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The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-03-24.
Publication
1938.

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 (29:39) : 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
  • Horst Wessel song.
  • March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Subject
  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Drama
  • Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 > Drama
  • Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990 > Drama
  • Lang, Cosmo Gordon, 1864-1945 > Drama
  • Deutsch, Julius, 1884-1968 > Drama
  • Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 > Drama
  • Scherchen, Hermann, 1891-1966 > Drama
  • Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962 > Drama
  • United States. Congress 1938) > Drama
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei > Party work > Drama
  • Administrative agencies > United States > Reorganization > Drama.
  • Prayers > Drama
  • Bombings > Spain > Barcelona > Drama
  • National songs > Germany
  • Elementary schools > Austria > Drama
  • Suicide > Austria > Drama
  • Antisemitism > Austria > Drama
  • Radio programs > United States
  • History, Modern > 20th century
  • Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Drama
  • 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.
  • 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.
Language (note)
  • Song sung in German; spoken in English.
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] Ravello, Italy: Garbo-Stokowski deny marriage plans -- U. S. political front: Congress passes President's Federal Reorganization bill -- [London: Special prayer by Archbishop of Canterbury] --[Barcelona,] Spain: Loyalists losing [Bombing after-affects] ; Pope begs Franco spare innocents. [ends abruptly]
  • [Part 2]: Barcelona: Calmly Spanish Loyalist Gen'l Julius Deutsch, former Austrian, takes arrest of wife in Vienna & suicide of mother -- Austria: Germans Nazify Austria [Nazi/German song "Horst Wessel Lied"] ; Dr. Freud held ; Jews humbled [Nazi propaganda; Antisemitism in commerce, schools and the Vienna Opera House/Philharmonic ; Conductors Bruno Walter and [Hermann Scherchen who spoke, were fired] ; Continued suicides increase -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine of pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8703--8704
OCLC
958015771
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-03-24.
Production
1938.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001436 001504
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 24.
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 8703--8704.
Language
Song sung in German; spoken in English.
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_lj168703_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168704_v01f01_em.WAV].
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
Horst Wessel song.
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 8703--8704
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