Pearl Harbor News Interrupts Symphony Broadcast

The 2nd bulletin at 1:56 is the one you always hear in documentaries

This announcement gives the location of PH, but I imagine many did not

In the movie Pride of the Marines (1945) w/John Garfield, one notable scene has people around a radio learning about the Dec 7 attack, and asking, "Where's Pearl Harbor?". In most movies of the period, people react with "Oh my God not Pearl Harbor!!! That's our most important Pacific base!!!" In reality most Americans had never heard of it before.

I’m suprised how bad the recordings sounded back then!
—sounds amazing for 85 years old.

Interesting note that officers didn’t wear uniforms at this time in peacetime because it would be too “militaristic”

I gotta crash.. I'll finish listening in the morning...

Somewhere on this desktop I have D-Day announcements... I'll try to find them...

This always reminds me of the opening credits to WKRP in Cincinnati

quote:

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The only issue off base, was Marines Corps officers were required to wear shirts with collars.

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The entirety of the USMC is not allowed to be in uniform off base while not on duty. Unless you’re in your car going to your house. But in general, you are not allowed to be in public in your utility uniform as a member of the USMC.

Circling back to the OP, this reminds me of the Fox News airing on 9/11. About 15 minutes beforehand they’re bullshitting with Rob Thomas and his wife and then they cut in with the footage of the north tower.