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Armed Forces Radio Service : special V-J show.

Title
Armed Forces Radio Service : radio broadcast, 1945-09-02 : special V-J show.
Publication
1945.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977
  • Miller, Luther D.
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
  • Langford, Frances
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
  • Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
  • Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971
  • United States. Armed Forces Radio Service.
  • Armed Forces Radio Service Orchestra, performer.
Found In
Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 30 min.) : digital, mono.
Alternative Title
  • AFRS V-J special show
  • Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Popular music radio programs.
  • Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from label on original disc; credits from audition.
  • Program dedicated to the victory of America over Japan in World War II.
  • Streaming files transferred from 1 original 16 in. 33 1/3 rpm lacquer disc. Each side corresponds to one file.
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Source (note)
  • Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966, *L (Special) 88-03.
Contents
Opening announcements -- Invocation read by Miller -- America, the beautiful (Shore) -- Reading by Bob Hope -- The house I live in (Sinatra) -- Commentary -- I've been working on the railroad (Shore) -- Don't sit under the apple tree (Langford) -- Gee Mom I want to go home (Orchestra & Chorus) -- Commentary -- We gather together (To ask the Lord's blessing) (Langford) -- Speech (President Truman) -- Commentary ; White Christmas (Crosby) -- Prayer in memory of the fallen written by William Welch (?), read by Welles -- Benediction read by William N. Thomas.
Call Number
*LK-16 625
OCLC
921854306
Title
Armed Forces Radio Service : radio broadcast, 1945-09-02 : special V-J show.
Production
1945.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Bing Crosby, host ; Chief of chaplains Luther D. Miller, U.S. Navy chief of chaplains William N. Thomas, President Harry S. Truman, commentators ; Frances Langford, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra, performers ; AFRS Orchestra.
Event
Broadcast live from Washington (D.C.) 1945 September 2.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966, *L (Special) 88-03.
Source
Gift; Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, host.
Miller, Luther D., commentator.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, performer.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, commentator.
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994, performer.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003, performer.
Langford, Frances, performer.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, commentator.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, performer.
Thomas, William Nathaniel, 1892-1971, commentator.
United States. Armed Forces Radio Service.
Armed Forces Radio Service Orchestra, performer.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004 donor.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994 donor.
Added Title
Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966.
Found In:
Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings,1942-1966.
Research Call Number
*LK-16 625
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