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The March of time

Title: The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-10-21.
Publication: 1937.

Details

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Found In

March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).

Description

2 streaming audio files (30:40) : digital, mono.

Summary

Radio program of dramatized real news stories and current events re-enacted in a newsreel format.

Uniform Title

March of time (Radio program)

Alternative Title

March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).

Subjects

Genre/Form

Historical radio programs.
Radio docudramas.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Radio serials.
Radio commercials.

Note

Title and date from original disc label; contents from disc label [*LJ-16 8667 label is slightly damaged] and audition.
"1 Mommoth"--wax pen written on disc tread (*LJ-16 8667)
Streaming audio transferred from original audio disc.

Access (note)

Access to original items restricted. Streaming audio is not accessible to patrons at this time.

Credits (note)

Time, inc., producer.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.

Contents

[Part 1]: Opening signature & announcements [Architectural forum magazine] -- (Spotlight on Franklin) Boston, Mass.: Bit from "I'd rather be right" ["We're going to balance the budget" / written by Rodgers & Hart, performed by George M. Cohan (Franklin Roosevelt)] ; N. Y. C.: Hectic week in stock market. -- Tampa, Fla.: Flogging case closed ; Officers acquitted of murder of Jos. Shoemaker. -- (Prehistoric mammoth) Wrangel Is., No. Siberia: Russian scientists find mammoth dead 20,000 yrs.
[Part 2]: (No talebearers they) Bilboa, Spain: 700 dead German soldiers returned to Germany for burial -- Waltham, Mass.: Burglar [Robert Ulrich] massages sinus-sick John Cronin -- Marne, France: History, reconstruction and dedication of Rheims Cathedral [features unidentified Latin hymn excerpt performed by chorus and organ] -- Closing annoucements & signature [Life: a magazine in pictures].

Call Number

*LJ-16 8667--8668

OCLC

956951219

Title

The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-10-21.

Production

1937.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

001413 001527

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Credits

Time, inc., producer.

Performer

[Westbrook Van Voorhis, narrator ; Donald Voorhees, music conductor ; with his orchestra ; Ora Daigle Nichols, sound effects chief engineer ; with unidentified actors]

Event

Original radio broadcast on NBC [(Blue Network), WJZ] New York, New York 1937 October 21.

Access

Access to original items restricted. Streaming audio is not accessible to patrons at this time.

Original Version

Archival originals: (2 one-sided audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, microrogroove, aluminum, mono ; 16 in.) in *LJ-16 8667--8668.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.

Local Note

Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lj168667_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168668_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 2)].

Added Author

Voorhees, Donald, conductor.

Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, lyricist.

Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.

Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942, performer.

Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. I'd rather be right. We're going to balance the budget.

Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.

Time, Inc., producer.

National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.

WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.

Added Title

March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).

Found In:

March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).

Research Call Number

*LJ-16 8667--8668

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