Research Catalog

The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-01.
Publication
1937.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
  • Time, Inc., producer.
  • National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
  • WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Found In
March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Description
2 streaming audio files (29:36) : 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 and audition.
  • 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 [Life: a magazine in pictures] Paris, France: Duke postpones U. S. trip-Charles Bedaux resigns as Duke's guide [featuring pianist Stell Andersen]. -- Miami, Fla.: Police hold Wm. Harrell who protests while baby dies of diptheria. -- Moscow, Russia: Masses view display of Russian Power [Parade ; history of Stalin's rise to power] while Germany, Italy & Japan sign Anti-Red Pact [Anti-Comintern Pact; forming the Axis Powers]. -- New London, Conn.: Navy Yard has spy "code" worry-"Brown section"-college game-not submarine secret [telegram sent in Hungarian for half the cost].
  • [Part 2]: Hispaniola: Santo Dominican whites massacre hundreds of Haitian negroes [Parsley Massacre]. At sea: Death of [former Prime Minister and Labour Party founder] James Ramsay McDonald [MacDonald] [featuring George V]. -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine in pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8673--8674
OCLC
957129233
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-01.
Production
1937.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001609 001327
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 November 11.
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 8673--8674.
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_lj168673_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168674_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 2)].
Added Author
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.
Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.
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 8673--8674
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