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Report providing an analysis of foreign and British broadcasts for American audiences during the fifty-ninth week of the Second World War (October 14-20, 1940). Copy no. 27.

SCA196-GA425-1 · File · August 20, 1940-September 25, 1940
Part of University of Waterloo. Department of Political Science collection: Second World War propaganda research.

Sixteen transcripts of radio broadcasts from regional public radio stations in Germany transmitting from the cities of Hamburg and Bremen. The stations were operated by the regional broadcasting company Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG), later renamed Norddeutsche Rundfunk GmbH. These stations transmitted broadcasts to the Prussian provinces of Schleswig-Holstein and Hanover, as well as the Free State of Brunswick, the Free State of Oldenburg and western Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Eight transcripts of radio broadcasts from the nationwide radio broadcasting station in Germany, known as the Deutschlandsender. Many of the transcripts included appear to be of broadcasts from the station’s second transmitter in Zeesen.

Thirteen transcripts of radio broadcasts from black propaganda stations in the Concordia Offices in Berlin that were part of the English language section of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) including the New British Broadcasting Service (NBBS), the Workers’ Challenge, and Radio Caledonia.

Report prepared by the Research Unit (Overseas) of the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding Rudolf Hess and broadcast references to his activities. Copy no. 119.

Report prepared by the Research Unit (Overseas) of the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding operations against the Bismarck, the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Copy no. 119.

Report prepared by the Research Unit (Overseas) of the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding German front reports on the eastern campaign. Copy no. 123.

Report providing an analysis of the collaboration between the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) to minimize and discredit the British success at Taranto, Italy in broadcasts from Greece, Turkey, Russia, United States of America, Madrid, Free France and Switzerland. Copy no. 192.