Kiwi6 is a free file hosting service that has some features I like. One is registration is easy, just have an email address and create a password. Can create folders. Can upload 5 files at once up to 100mb each. But the best thing is you can hotlink the file, which means you can put that link in your post at Times Past and will be able to play the file or download from your post directly. No going off-site to download or stream file, and no waiting so many seconds either.

After you upload a file, just use the Direct Hotlink for the file for your post here at Times Past or your web site.

You can sign up here.

TIP: If you use a browser that has tabs, you can open up Kiwi6 in an extra tab and start another 5 files uploading.

Here is an example I uploaded and how function in your post.

SNT 1950-01-07 The Late Edwina Black (William Dinner & William Morum)

Just for Laughs: Gags (JFL Gags) is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand. On December 26, 2002, JFL Gags began airing on CBC and The Comedy Network in Canada. Just for Laughs: Gags currently airs Weekdays at 6 pm, Just for Laughs: Gags does not air on CBC anymore. The show also airs on Telemundo in the United States, Multishow Channel in Brazil and occupies a Summer prime time slot on SIC in Portugal.

This series' format is the typical hidden camera comedy show, playing silly pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture the people's response (similar to UK hidden camera comedy shows). This show plays music in the background, but does not contain any sound and dialogue (except for brief sound effects and laughter) but you can occasionally hear the actors and victims talking. It is filmed in Downtown Montreal and rural Quebec although some segments are filmed in the UK or Mexico. Sound effects, music and a laugh track are added in post-production.

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A 1954 dramatization of Paul Brickhill's best-selling novel about World War II. The documentary series focused on the 617 Dambusting Squadron and is full of air force adventure. There were 26 half-hour episodes, and the cast also featured Charles "Bud" Tingwell Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16 &17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis. The Mohne and Eder Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the Eder valley, while the Sorpe dam sustained only minor damage. All 26 episodes in excellent condition

Background

During the height of World War II it was the target of British Bomber Command to damage and destroy as much of Germany's industry as possible. After all, it is industry that is at the heart of any war effort. After in depth studies and many attacks of the industrial areas in Germany, the British soon realised that after an attack, the factories were soon rebuilt and more importantly dispersed over a wider area which made them more difficult to attack again.

It quickly became apparent though that there were limitations to where industry could be located. All industry requires power and therefore it must be located within a reasonable distance from a power source. This changed the way in which Bomber Command thought about attacking Germany's industry. Instead of attacking the factories, attacking their power sources was a much better strategy. The main advantage of attacking power sources is that many more than one factory uses the same power source. Destroying one power source would therefore lead to disruption in many factories and industries.

Bomber Command's attention then turned to which power sources to attack to give maximum damaging impact on the industry in Germany. Three sources of energy were identified; coal mines, the Rumanian oil fields and the hydroelectric dams. Two of these were quickly discounted. Coal mines were relatively easily repaired or rebuilt and the RAF possessed no aircraft with a suitable range to attack the oil fields located in far east Germany.

Despite the problems with the other two targets, the hydroelectric dams of Germany's Ruhr Valley were probably the best targets. These dams supplied water and power to the industry of the Ruhr Valley which was the heart of Hitler's war machine, as well as controlling the water levels in canals that transported materials to and from the factories. Huge resources of coal and iron ore saw the Ruhr Valley grow into the heartland of the country's industry during the early 20th century. Along with many large cities in the surrounding area, the dams were built during the growth period to cope with the inevitable power and water requirements. It was estimated that one quarter of Germany's water was consumed by this industrial area.

Of the 20 massive dams constructed in the Ruhr Valley, six dams were selected as targets with three of these being the primary targets. The Mohne, the Eder and the Sorpe dams were the three primary targets. Between the Mohne and Sorpe, they held back 76% of the total water available to the industrial valley, one of the main reasons they were two of the primary targets. If breached these dams would bring the whole industrial valley to a stand still, causing massive damage to the steel industry devastating production of tanks, aircraft, guns and locomotives which were all vital to Germany's war effort.

