Word: frei
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Weber's overture to Der Frei-schütz, Beethoven's Second Symphony, Sibelius' Third Symphony. Conductor: George Szell...
...when peasants of the old cantons first learned from signal fires on the peaks that Habsburg rule had ended. This year as always, nearly all the day's eloquent oratory, in big cities or small hamlets, ended with the sentence from Schiller's William Tell: "Wir wollen frei sein wie die Voter waren" ("We swear we will be free as were our fathers...
...target of the title is a newly sprung-up clump of naval stores (oil, barges, etc.) spied out by reconnaissance craft at Frei-hausen, Germany. The camera follows the raid preparations: selection of the target by the Chief of the Bomber Command in his great hall papered with maps, cluttered with ceiling-high ladders, scale rulers, calipers, telephones; designation of one experienced squadron to make a low-level attack; instruction of the chosen crews at Millerton Airfield by the Wing Commander; arming, gassing and readying the bombers; and, when night comes, the takeoff...