National Archives Historical Audio Files

The National Archives houses hundreds of thousands of audio and video recordings. Our eStore offers a nice selection of these recordings, digitized into .mp3.

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Apollo 13: Houston, We've Had a Problem • Date: 13-Apr-70 • Length: 6 min. 22 sec. • Description: Discussion between the Apollo 13 crew and Houston after an explosion, resulting from a problem with an oxygen tank.

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Einstein on Call for World Government • Date: 9-May-46 • Length: 12 min. 25 sec. • Description: Statement recorded by Dr. Albert Einstein at Princeton University for broadcast during the Student World Government rally at Northwestern University, Chicago. Einstein calls for world government following the necessary American rapprochement with Russia.

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Marshall Plan Speech • Date: 16-Jun-53 • Length: 12 min. 17 sec. • Description: A speech given by Secretary of State George Marshall; he outlines a program of financial help to war-torn Europe.

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WLS eyewitness recording of the airship Hindenburg disaster • Date: 06-May-37 • Length: 39 min. 12 sec. • Description: Mr. Herbert Morrison's famous account of the dirigible Hindenburg crash. The explosion caused the cutting head of the single Presto portable recorder to vibrate, resulting in a shallow grove, just as Morrison declares, "It's burst into flames!"

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