Archives: OPA Media Entries
Office of Public Awareness media library releases
The Song of the Coquí Frog on a Steamy Morning in the Puerto Rican Jungle
Natural Earth Field Recordings Volume Two: Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley
Tierra natural grabaciones de campo volumen tres: El ecosistema urbano, Ciudad de México
Pond Sounds
Pond Sounds was recorded in the wilderness of New York State using field recorders and underwater hydrophones by the Department of Information. It was mixed and mastered in New York City. The tracks are separated into two thematic camps, “wet” and “dry”, respectively. A limited edition cassette tape was released as well as a 11×11″ […]
Morning Mountain Rain, Wind, and Crows
Beach Sounds
Swan Island Beach Radio Tower, 1960
The year is 1960, and the CIA has a crew of its best men holed up on a remote Caribbean island, inside a radio tower broadcasting Kleenex commercials into the living rooms of families in communist Cuba. Seagulls circle the tower as the men inside slowly lose their minds—and sight of the mission—under the blistering […]
The Neon Forest Drought and Wildfire of 1994
Nakameguro Station on a Spring Afternoon
Natural Earth Field Recordings Volume Four: Rural Japan — The Kiso Valley, Kōyasan & the Inland Sea
Tokyo Sounds
A multidimensional ambient soundscape recorded in stereo in the streets, shrines, parks, & spaces of Tokyo, Japan. A joint production of the Department Satellite Public Affairs Network and the Office of Public Awareness, Division of Film, Radio, Television, and Books, recorded and engineered for education and enjoyment by Tomato Laboratories and the Department of Information […]