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Hello Americans

Heard
1942–1943
Episodes
12

HELLO AMERICANS

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Hello Americans was a 12 episode show Orson Welles made as another contribution to the war effort, and stems in part from his interest in Latin and South American culture. It was no doubt spurred by his time in Brazil working on the movie It's All True. The show is a generally lighthearted affair, and Welles clearly seems to enjoy himself. The first episode in particular, with Carmen Miranda, is a prime example of this. Hello Americans did have some more serious moments, and despite some lapses into melodramatics, most were carried off reasonably well. The show is peppered with numerous editorial insertions, pertaining mainly to racism, although the odd barb against fascism pops up now and again. What is perhaps most worthwhile about the show is its portrayal of Central and South America countries as full of interesting history and people, with little condescension. From wellesnet.com

NOTE: Updated with Version 2 files (05-Jan-2020).

From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Brazil

    · No. 1 · 29 min

  2. Andes

    · No. 2 · 29 min

  3. The Islands

    · No. 3 · 28 min

  4. The Alphabet - A to C

    · No. 4 · 29 min

  5. The Alphabet - C to S

    · No. 5 · 29 min

  6. The Alphabet - Slavery (Abednego) to End

    · No. 6 · 29 min

  7. The Bad-Will Ambassador

    · No. 7 · 29 min

  8. Ritmos de las Americas No. 1

    · No. 1 · 29 min

  9. Mexico

    · No. 8 · 29 min

  10. Feed The World

    · No. 9 · 26 min

  11. Ritmos de las Americas No. 2

    · No. 2 · 29 min

  12. Bolivar's Idea

    · No. 10 · 29 min

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The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Hello Americans - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 12 episodes here · archive.org

    CC BY-NC-SA 3.0: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive.

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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