In March of 1927, short-wave radio broadcasts from the Netherlands were received in Indonesia. This watershed event, preceding the BBC and Moscow Radio, marked the beginning of international broadcasting. This documentary traces three quarters of a century of world broadcasting and its importance to world communication. World War II leaders broadcast radio messages to Resistance forces and to the thousands living in occupied countries. Propaganda was disseminated by all sides during the Cold War. A Chinese author describes how she and her friends pieced together the events of the Tiananmen Square massacre from international radio broadcasts. Cameras behind the scenes at CNN examine its coverage of the Gulf War, as media mogul Ted Turner predicts the end of radio’s influence. Program managers from the BBC and Radio Netherlands discuss radio’s continuing role as information lifeline to less-developed nations. Some subtitles with English narration. (47 minutes)