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Parents Calling Evacuee Children in America Over the Radio, 1940. Britain during the Second World War: BBC radio programme connecting families. Presenter: "Hello New York, this is London calling...And now with us [from USA] are Linda and Geoffrey Kalpen [?], and they're going to greet their parents in London, I think first we have a little word from Linda who's the young lady of the house". [Mother:] "Hello Linda, how are you?". [Linda:] "Alright". [Mother:] "Are you and Geoffrey having a good time in America?". [Linda:] "Yes". [Mother:] "Thank you for those towels you bought me, Linda, they were lovely". From "Time To Remember - Standing Alone", 1940 (Reel 4); documentary film about events of later months of 1940.