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The March of time

Title: The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-02-03.
Publication: 1938.

Details

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Found In

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

Description

2 streaming audio files (29:39) : 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.
"I Luna[ic?] (continued)"--red wax pencil written on audiodisc outer tread (Part 2)
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, featuring advertisements of Baker's Chocolate and Cocoa] U. S. politics: Mayor LaGuardia ventures western tour; 1940 Presidential aspirants -- Arctic Ocean: Soviet polar expedition adrift on ice floe [trying to contact Icebreaker Minmanyiz?] -- Brooklyn, N. Y.: Actress Annette Margules ([who played in Off-Broadway revival of Leon Gordon's] "White cargo") settles [Theatrical Costume Workers Union, Local 21313] "bead strike" -- Off Spanish Coast: Submarine sinks British freighter "Endymion" -- [N. Y. C.: Newshawk Allen Bernard; unwilling inmate Rockland Cy. insane asylum] [first 10 seconds ; ends abruptly] .
[Part 2]: [Continued to end] N. Y. C.: Newshawk Allen Bernard; unwilling inmate Rockland Cy. insane asylum -- Doorn, Netherlands: Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm celebrates 79th birthday ; British relatives send greetings [featuring Bertie, the young Duke of York, or King George VI] -- Holland: Royal Princess Beatrix born -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine of pictures].

Call Number

*LJ-16 8693--8694

OCLC

957557108

Title

The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-02-03.

Production

1938.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

001543 001356

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 1938 February 3.

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 8693--8694.

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_lj168693_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168694_v01f01_em.WAV].

Added Author

Voorhees, Donald, conductor.

Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.

Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960. White cargo.

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 8693--8694

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