Introduction
United Nations Audio Library presents UN Radio Classics, an online archive of documentary and dramatic programmes starring Audrey Hepburn, Kirk Douglas and Bing Crosby, among many others.
These programmes, available free of charge with digitally remastered sound, offer a unique way of experiencing key historical moments of the United Nations and of the world throughout the second half of the 20th century.
Much more material will be made available in the future.
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Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld on UN Day
“The road of Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony is also the road followed by the authors of the preamble of the Charter”, says former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in this introduction to a symphonic concert for UN Day.
Language: English
Genre: Speech
1960
Herbert Marshall
Tomorrow for Two
In this drama narrated by British actor Herbert Marshall, an officer from the International Refugee Organization (former Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees) reunites with two displaced persons whom he assisted two years earlier.
Language: English
Genre: Drama
1959
John Garfield (left)
Year of Decision: A Progress Report on the Atom
American actor John Garfield reports in this two-part feature about atomic energy, after US President Harry Truman announced that his country was in possession of an atomic bomb.
Language: English
Genre: Report
1948
Pope John Paul II (right)
Pope John Paul II Addressing the General Assembly
One year after his election, Pope John Paul II recalls the horrors of World War II and underlines the dangers of injustice and violation of human rights for peace.
Language: English
Genre: Speech
1979