I Can Hear It Now

D-Day Broadcasts

English · Radio

I Can Hear It Now is a documentary series built from recordings of news broadcasts and other voices of the moment. Edward R. Murrow guides the listener through a sound record of public events, letting the original voices and sounds carry much of the story.

This collection focuses on broadcasts concerning D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy. News reports, eyewitness accounts, and wartime announcements bring the event into focus through the immediacy of radio rather than a later dramatic reenactment.

The result is a vivid, historically grounded listening experience: Murrow’s narration provides context while archival audio preserves the urgency and uncertainty of events as they were heard. It offers a close encounter with wartime broadcasting and the voices that reported a turning point in the Second World War.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.