This recording is the first episode of the United Nations Radio series Easy as ABC, an educational series for children written by Gerald Kean and produced by UNESCO and United Nations Radio. Although broadcast internationally, this is a recording of the American broadcast. The series is hosted by Frank Gallop and David LeGrant, who voice the characters named Alpha and Beta. The recording opens with a list of celebrities featured throughout the series. This episode concerns the letter A for alphabet, featuring Jack Benny, and includes excerpts from episodes concerning the letters Z (featuring Joe E. Brown), V (featuring Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Kenny Delmar, Claude Dauphin, Rita Hayworth, and J. Carrol Naish), Q (featuring Burt Lancaster and Danny Kaye), and I (featuring Yehudi Menuhin). Subject matter focuses on UNESCO's international development projects, education initatives, and aid programs.