Ironically, attacking the dams in Ruhr Valley was not a new idea. In anticipation of war, Britain began looking at industrial targets in the Ruhr as early as 1937. The dams were high on the target then, but these plans were shelved because of one major problem which eluded Bomber Command. How do you hit and breach a dam? - A problem which was far more complex than it appeared, especially over 60 years ago. Read More Here

All in One Zip File

Dambusters.zip

Single Episodes

Dambusters_1954_ep01.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep02.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep03.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep04.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep05.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep06.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep07.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep08.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep09.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep10.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep11.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep12.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep13.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep14.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep15.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep16.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep17.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep18.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep19.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep20.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep21.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep22.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep23.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep24.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep25.mp3
Dambusters_1954_ep26.mp3

Film

The Dam Busters (1955)

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Williams auditions for a show sponsored by Aunt Jemima

Hank Williams Show 51.xx.xx First Song - Why Don't You Love Me

The Sound of War is an 18 episode collection. Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate Guide to all Circulating Shows" states that this is how many were produced.

The series used the tagline "The Actual Sound Record of World War II. A drama preserved for all time through the medium of radio. An era not to be forgotten." The Sound of War contains many sound clips, some rare from such notable figures as Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlin, General Douglas McArthur, Charles DeGaulle, Hermann Goering, and many more.

It's not clear when the show was broadcast but they appear to be from the late 1950s or early 1960s. There are three episodes that are all labeled "The Fall of France" but they are indeed unique to each other. The producers seemed to place an emphasis on this period for some unknown reason.

The shows were produced by Bud Greenspan and narrated by his brother David Greenspan, also known as David Perry. The two went on to produce many film sports documentaries largely about the Olympics.

Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 01 Munich Victory Without Bloodshed.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 02 The War Begins.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 03 Poland In Misery.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 04 Sitzkrieg, The Phoney War.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 05 France In Torment.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 06 The Fall Of France-Part1.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 07 The Fall Of France-Part2.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 08 Climb Mount Niitaka.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 09 The Day They Attacked Pearl.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 10 The Battle Of Britain.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 11 The Fall Of France-Part3.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 12 The Philippine Islands - Their Death, Their Life.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 13 D-Day The Beginning Of The End.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 14 V-E Day Victory In Europe.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 15 The Music Of The War.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 16 The War As We Know It.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 17 The Most Dramatic Voices And Sounds Of The War.mp3
Sound Of War Xx-xx-xx 18 V-J Day The End Of The War.mp3

Wireless Theatre Company is an award winning audio theatre company producing original radio drama, comedy, stories, poems, sketches and live radio recordings. Most of the content can be downloaded free from the web site directly to your iPod or MP3 player by simply signing up free.

They have won TWO awards at the fantastic Radio Academy's Production Awards 2011. Best Entertainment Producer and Best Online/Multi Platform Creator.

The top five downloads are:

1. Springheel'd Jack, Ep 3

2. Sherlock Holmes

3. Springheel'd Jack Ep. 2

4. Stage Fright

5. Gino Ginelli Is Dead

All of the content has excellent acting and performances. On the web site you can preview the productions without signing up for the free downloads.

This is a list of my old time radio shows and the first number is how many episodes of a show I have in the collection and the last number on the right is the total number of hours of that show:

