The Battle of the Airwaves in Latin America
Why the BBC started broadcasting to South America, plus the My Lai massacre.
The History Hour · BBC World Service
March 17, 201850m 4s
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Show Notes
Why the BBC started broadcasting to South and Central America, plus the My Lai Massacre, Brazil's careful transition to democracy, and Moscow's show trials in the 1930s.
Photo: Members of the BBC's Brazil service rehearsing in a London studio in 1943. Credit: BBC.