This Was Tomorrow (2013)
“London. 1938 11. LONDON. 1938 1 “THIS IS JEFFERSON DAY in Paris,” said the earphones Bracken wore in the little studio room at the BBC, and he leaned forward with a glance at Dinah who sat close beside him. The broadcast was on—the news period beamed at America which could not be heard in England except through Bracken’s earphones, but which would carry his voice, and Jeff’s, and Johnny’s, to the network in New York, gauged to split-second timing, a masterpiece of engineering and enterprise.
... “I have just arrived here from Vienna, via Berlin and Amsterdam,” the quiet, unhurried voice went on conversationally, as though Jeff sat in the next room. “I was not allowed to broadcast from Vienna after the Reichswehr marched in. The Ravag Building in Johannesgasse, from where I expected to speak, has been taken over by men in field-grey uniforms with bayonets. The programme director, who is a friend of mine, is a prisoner. It was obvious that, from now on, Nazi censorship would prevent me from saying anything I wanted to.MoreLess
... “I have just arrived here from Vienna, via Berlin and Amsterdam,” the quiet, unhurried voice went on conversationally, as though Jeff sat in the next room. “I was not allowed to broadcast from Vienna after the Reichswehr marched in. The Ravag Building in Johannesgasse, from where I expected to speak, has been taken over by men in field-grey uniforms with bayonets. The programme director, who is a friend of mine, is a prisoner. It was obvious that, from now on, Nazi censorship would prevent me from saying anything I wanted to.MoreLess
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