No. Of Shows CDs Name of Show Hours Total

44 same CD Maisie 22:00 22:00

1 same CD Breakfast Club 1:00 23:00

1 same CD Candid Microphone 1:00 24:00

2 same CD Groucho Marx 1:00 25:00

9 same CD Martin and Lewis 4:50 29:50

36 same CD My Favorite Husband 18:00 47:50

5 same CD Nazi Eyes 2:50 50:40

2 same CD Pete Kelly\’s Blues 1:00 51:40

100 1 Jack Benny 50:00 101:40

70 1 OTR Sampler 35:00 136:40

62 1 My Favorite Husband 31:00 167:40

296 2 Bob and Ray 100:00 267:40

360 4 Dragnet 180:00 447:40

190 2 Burns and Allen 95:00 542:40

138 2 Fred Allen 69:00 611:40

182 2 Life of Riley 91:00 702:40

869 9 Jack Benny 433:00 1135:40

199 1 Red Skelton 98:00 1233:40

96 1 Phillip Marlowe 48:00 1281:40

230 1 Cavalcade of America 115:00 1396:40

52 1 Damon Runyon Theater 26:00 1422:40

79 1 Gangbusters 39:50 1462:30

114 1 Inner Sanctum 57:00 1519:30

41 1 Mel Blanc 20:50 1540:20

101 1 Our Miss Brooks 50:50 1591:10

209 2 Christmas Collection 104:50 1696:00

106 1 OTR CAT Sampler 53:00 1749:00

54 1 The Bickersons 25:00 1774:00

52 1 Box 13 26:00 1800:00

381 4 Family Theatre 190:50 1990:50

60 20 cass Walter Cronkite 60 Best 30:00 2020:50

64 1 Abbott and Costello 37:00 2057:50

76 1 Bob Hope 38:00 2095:50

164 1 Groucho Marx 82:00 2177:50

60 1 Ozzie and Harriet 30:00 2207:50

249 3 This Is Your FBI 124:50 2332:40

290 1 Easy Aces and Mr. Ace 75:00 2407:40

510 6 Great Gildersleeve 255:00 2662:40

105 1 Phil Harris-Alice Faye 52:50 2715:30

95 1 Nick Carter 47:50 2763:20

734 7 Fibber McGee and Molly 367:00 3130:20

189 2 Command Performance 12:00 3142:20

2 1 2 Complete Broadcast Days 36:00 3178:20

183 1 Variety CD 91:50 3270:10

78 1 Richard Diamond 39:50 3310:00

102 1 You Bet Your Life 56:00 3366:00

30 1 Mike Shayne 15:00 3381:00

95 1 Sampler CD 47:50 3428:50

82 1 Jack Webb Collection 41:00 3469:50

52 1 Damon Runyon Theater 26:00 3495:50

255 1 Lum and Abner 64:00 3559:50

25 1 Rocky Forturne 12:50 3572:40

33 1 Milton Berle 16:50 3589:30

45 1 Big Band Remotes 22:50 3612:20

240 1 Easy Aces 60:00 3672:20

51 1 My Friend Irma 25:50 3698:10

539 10 Lux Radio Theater 535:00 4233:10

57 1 Dinah Shore Collection 28:50 4262:00

146 1 Couple Next Door 36:50 4298:50

38 1 Honest Harold 19:00 4317:50

64 1 Gangbusters 32:00 4349:50

186 1 Your Hit Parade 50:00 4399:50

146 1 Couple Next Door 36:50 4436:40

49 1 Richard Diamond 24:50 4461:30

71 1 Adventures of Maisie 35:50 4497:20

75 1 Father Knows Best 27:50 4525:10

182 2 Boston Blackie 91:00 4616:10

68 1 Nightbeat 34:00 4650:10

931 4 Lum and Abner 232:00 4882:10

201 2 Red Skelton 100:50 4983:00

367 3 Amos and Andy 183:50 5166:50

Part of shows 1 Bloopers and Outtakes 12:00 5178:50

65 1 Broadway Is My Beat 32:50 5211:40

101 1 Our Miss Brooks 50:50 5262:30

24 1 Martin and Lewis 12:50 5275:20

104 1 OTR CAT Sampler Vol. 2 52:00 5327:20

62 1 Sam Spade 31:00 5358:20

485 5 Gunsmoke 242:50 5601:10

94 1 Let George Do It 47:00 5648:10

81 1 Duffy\’s Tavern 40:50 5689:00

181 1 Mary Noble 40:50 5648:50

414 4 Bing Crosby 212:00 5860:50

68 1 Birthday CD 34:00 5894:50

129 1 Bill Stern 30:00 5924:50

117 1 Johnny Dollar Vol. 4 47:00 5971:50

61 1 Radio City Playhouse 30:50 6002:40

48 1 Railroad Hour 24:00 6026:40

88 1 Words of War 44:00 6070:40

88 1 Christmas Collection 44:00 6114:40

48 1 Nightwatch 22:00 6136:40

124 1 Christmas-Cinnamon Bears 50:00 6186:40

79 1 Jimmy Durante-Martin & Lewis 39:00 6225:40

48 1 Nightwatch 24:00 6249:40

81 1 Broadway Is My Beat OTR CAT 42:00 6291:40

232 1 Perry Mason 58:00 6349:40

25 1 Stand By For Crime 12:50 6362:30

96 1 Hopalong Cassidy 48:00 6410:30

94 2 Screen Director\’s Playhouse 47:00 6457:30

34 1 It Pays To Be Ignorant 17:00 6474:30

99 2 My Favorite Husband 44:50 6519:20

19 1 Curtain Time 9:50 6529:20

104 1 Guest Star 25:00 6554:10

175 2 Screen Guild Theater 87:50 6642:00

92 1 Theater Of Romance 46:00 6596:00

34 1 Bright Star 17:00 6613:00

205 2 Escape 102:50 6715:50

31 1 Nero Wolfe 15:50 6731:40

30 same Crime Club 15:00 6746:40

141 1 Grand Ole Opry 50:00 6796:40

122 1 Christmas Shows-Cinnamon Bears 61:00 6857:40

53 1 The Lineup 106:00 6963:40

258 3 Calling All Cars 129:00 7092:40

929 7 Suspense 464:50 7557:30

41 1 Six Shooter 20:00 7577:30

79 1 OTRCAT Sampler #5 43:30 7620:30

229 2 Wild Bill Hickok 47:00 7667:30

22 1 Arthur Godfrey 11:00 7678:30

61 1 Eddie Cantor 30:30 7719:00

29 1 My Little Margie 14:30 7733:30

102 1 Bickersons – Blondie 51:00 7784:30

174 2 Bob Hope 87:00 7871:30

56 1 Frances Langford 28:00 7899:30

85 1 Mr. District Attorney 42:30 7942:00

