1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Klio2033 [76]
3 years ago
9

What can you tell about Herbert Morrison, the author of this source, by listening to his broadcast? Who is the audience he addre

ssing?
History
1 answer:
dlinn [17]3 years ago
8 0

Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:

It's practically standing still now they've dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship; and (uh) they've been taken ahold of down on the field by a number of men. It's starting to rain again; it's... the rain had (uh) slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it (uh) just enough to keep it from... It's burst into flames! It's burst into flames, and it's falling, it's crashing! Watch it, watch it, folks! Get out of the way, get out of the way! Get this, Charlie; get this, Charlie! It's fire... and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning and bursting into flames and the... and it's falling on the mooring mast and all the folks agree that this is terrible; this is one of the worst catastrophes in the world. Oh, it's crashing... oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it’s a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. There’s smoke, and there’s flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here! I told you; it – I can't even talk to people, their friends are on there! Ah! It's... it... it's a... ah! I... I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest: it's just laying there, a mass of smoking wreckage. Ah! And everybody can hardly breathe and talk and the screaming. I... I... I'm sorry. Honest: I... I can hardly breathe. I... I'm going to step inside, where I cannot see it. Charlie, that's terrible. Ah, ah... I can't. Listen, folks; I... I'm gonna have to stop for a minute because I've lost my voice. This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed.

— Herbert Morrison, Transcription of WLS radio broadcast describing the Hindenburg disaster.

What can you tell about Herbert Morrison, the author of this source, by listening to his broadcast? Who is the audience he addressing?

Answer:

By reading and listening to Morrison's broadcast, we can say that he was surprised and horrified about the accident he was witnessing. It addresses people who have been waiting for reports of the Hindenburg zeppelin landing.

Explanation:

Morrison was scheduled to report the landing of the Hindenburg zeppelin, which was a great investment and a great novelty in aviation, many people were anxious to know the result of that landing and it is to these people that Morrison communicated through his report.

As you may already know, the landing of the Hindenburg zeppelin was a great disaster which caused death and panic to the people who were at the time. Morrison was surprised and horrified by everything that was happening and made his broadcast very realistically, managing to pass on to the public the desperation that the situation represented.

You might be interested in
In __________, the court ruled that only in exceptionally rare cases could the government stop the printing of a story, overturn
DIA [1.3K]

<span>Near vs Minnesota</span>

In this Supreme Court case, the court ruled that the First Amendment protected free speech and that the prior rulings were a violation of freedom of the Press which is protected in the Constitution. As a result, the court overturned thr prior conviction

5 0
3 years ago
some americans thought that the united states could have won in vietnam _____. if the north vietnamese would have fought harder
ch4aika [34]
Employed it's power quickly and without limit
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What is known about inca agricultural practices?​
bazaltina [42]

Answer and Explanation:

Yet the Incas, and the civilizations before them, coaxed harvests from the Andes' sharp slopes and intermittent waterways. They developed resilient breeds of crops such as potatoes, quinoa and corn. ... The ghost of the Incas' farming achievements still shadows the Andes.

8 0
3 years ago
What events led to the Revolutionary War?
m_a_m_a [10]

heres some

tea act

sugar act

boston massacre

boston tea party

stamp act

5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
During medieval times, traders from Greece, India, and Southeast Asia landed on the ________ coast of Africa.
ki77a [65]
The correct answer should be 1. East. They found a way to go through the Mediterranean sea into the Arabian Gulf and from there into the Indian Ocean, which allowed them to land on the eastern coast of Africa and establish trading stations for resting or reorganizing or fixing ships or things like that.
7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Moses was raised in Pharaoh's house. True or false
    9·2 answers
  • Germany lost an important world war 2 ally when
    10·2 answers
  • Why were more than 10,000 miles of canals cut through Louisiana’s wetlands in the twentieth century?
    9·1 answer
  • During World War I, Native Americans were noted for which of these contributions to the war effort? (3 points)
    6·1 answer
  • Read this line from the text:
    13·1 answer
  • Which of the following statements about the Civil War is FALSE?
    13·2 answers
  • What was the decision of the court in the madison vs marbury
    11·1 answer
  • What is no man's land
    11·2 answers
  • Who is the best footballer in history
    6·1 answer
  • What are the major functions of law?
    14·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!