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The March of time

Title: The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-08.
Publication: 1938.

Details

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Found In

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

Description

2 streaming audio files (29:06) : 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

Baby, take a bow.
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.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.

Contents

[Part 1]: Opening Shirley Temple Life commercial [Life: a magazine of pictures ; featuring Shirley Temple singing "Baby, take a bow"] Buckingham Palace: 2 yr. old Peter Jackson marches with Royal Grenadiers -- London, Eng.: Winston Churchill's son-in-law, Duncan Sandys secret document inquiry [under Official Secrets Acts 1920 ; featuring Leslie Hore-Belisha and Winston Churchill] -- N. Y. C.: Reporters interview Denmark's only nudist, Miss [Ami?] Anderson -- N. Y. C.: Stock Exchange elects 31 yr. old William McChesney Martin, President -- New Mexico: Find body of Medill McCormick, 20 [ends abruptly]
[Part 2]: Concluding episode re Finding body of climber Madill McCormick, 20 -- Kentucky: Barkley/Chandler campaign and W. P. A. votes [featuring journalist Thomas L. Stokes] -- Gettysburg, Pa.: 1863-1938 [featuring Gen. Robert E. Lee] -- Wilmington, Del. & elesewhere: Sweden's Royal family visit U. S. [featuring Prince Bertil, Crown Princess Louise, Crown Prince Gustav VI Adolf, Sara and Eleanor Roosevelt] -- Closing announcements & signature [Life: a magazine of pictures].

Call Number

*LJ-16 8727--8728

OCLC

958966980

Title

The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-08.

Production

1938.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

001401 001505

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 July 8.

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 8727--8728.

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_lj168727_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168728_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

Baby, take a bow.

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 8727--8728

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