16 HISTORIC Moments All of America Stopped to Listen

Seventy million Americans listened to a fight that lasted two minutes and four seconds. A king gave up his throne on the radio for a woman from Baltimore. The most famous live report in radio history wasn't live at all. And one of the most famous calls in baseball survives only because a fan's mother pressed record. In this documentary, we count down the sixteen historic moments all of America stopped to listen, and the voices that carried them into every living room. Which president crossed out two words and wrote "infamy" by hand? Which commentator kept telling the country Truman couldn't win, even with Truman two million votes ahead? And what does America remember about radio that never really happened? In this video, we cover: The Long Count: The fourteen seconds the radio audience never heard about. The Hindenburg: Why "Oh, the humanity" wasn't broadcast live. Eighteen Days in Studio Nine: H.V. Kaltenborn and the Munich crisis. The Tape in Brooklyn: How "The Giants win the pennant!" was saved. The Night the War Ended: V-J Day and two million people in Times Square. Chapters: 0:00 - When America Stopped 0:40 - Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling 2:38 - Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral 4:41 - FDR's First Fireside Chat 6:56 - Charles Lindbergh 8:52 - Dempsey vs. Tunney: The Long Count 10:52 - A King Gives Up His Throne 12:42 - The Hindenburg 14:34 - Kennedy vs. Nixon 16:31 - Pearl Harbor 18:21 - The Scopes Trial 20:32 - The Munich Crisis 22:35 - D-Day 25:04 - Truman vs. Dewey 27:15 - Bobby Thomson 29:37 - The Death of FDR 31:33 - V-J Day If you enjoyed this look back at the moments radio brought into every American home, subscribe for more forgotten American radio history. Old Time Radio, Radio History, Pearl Harbor, FDR Fireside Chat, Joe Louis, Seabiscuit, Hindenburg, V-J Day, Nostalgia, 1940s