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Lowell Thomas Signed Excerpt of His Historic December 12, 1941 Radio Broadcast of Captain Colin Kelly's Sinking of Japanese Battleship HARUNA 5 Days After Pearl Harbor

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LOWELL THOMAS (1892-1981). American radio commentator, explorer, lecturer, author and journalist, best remembered for his publicizing T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).

December 12, 1941-Dated WW II Attack on PEARL HARBOR Period, Boldly Signed, "Best Wishes Lowell Thomas" on Front Page of his historic Typed Broadcast Transcript titled, "EXCERPT FROM LOWELL THOMAS' BROADCAST / December 12, 1941. 3 pages, measuring 11" x 8.5", Very Fine. Great historic content, in which he tells the story of "our first hero in the war in the Pacific" - Capt. Colin Kelly of the Army Air Corps, who died making his dive bombing attack which sank the great Japanese Battleship HARUNA. Pages 1 and 2 have small paper loss at the top right corner,has light even expected tone and page 3 has small paper loss at the bottom right corner, none of these affect any text. An incredible Typed Transcript of the original radio broadcast on December 12, 1941 just five days after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, honoring the brave action of Army Air Corps Captain Colin Kelly. Boldly Signed, "Best Wishes Lowell Thomas" at the upper left on the front title page in outstanding blue fountain pen, measuring a large 3.75” long.

Note: On 11 December 1941, an erroneous report was published in the U.S. media that an American B-17 heavy bomber had bombed and mortally damaged Haruna during battle off Lingayen Gulf off the Philippines. No Japanese battleships were present, and Haruna was 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) away in the Gulf of Siam at the time. This Broadcast reported by Lowell Thomas ultimately proved to be based on false information.
Lowell Thomas had pioneered the use of motion pictures in reporting news with his multimedia shows on the First World War. Working with a new form of journalism - movie newsreels - was, therefore, a natural step for him. In the early 1930s Thomas was, as he regularly worded it, “flashing” to movie-goers “the news of the day” for the American Newsreel Company and then for Fox Movietone News into the 1940s.

Thomas appeared in, narrated, wrote and produced these twice weekly illustrated news summaries, which were rushed to theaters coast to coast. Then in 1939, he launched the first televised nightly news broadcast - a live simulcast of his radio program. But the new medium required Thomas be in the New York studio nightly.
Keywords: LOWELL THOMAS, Radio Commentator, PEARL HARBOR, BROADCAST, Japanese Battleship, Radio Broadcast, 1941
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