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The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-04.
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 (29:37) : 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
  • Gennett, Isidor > Drama
  • Zhu, Yaohua > Death > Drama
  • Brown, William Montgomery, 1855-1937 > Drama
  • Memorial rites and ceremonies > Germany > Berlin > Drama
  • Involuntary sterilization > Kansas > Drama
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > China > Shanghai > Drama
  • Telephone calls > Drama
  • Suicide > China > Drama
  • Advertising > Shoes > Drama
  • Radio programs > United States
  • History, Modern > 20th century
  • Morocco > History > 1912-1956 > 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] Berlin, Germany: Jewish American Legionnaire [Isidor] Gennett pays homage to German war dead. French Morocco: Uprisings against French-funds by Mussolini. Beloit, Kansas: Sterilization used as punishment in Kansas Industrial School.
  • [Part 2]: China: Gen. Chu Yao-hua suicide-Gen. Chiang Kai-shek orders famous 88th Division retreat. Peoria, Ill.: Ewald Peterson gets 22 wrong nos. Gallion, Ohio: Ex-Bishop William Montgomery Brown, 82, dies. Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine in pictures ; Women's angle: Paris Fashion Shoes (1st Life ad)].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8671--8672
OCLC
957129810
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-11-04.
Production
1937.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001428 001509
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 4.
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 8671--8672.
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_lj168671_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168672_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 8671--8672
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