Sailors 1941

Rounded play buttonIn 1941, Editor Carl Søyland, had an interview with three Norwegian seamen in New York harbor. One, a motor man named Hjalmar from Asker tells about the Atlantic speed between England and the USA. Next, eighteen year old Thor, a deckhand from Nordstrand, Oslo, tells about the two bombs that Hitler sent to a convoy outside of England on Christmas Eve 1940 as a little Christmas gift. Lastly, Waldemar, a sailor, sends a greetings home to his mother in Narvik. He has been on three tours over the Atlantic. The program was aired on February 14, 1941. Source: www.nb.no.

Carl Søyland
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