Research Catalog

The March of time

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

Details

Additional Authors
  • Voorhees, Donald
  • Van Voorhis, Westbrook, 1903-1968
  • Nichols, Ora Daigle
  • Don Voorhees Orchestra, 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 (29:06) : 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).
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 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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