In the Mood (U.S. government German-language broadcast recording)
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- Date created
- 1944
- Duration
- 4:16
- File
- MP3
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original audio housed by Internet Archive
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- The Great Depression and World War II: Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945). (Page 6.6)
- North Carolina History: A Sampler: A sample of the more than 800 pages of our digital textbook for North Carolina history, including background readings, various kinds of primary sources, and multimedia. Also includes an overview of the textbook and how to use it. (Page 9.10)
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In 1942, popular band leader Glenn Miller convinced the Army to accept him and put him in charge of a band that could entertain the troops. After D-Day, Miller’s American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces arrived in London and played concerts for troops across Europe until Miller’s disappearance over the English Channel in December 1944. One U.S. general said that “next to a letter from home, that organization [the AEF band] was the greatest morale builder in the European Theater of Operations.”
The U.S. also used Miller’s music as propaganda to Germans and other Europeans behind Axis lines. The recording below, broadcast over European radio in late 1944 and 1945, featured a German announcer, Ilse Weinberger, and showcased Miller’s most famous song, “In the Mood.”
