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The March of time

Title: The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-06-30.
Publication: 1938.

Details

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Found In

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

Description

2 streaming audio files (29:36) : 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

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 -- [Mediterranean: British freighter ship "African Traveler" attacked by Spanish forces] ; [England]: Britian [Britain] [Cecil of Chelwood] worried about bombings of her frieghters [freighters] (Spanish waters) -- Richard Whitney['s items at] auction ; [Whitney's a] ballplayer [at Sing-Sing] -- Jews in Germany; persecuted anew [featuring an American trial with the German American Bund and commentary by Adolf Hitler]
[Part 2]: People: [Hollywood, Calif.:] W. C. Fields ; [Cambridge, Mass.:] Walt Disney [talks to kids as Mickey and Donald Duck] ; [Cleveland, Ohio:] 8 year old Minister, Rev. Jaynes [married a couple] ; [Washington, D. C.:] Shirley Temple at the White House -- [Shanghai:] Chinese affairs [outbreak of cholera ; the affect of the war on Japanese troops] -- [Ohio: Industrial plants reopened by the New Deal ; Wall Street effects] -- Pilot power ; dives into Japanese gunboat -- [Closing announcements & signature] Servel commercial closing.

Call Number

*LJ-16 8725--8726

OCLC

958967248

Title

The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-06-30.

Production

1938.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

001437 001459

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 June 30.

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 8725--8726.

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_lj168725_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168726_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 8725--8726

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