31 1 Henry Morgan 13:00 7955:00

68 1 I Was A Communist For FBI 34:00 7989:00

78 1 Information Please 39:00 8028:00

36 1 FBI In Peace And War 18:00 8046:00

49 1 Edward G. Robinson 24:30 8070:30

17225 178 8070:30

The 17,225 is the number of episodes…178 is number of MP3 CD\’s the shows are on…The 8070:30 is the number of total hours of old time radio in the collection.

There used to be only two ways to listen to old-time radio in the early days of old-time radio. You could listen to a table model or you could listen to a floor model.

I will never forget visiting my grandparent’s house in Missouri, in the 50′s and listening to their floor model radio, as we listened to radio stations broadcasting out of Kansas City and Des Moines, Iowa. The sound was special as the voices really jumped out at you on such a large radio. It was fun listening to the Kansas City Athletics baseball games being broadcast over the airwaves. The Athletics lost most of the games but the chance to listen to listen to such a powerful radio was something I will never forget.

Old Time Radio Died 50 Years Ago

Nowadays we can listen to old-time radio shows in many different ways. Old time radio is said to have died 60 years ago, on September 30, 1962, but it can be listened to in a myriad of ways today.

Even before the day old-time radio “died”, there had been bakelite radios built to listen to the shows, Then transistor radios and cassette players started playing the old-time radio shows we loved so much.

MP3 CD Breakthrough

Then the shows could be heard on regular audio compact disc players in a sound system or a portable CD player. A major development occurred when the MP3 CD was invented, which enabled a MP3 CD to hold about 50 half hour old-time radio shows. Before the advent of the MP3 CD, owing a lot of old-time radio shows was cost prohibitive since cassettes and CD’s could only play a couple of shows on a tape or a CD.

The sales of MP3 CD’s filled with old-time radio shows accelerated when ebay.com had dealers, who had recorded the shows from a master copy and burned copies of the shows onto a MP3 CD and began selling them to old-time radio fans, much cheaper than a regular CD or cassette.

Cassette Dealers Stuck With Inventory

One bad thing about the popularity of the MP3 CD’s was that old-time radio dealers online, who had a backlog of cassettes to sell found it hard to sell their inventory, since old-time radio fans were flocking to the new technology.

The prices were too low for the old-time radio fans to ignore. For example I bought over 800 Jack Benny Shows for $12 total after shipping and 360 Amos and Andy shows for $7.

This very minute ebay.com lists 3,393 items if you type on old-time radio shows in the search box. This search includes 1,197 CD’s, 13 cassettes and 8 records.

Ways To Listen To Old Time Radio Today

MP3 player with speaker – There are some fine speakers out there that can produce a big sound. I have the Altec Lansing speaker to listen to old time radio. The sound is great for such a little speaker, but the cord is very flimsy and is about to break, so my speaker may not be long for this world.

MP3 Portable CD players – These look like a regular portable CD player, but play MP3 CD’s which a regular portable CD player won’t play.

Portable DVD players – You can play MP3 CD’s on these players, even though they are known more for their ability to play movie DVD’s.

DVD players – MP3 players can be hooked to a DVD player via a USB cord and anything on your MP3 player can be played on your television. A complete list of everything on your MP3 player will show up on the screen and you choose which old-time radio show to listen to. This is by far the best sound I have heard listening to an old-time radio show. It is great for listening to shows with a lot of action like detective shows and westerns. Can’t wait to hear Gangbusters with all that racket. A flash MP3 player can connect directly to the DVD player.

MP3 Radios – Some radios now have MP3 capability via a line in or in the case of an I-Pod a dock to listen to the shows.

Sound systems – Some sound systems can now play MP3 shows via MP3 discs or using a FM transmitter which if tuned to the correct frequency will play anything in your MP3 player.

Car MP3 players – There are some cars today that have MP3 line in on the dashboard, so you can listen to old-time radio shows, while others can play the shows with a FM transmitter in the car tuned to the correct frequency on the car radio.

