Oss: Lux Radio Theatre (November 18, 1946)

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“Oss” is an episode of Lux Radio Theatre, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 18, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

In wartime France, Commander Brady of the Office of Strategic Services recruits a team of agents, including Philippe Martin and the sculptress Helene Dupre, to sabotage a key railway tunnel near Orleans. After their parachute drop, the team's leader is found dead, and Martin takes command. Helene, posing as a sculptress, gains access to the German colonel Paul Meister, whose attentions place her in danger. The broadcast is a 1946 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the Paramount film OSS, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, presented on November 18, 1946. This summary covers only the opening portion of the story.

Virginia, San Francisco, London and occupied France during World War II

Characters: Commander Brady, Colonel Field, Philippe Martin, Helene Dupre, Rodney Gates, Boucher, Colonel Paul Meister, Madame Riot

Listen for: Martin's first meeting with Helene in the Orleans shop and the German colonel's visit to her studio

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.