The Last Days of Peace
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Commentator and veteran broadcaster Robert Trout recalls the 10 days leading up to the start of the Second World War. Trout was a news anchor for CBS Radio at the time. Sixty years ago this day (September 1, 1939) Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War two. The invasion caused France and England to enter the war. Trout was on the air almost continuously during the days prior to the outbreak. He recounts the various trouble getting correspondents on the air: line failures, missing scripts, mangled German word pronunciations. His gripping tale is interspersed with his own recorded from the live broadcasts from New York City. We hear Edward R. Murrow, William Shirer and others coming on the line with Trout to capture moment by moment the growing tension as war loomed. Produced by John McDonough and mixed by Lorna White.
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