Research Catalog

The March of time

Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-22.
Publication
1938.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
  • Hillbilly Boys, 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 (29:42) : 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
  • Please, pass the biscuits Pappy.
  • Beautiful Texas.
  • March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Subjects
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 annoucements [& commercial, featuring the life of Queen Elizabeth, a palm reading] [Life: a magazine of pictures] [Troy, N. Y.: Harry L. Hopkins, big WPA boss gets a tongue-lashing from a little WPA boss] [featuring Harry L. Hopkins] ; [Washington, D. C.:] Mrs. Roosevelt and F. D. R.'s gift [of red, white and blue suspenders] [featuring Harry Hines Woodring] -- [Paris, France ; Chicago, Ill.:] Samuel Insul's [Insull's] life story [death and trial in 1934] -- [Texas: Hillbilly Flour Company's] W. Lee Grant [O'Daniel], [running for] Texas Governor? [singing O'Daniel's "Please, pass the biscuits Pappy" and "Beautiful Texas" with his Hillbilly Boys] -- [Tokyo: News of cancelling the Olympics Games] [ends abruptly]
  • [Part 2]: Japan in the news [Continuing re [Tokyo: News of cancelling the Olympics Games] -- Douglas Corrigan, Atlantic Flyer [flew his plane to Ireland; he thought he was travelling to California] -- England's King and Queen in France [also featuring a French classroom, King and Queen of England and French Foreign Minister Bonnet] -- Closing announcements [Life commercial & signature]: [featuring Broadway actors George M. Cohan (acting as F. D. R. in the presidental suspenders) and actress Mary Jane Walsh] [Life: a magazine of pictures].
Call Number
*LJ-16 8731--8732
OCLC
958968232
Title
The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-22.
Production
1938.
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001455 001447
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 22.
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 8731--8732.
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_lj168731_v01f01_em.WAV (Part 1) and myh_lj168732_v01f01_em.WAV].
Added Author
Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.
Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.
Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
Hillbilly Boys, performer.
Time, Inc., producer.
National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Added Title
Please, pass the biscuits Pappy.
Beautiful Texas.
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 8731--8732
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