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The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-18.
Publication
1937.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
  • 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 (29:32) : 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).
Subject
  • Uryū, Sotokichi, 1857-1937 > Death > Drama
  • Peters, Fred > Drama
  • Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 > Drama
  • Clarinet music
  • Steamboat disasters > North Carolina > Drama
  • Forgers > Drama
  • False personation > Drama
  • Suicide > Drama
  • Air defenses > Great Britain > Drama
  • Stock exchanges > Drama
  • Radio programs > United States
  • History, Modern > 20th century
  • United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945 > Drama
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 ; featuring unidentified clarinet excerpt played by Benny Goodman] Off Cape Hatteras: Sinking of Freighter Tzenny Chandris. -- Odawara, Japan: Death of Admiral Baron Sotokichi Uriu [Uryū]-Graduate U. S. Naval Academy Class 1881 -- Washington, D. C. & U. S.: Forger & Impersonator Fred Peters gets 30 yrs.
  • [Part 2]: Bklyn, N. Y.: Starving 13 yr. old Wm. Troeller hangs himself to make "one less to feed". -- U. S. Politics: Stocks down, textiles & steel production less-Agriculture prices lower-Special Session Congress-F. D. R. message. Bath, Eng.: Haile Selassie broke. -- London, Eng.: English air-raid preparedness-a pump, shovel & box of sand. -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine in pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8675--8676
OCLC
957129285
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-18.
Production
1937.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001327 001605
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 18.
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 8675--8676.
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_lj168675_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168676_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 2)].
Added Author
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.
Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986, performer.
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 8675--8676
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