Life and death among the airmen stationed in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The script was previously used on The Cavalcade of America on August 9, 1943.

Words at War – Shortcut to Tokyo

Alan Bunce, Art Carney, Norman Rose, Corey Ford (author), William Welch (adaptor), Les Damon, Ken Lynch, John Gerard, Paul Mann, Ted Reid, Morris Mamorsky (composer, conductor).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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Several ladies in France help their countrymen to leave the country to fight the Nazis with the Free French. The author of the book appears on the program.

Words at War – Paris Underground

Irene Hubbard, Joan Alexander, Adelaide Klein, Peter Capell, Stefan Schnabel, Bertram Tanswell, Charita Bauer, Jack Lloyd, Etta Schieber (author), Richard McDonagh (adaptor), Morris Mamorsky (arranger), Max Goberman (conductor), Joseph Losey (director).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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A fascinating story about a sailor lost at sea, on a raft, for almost three months.

The script was re-used on the program on January 11, 1944.

Words at War – Eighty-Three Days

Paul Mann, Paul Gordon, Tom Hoyer, Ken Lynch, Myron McCormick, William Quinn, Jackson Beck, Glenn Anders, Morris Mamorsky (composer), Joseph Losey (director), Max Goberman (conductor), Mark Murphy (author), Edith Sommer (adaptor).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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A women’s story about living with the Chinese guerillas fighting the Japanese.

Words at War – The Battle Hymn of China

Agnes Smedley (author), Kenneth White (adaptor), Hester Sondergaard, Joseph Losey (director).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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A story about Frenchmen in Nazi concentration camps, and how one of them escaped.

Keep in mind this is based on what was thought to have been taking place in concentration camps in 1942.

Words at War – They Shall Not Have Me

Les Damon, Mady Christians, John Berry, Peter Capell, Lon Clark, Joe DeSantis, Tom Hoyer, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Ratner, Maurice Tarplin, Jean Helion (author), Kenneth White (adaptor), Morris Mamorsky (adaptor, conductor), Joseph Losey (director).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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Using a script that was later made into a classic motion picture, this is a touching, beautiful story about the women left behind as the men go off to war.

Very well-done!

Words at War – Since You Went Away

Morris Mamorsky (composer, conductor), Joseph Losey (director), Margaret Buhl Wilder (author), Nora Sterling (adaptor).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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An exciting story of the life of a sailor in “Torpedo Alley” – the London to Murmansk run.

Words at War – Dynamite Cargo

Richard McDonagh (adaptor), John Thomas, Mandel Kramer, Bertram Tanswell, Richard Keith, Larry Haines, Lon Clark, Will Hare, Morris Mamorsky (composer, conductor), Joseph Mansefield (director), Jackson Beck, Fred Herman (author), Ian MacAllaster.

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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A well written story of a young pilot who only lives to fly, and the difficulties he goes through to get a chance to fight the Nazis.

Words at War – Malta Spitfire

Kenneth White (adaptor), Don MacLaughlin (narrator), Joseph Julian, Irene Hubbard, Lon Clark, John Griggs, Peter Hernandez, Maurice Tarplin, Harold Young, Frank Black (composer, conductor), George F. Burling (author), Leslie Roberts (author), Ian MacAllaster, Joseph Losey (director).

NBC network. A sustaining show.

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