Note: Dialing in the right frequency with a FM transmitter is an exact science. I have had difficulty with shows cutting in and out, when using a FM transmitter. They can be very frustrating, unless they are making them better today.

MP3 players – A built-in speaker on some MP3 player enables the listeners to hear the shows from the MP3 player itself, but the ones I have heard don’t have that great of a sound.

Computers – You can listen to thousands of free old-time radio shows at such sites as archive.org, otr.net. radiolovers.com and too many more to mention them all.

So there are a multitude of ways to listen to old-time radio shows today. The old-time radio cassettes can even still be played on the few cassette players still being produced. This is a great time to be an old-time radio fan, with so many ways to listen to the shows.

Happy old-time radio listening!!!

Old time radio not only broadcast comedies, detective shows, thrillers and music programs, but also broadcast informational programming like Biography In Sound, which consisted of one hour-long broadcasts about famous politicians and personalities in history.The show was broadcast from 1954-1958.

For instance you can listen to shows featuring the life of Babe Ruth, then listen to Franklin Delano Roosevelt life story. Right now I have a Connie Mack program lined up in my MP3 player to play.

Last week I listened to story of Ernie Pyle the war correspondent, who lived with American troops mostly in the European theater. The broadcast features people who remember him as a kid and as an adult.

The list of shows represents a large spectrum of authors, presidents, entertainers and even the elderly painter Grandma Moses.

Readers can view the list of show at: http://www.archive.org/details/BiographiesInSound

Cavalcade of America was the longest running historical old-time radio show. It ran from 1935-1953. There are as many as 741 episodes available today.

If you would rather just listen to a few free shows online you can enjoy listening to episodes like Here Is Your War, with James Gleason portraying war correspondent Ernie Pyle and telling the story of the American soldier in combat.

The list of shows at archive.org gives an idea of how many different topics are covered in the show that ran 18 years.

http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Cavalcade_of_America_Singles

Mister President is a drama in which Edward Arnold portrayed a different president each week. The show ran from 1947-1953. Listeners asked to guess which president was being represented in each episode. Almost all the presidents in the series were in office in the 18th and 19th centuries.

I listened to the President James Polk episode last week and thoroughly enjoyed Arnold’s portrayal of President Polk.

Archive.org has this list of free shows to listen to. The shows can be downloaded, then uploaded into an MP3 player:

http://www.archive.org/details/Mister_President

It Happens Every Spring is a 1949 comedy film starring Ray Milland and directed by Lloyd Bacon.

A college professor is working on a long-term scientific experiment when a baseball comes through the window, destroying all of his glassware and spilling the fluids that the flasks and test tubes contained. The pooled fluids combine to form the (fictitious) chemical "methylethylpropylbutyl," which then covers a large portion of the baseball. The professor soon discovers that the fluid, along with any object with which it makes contact, is repelled by wood (cf. Alexander Fleming's serendipitous discovery of penicillin).

Suddenly, he realizes the possibilities and takes a leave of absence to go to St. Louis to pitch in the big leagues, where he becomes a star and propels his team to the World Series.

Download: It Happens Every Spring.mp4

Lux Radio Theater 49-10-03 It Happens Every Spring

Screen Director's Playhouse 50-04-14 (064) It Happens Every Spring (HQ)

"The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance.

It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative.

The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

"Of such great powers or beings there may be conceivably a survival... a survival of a hugely remote period when... consciousness was manifested, perhaps, in shapes and forms long since withdrawn before the tide of advancing humanity... forms of which poetry and legend alone have caught a flying memory and called them gods, monsters, mythical beings of all sorts and kinds..."

(allow a few seconds to buffer, file is 101mb)

The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft

Here is a look back at the past from a little short film by Claude Goretta and Alain Tanner called "Nice Time".

Part 1

A WWII historical drama regarding an informal trial of a German U-boat officer in a POW camp.

Cast

Lt-Cmdr Hans Rahmlow David Ryall
Lt Bernhardt Berndt Nigel Lambert
Lt Wolfgang Stein Michael Deacon
Chief Engineer Michael Shannon
Lt-Cmdr Otto Kruger Paul Gaymon
Major Conrad Shulke Stephen Thorne
Lt Paul Faulk Alan Dudley
Cmdr Willi Leymann Trader Faulkner
Home Guard Captain Jack Carr
Corporal Sion Probert
Harmonica Harry Pitch

Saturday Night Theatre Radio Play
Running Time 88 Minutes.
1st Broadcast 22nd February 1975
2nd Broadcast 24th February 1975

The U-Boat That Lost Its Nerve (1975, SNT)