Treasury Star Parade

As Time Goes By

English

Treasury Star Parade was a wartime radio series created to support the U.S. Treasury’s efforts to promote the purchase of war bonds. Its programs brought well-known performers to the microphone for dramatic presentations and appeals connected with the national war effort.

The series offered a changing selection of short radio plays and performances rather than following a continuing cast of characters. This recording is identified with the title “As Time Goes By,” suggesting a program centered on that featured piece. The format combines entertainment with a clear public-service purpose.

Listeners can expect a concise, period radio presentation shaped by the urgency and optimism of the wartime home front. The series’ blend of familiar voices, dramatic storytelling, and bond-promotion messaging gives it a distinctive place among American broadcasts of the 1940s.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.