recording is from a 1981 television interview.