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The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-05-12.
Publication
1938.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
  • Time, Inc., producer.
  • Electrolux Group, sponsor.
  • 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 (29:43) : 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
  • Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 > Drama
  • Connors, Lewis J. > Drama
  • Krebs, Frank H. > Drama
  • Hutton, James K. > Drama
  • Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989 > Drama
  • Sholtz, David, 1891-1953 > Drama
  • West, Mae > Drama
  • Brandt, Harry (Reporter) > Drama
  • Vargas, Getúlio, 1883-1954 > Drama
  • Jarvis, Anna, 1864-1948 > Drama
  • Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959 > Drama
  • Munters, V. 1898-1967 > Drama
  • Bonnet, George-Étienne > Drama
  • Litvinov, M. M. 1876-1951 > Drama
  • United States. Army. Air Corps > Drama
  • United States. Works Progress Administration > Drama
  • United States. > Drama
  • League of Nations > Drama
  • Questionnaires > Drama
  • Food relief > United States > Drama
  • Hours of labor > Law and legislation > United States > Drama
  • Wages > Law and legislation > United States > Drama
  • New Deal, 1933-1939 > Drama
  • Motion picture theaters > United States > Drama
  • Fascism > Brazil > Drama
  • Mother's Day > History > Drama
  • Radio programs > United States
  • History, Modern > 20th century
  • United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945 > Drama
  • Brazil > History > Attempted coup, 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 ; episode presented by Servel, Inc., makers of the Servel Electrolux [Gas] Refridgerators.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.
Contents
  • [Part 1]: Opening signature & [Servel] announcements Chicago, Ill.: Private [] Krebs rides a plane's tail -- N. Y. C. & Elsewhere: [Prize-winning answer to a questionnaire at an East Side Boy's Club in N. Y. C.] ; Problems of relief [food aid during the Depression and the WPA] ; Florida New-Dealers [Sen. Claude Pepper (winner) and Dave Sholtz (loser)] win in primaries ; 22 Southern Congressman support F. D. R.'s Wages & Hours Bill ; Wash. D. C.: 2 1/2 billion Relief Bill passed -- Hollywood, Cal.: "Hollywood Reporter" [Harry Brandt] says artists with no box-office draw burden studios ; Mae West comments [ends abruptly]
  • [Part 2]: Concluding episode re Hollywood stars [Double features at movie theaters] -- Rio de Janeiro: Fascists fail in attempted coup d'etat against Pres. Getulio Vargas -- Phila., Pa.: Press visit Miss Jarvis who started Mother's Day -- Geneva, Switzerland: Haile Selassie visit League [of Nations; also featuring England's Lord (Viscount) Halifax, Latvia's Vilhelms Munters, France's George Bonnet and Soviet Russia's Maxim Litvinov] -- Closing announcements & signature [Servel Electrolux Gas Refridgerators].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8711--8712
OCLC
958275302
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-05-12.
Production
1938.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001406 001537
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Credits
Time, inc., producer ; episode presented by Servel, Inc., makers of the Servel Electrolux [Gas] Refridgerators.
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 May 12.
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 8711--8712.
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_lj168711_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168712_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.
Electrolux Group, sponsor.
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 8711--8712
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