Cold War Museum Underway

I recently caught a podcast where the son of Gary Francis Powers (featured in episode 18 of BoomerByte - The Soundtrack of A Generation at http://boomerbyte.mypodcast.com) was interviewed regarding his involvement in the start up of the new Cold War Museum located in Virginia. The younger Powers provided the impetus for such an undertaking and the website can be visited at www.coldwarmuseum.org

BoomerByte Features "A Day Called X"

Listen To The Podcast at www.boomerbyte.mypodcast.com (Episode 16)

Episode 16:A Day Called 'X' was a dramatized CBS documentary set in Portland, Oregon in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid, after Soviet bombers had been detected by radar stations to the north; it details the activation of the city's civil defense protocols and leads up to the moment before the attack (the ending is left intentionally unknown). It was filmed in September 1957^[1] and aired December 8 of that year.^[2][3] It was presented by Glenn Ford.

Its local rebroadcast in 2004^[4] and appearance in the on-line Prelinger Archives attracted interest among local history buffs due to its extensive outside shots of the city, and the use of non-actor participants (local officials and broadcasters).^[5][6] Whenever one of these individuals is heard uttering warnings or statements regarding attack, the words "An attack is not actually taking place" are superimposed over the picture.^[2]

On September 27, 1955, Portland actually conducted an exercise evacuation of downtown called "Operation Greenlight,"^[7][8] and the film is often misattributed to that year. Ford's narration, however, does make direct reference to the 1955 exercise.

(source: Wikipedia)

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BoomerByte Recommends Conelrad Site

http://conelrad.com/index.php

A great site for anyone interested in 1950s Nuke hysteria. Wonderful layout and dazzling images. Rich content as well.

400 Download Milestone Reached

BoomerByte records it 400th download on December 4, 2008 - 3 days earlier than the 2 month- since-inception mark. The podcast is averaging slightly better than 200 downloads per month. Thus far, Episode 3 has proven to be the most popular download. The established goal for January 7, 2008 is 650.

BoomerByte Offers Burned CDs

BoomerByte episodes are now available on cd at the cost of $4.95 per episode plus $3.50 shipping and handling per cd. 80 minutes of time are available per each cd making it possible to purchase at least 2 or 3 episodes per disc. For purchase info email boomerbyte@gmail.com
Listen to BoomerByte episodes in your car, on your home stereo or your portable audio unit.

BoomerByte Crosses 300th Download Threshold

BoomerByte - The Soundtrack Of A Generation, a podcast begun October 7, 2008, recently crossed its 300th download milestone. Providing nostalgic, interesting, strange and hilarious soundbytes from the 1940s, 50s and 60s listeners have been downloading podcasts from the flagship sight, www.boomerbyte.mypodcast.com, as well as Itunes, Podcast Alley, The Educational Podcast Site and other well known podcast feed sites. It is hoped that the 400th download can be attained by December 7 which would equate to an average of 200 per month over the last two months.

In the 14 episodes created since its inception, BoomerByte has covered a wide range of topics that illustrate life in the Baby Boomer era - McCarthyism, nuclear hysteria, teenage etiquette, presidential campaigns of Eisenhower, Stevenson, Nixon and Kennedy, drive-in movies, juvenile delinquency, television ads, government public service announcements, amusement parks, sex education, to name just a few.

Each episode creates a themed package containing soundtracks from public domain films. Topics range from serious and scholarly (McCarthyism, attitudes towards women, Cold War nuclear testing, Presidential campaigns, etc) to plain comedy (many of the educational films aimed at teenagers are hilariously outdated and naive).

The attempt of this podcast is to create an archive of sounds of an era that, taken as a whole, represents a volume of history that illustrates innocent, prosperous and naive times against the menacing backdrop of the Cold War.

Creator, Joe Hill, is a high school history and social studies teacher and has a special interest in the era in which he grew up - 1950 through 1965.

BoomerByte Now Available On iTunes

BoomerByte podcast is now available on Itunes. The show is categorized under society & culture. As of this blog 6 episodes of BoomerByte are available including the latest which concerns itself with attitudes towards women in the 1950s.

BoomerByte Podcasts Begin

Go to : www.boomerbyte.mypodcast.com

Boomerbyte Podcast Sets Up Shop

Greetings fellow Baby Boomers (and all other interested parties!) This is my official announcement of a podcast debut entitled Boomerbyte - The Soundtrack of A Generation.
Each podcast is an earshow mashup of all and anything from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s - the heydays of the Baby Boomer Generation. Sound content consists of soundtracks from government made films, PSA's, radio and tv newscasts, newsreels, movie trailers, advertisements, tv and radio shows...you name it. You, the listener, will provide the visual images and memories of a bygone era. So sit back and listen---and see if you can correctly identify each segment. Maybe it's IKE addressing the nation, or the newsflashes of a day in 1956, or the sometimes hilarious and dated PSA educational films many of us sat through in school assemblies many years ago.

More details of this podcast will be made known at this blogsite as they develop. Stay tuned and...Duck and Cover!