Research Catalog

The March of time

Title
  1. The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-22.
Published by
  1. 1938.

Details

Additional authors
  1. Voorhees, Donald
  2. Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  3. Nichols, Ora Daigle
  4. Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
  5. Hillbilly Boys, performer.
  6. Time, Inc., producer.
  7. National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
  8. WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Found in
  1. March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Description
  1. 2 streaming audio files (29:42) : digital, mono.
Summary
  1. Radio program of dramatized real news stories and current events re-enacted in a newsreel format.
Uniform title
  1. March of time (Radio program)
Alternative title
  1. Please, pass the biscuits Pappy.
  2. Beautiful Texas.
  3. March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Subject
  1. Olympics > Cancellation > Japan > 1938 > Drama
  2. Radio serials
  3. History, Modern > 20th century
  4. Gifts > United States > Drama
  5. O'Daniel, W. Lee (Wilbert Lee), 1890-1969 > Drama
  6. Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
  7. Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967 > Drama
  8. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 > Drama
  9. Air travel > Ireland > Drama
  10. Radio programs > United States
  11. Hopkins, Harry L (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 > Drama
  12. Visits of state > France > Drama
  13. Cohan, George M (George Michael), 1878-1942 > Interviews
  14. George > VI, > King of Great Britain, > 1895-1952 > Drama
  15. Nonfiction radio programs
  16. Suspenders > Drama
  17. Historical radio programs
  18. Legal drama
  19. Radio docudramas
  20. Radio commercials
  21. Bonnet, Georges, 1889-1973 > Drama
  22. Walsh, Mary Jane > Interviews
  23. Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938 > Death > Drama
  24. Palmistry > Great Britain > Drama
  25. Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 > Drama
Genre/Form
  1. Historical radio programs.
  2. Radio docudramas.
  3. Nonfiction radio programs.
  4. Radio serials.
  5. Radio commercials.
Contents
  1. [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]
  2. [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
  1. *LJ-16 8731--8732
Note
  1. Title and date from original disc label; contents from disc label and audition.
  2. Streaming audio transferred from original audio disc.
Access (note)
  1. Access to original items restricted. Streaming audio is not accessible to patrons at this time.
Credits (note)
  1. Time, inc., producer.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.
Title
  1. The March of time : radio broadcast, 1938-07-22.
Production
  1. 1938.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States
Playing time
  1. 001455 001447
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Credits
  1. Time, inc., producer.
Performer
  1. [Westbrook Van Voorhis, narrator ; Donald Voorhees, music conductor ; with his orchestra ; Ora Daigle Nichols, sound effects chief engineer ; with unidentified actors]
Event
  1. Original radio broadcast on NBC [(Blue Network), WJZ] New York, New York 1938 July 22.
Access
  1. Access to original items restricted. Streaming audio is not accessible to patrons at this time.
Original version
  1. Archival originals: (2 one-sided audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, microrogroove, aluminum, mono ; 16 in.) in *LJ-16 8731--8732.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.
Local note
  1. 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
  1. Voorhees, Donald, conductor.
  2. Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968, narrator.
  3. Nichols, Ora Daigle, sound effects engineer.
  4. Don Voorhees Orchestra, performer.
  5. Hillbilly Boys, performer.
  6. Time, Inc., producer.
  7. National Broadcasting Company, broadcaster.
  8. WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), broadcaster.
Added title
  1. Please, pass the biscuits Pappy.
  2. Beautiful Texas.
  3. March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Found in:
  1. March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete).
Research call number
  1. *LJ-16 8731--8732
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