Research Catalog

The March of time

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

Details

Additional Authors
  • Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  • Cross, Milton, 1897-1975
  • 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 (29:30) : 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
  • Schuschnigg, Kurt, 1897-1977 > Drama
  • Dadieu, Armin, 1901- > Drama
  • Kennedy, Joseph P. 1888-1969 > Drama
  • Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991 > Drama
  • Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 > Correspondence > Drama
  • Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990 > Drama
  • Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 > Drama
  • Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 > Drama
  • Sheridan, Irene Rucker, 1856-1938 > Death > Drama
  • Scutellaro, Joseph > Drama
  • Barck, Harry > Assasination > Drama
  • Martin, Glenn L. 1886-1955 > Drama
  • D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938 > Death > Drama
  • Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 > Drama
  • Jagel, Frederick > Drama
  • Martinelli, Giovanni, 1885-1969 > Drama
  • Operas > Excerpts, Arranged
  • Operas > Excerpts
  • Whistling
  • Public welfare > New Jersey > Drama
  • Murder > New Jersey > Drama
  • Sea-power > United States > Drama
  • Seaplanes > Drama
  • Radio programs > United States
  • History, Modern > 20th century
  • Austria > History > Anschluss, 1938 > 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.
  • "Toscanini"--Written in red wax pencil on audiodisc tread (Part 1)
  • 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] Vienna, Austria: 80,000 Nazi prepare revolt. Austrian gov't backed by France and Italy [featuring Austria's Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg and Nazi rep Armin Dadieu] -- U. S.: This week's famous people: Jas. [James] Roosevelt [and Joe Kennedy] ; G. B. Shaw [letter to high school kids] ; [Reported that] Greta Garbo [visiting in the Isle of Capri with] Stokowski ; Toscanini [hears an excerpt of whistling "La donna e mobile" (from Verdi's "Rigoletto") in an elevator by an unidentified person] ; Death of Irene Rucker Sheridan [wife of Gen. Phillip Sheridan] -- Hoboken, N. J.: Unemployed carpenter Joe Scutellaro refused relief, [murdered Harry Barck, relief administrator].
  • [Part 2]: Washington, D. C.: U. S. Rearmament Program [featuring planebuilder Glenn L. Martin, inventor of the Martin Bomber] -- Gardone, Italy: Death of Gabriele D'Annunzio [featuring Mussolini] -- Metropolitan Opera House: Jagel pinch-hits for Martinelli after acute indigestion attack [during the opera "Aida" ; featuring NBC radio announcer Milton J. Cross] -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine of pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8699--8700
OCLC
958015619
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-03-03.
Production
1938.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001359 001531
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 March 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, microgroove, aluminum, mono ; 16 in.) in *LJ-16 8699--8700.
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_lj168699_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168700_v01f01_em.WAV].
Added Author
Container of (expression): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Donna è mobile; arranged. Selections.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Selections.
Cross, Milton, 1897-1975, announcer.
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 8699--8700
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