"These box sets contain some of the most memorable, noteworthy, and historically significant archival recordings of the 20th Century. You will hear, as other generations have, the voices and sounds of the past as selected by our audio specialists. These aural compilations reproduce, uncut and unedited, speeches and remarks by U.S. Presidents, inventors, scientists and explorers, as well as first-person accounts of dramatic events and periods of the past 85 years. As you hear the authentic voices of the history-makers, you, the listener, will be able to recapture the immediacy of the special moments that shaped our nation's history." Les Waffen Chief, Motion Picture, Sound & Video Branch, National Archives & Records Administration In the last century, we were faced with some of the most horrific tragedies and disasters, but in that same era, some of the greatest discoveries were made. From eyewitness accounts of the Titanic and Hindenburg disasters to the space race and electricity, the 20th century was full of Events That Changed the World.