Research Catalog

The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-12-09.
Publication
1937.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Porter, Lew, 1892-1956.
  • 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 (29:48) : 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)
  • Harlem on the prairie (Motion picture)
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 of pictures] N. Y. C.: Roosa-Roosevelt telephone mix-up. -- Shanghai, China: Jap's withdraw victory parade from international settlement; seize Nanking. -- Chicago, Ill.: Strange epidemic among babies baffles doctors.
  • [Part 2]: Hollywood, Calif.: New all-Negro [Western film] musical "Harlem on the prairie" [featuring an excerpt of the song "Harlem on the prairie" / music by Lew Porter and an excerpt of the film]. -- Miami, Fla.: Air racer Rudy Kling crashes to his death; Lindberghs return for a visit. -- U. S. Nat'l Association of Manufacturers Convention discuss reasons & remedies for business recession. -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine of pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8681--8682
OCLC
957236408
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1937-12-09.
Production
1937.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001503 001444
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 December 9.
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 8681--8682.
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_lj168681_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168682_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 2)].
Added Author
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.
Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.
Container of (work): Porter, Lew, 1892-1956. Harlem on the prairie. Harlem on the prairie.
Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
Time, Inc., producer.
National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Added Title
Harlem on the prairie (Motion picture)
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 8681--8682
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