NBC Red
University
of Chicago Roundtable: "Canada:
A Neighbor At War"
December
7, 1941, 2:29 pm EST
| On NBC Red, University of Chicago Roundtable was just beginning. The topic was "Canada: A Neighbor At War." The beginning of the program is cut off by the Pearl Harbor attack announcement. NBC then continues with the regular programming, which ran until 3:00 p.m. EST. The experiences of Canada as a nation at war for two years are discussed. Commentators are George Britnell, the economic advisor to the wartime prices and trade board of the dominion of Canada; John MacCormack, Canadian correspondent of the New York Times; and Neal H. Jacoby, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. |
| 00:00-00:21 Pearl Harbor Announcement: NBC interrupted both Red and Blue networks to make a simultaneous announcement. NBC news writer Robert Eisenbach read the announcement. "From the NBC news room in New York: President Roosevelt said in a statement today that the Japanese have attacked the Pearl Harbor...Hawaii from the air. I'll repeat that, President Roosevelt says that the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii from the air. This bulletin came to you from the NBC news room in New York." |
| 00:21-08:29: Regularly scheduled programming. |
| 08:29-08:58 Program Interruption: At 2:38 p.m., the program was interrupted for what turned out to be a false report: "We Interrupt this program to take you to the NBC news room...From the NBC news room in New York, the White House also reported today an air, uh, simultaneous air attack on army and navy bases in Manila. This report follows the President's declaration that all army and navy bases on the island of Oahu in Hawaii are now under air attack. This bulletin came to you from the NBC news room in New York. Now back to our regularly scheduled program." |
| 08:58-21:16: Regularly scheduled programming |
| 21:16-21:39 Burma Attack Announcement: At approximately 2:52 p.m., the University of Chicago Roundtablemoderator made this announcement: "But now while you were talking I just learned that the Japanese are now bombing Burma. This is an act that may lead the United States to war against Japan. It may lead Canada to more active military effort against Japan. I merely mention this to show how fast events are moving while we're discussing these adjustments that are being made in the Canadian and American economies during the war." |
| 21:39-29:20: Regularly scheduled programming. |