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The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1936-04-20

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Title

The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1936-04-20

Collection

The March of Time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete)

Names

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Sponsor)
Time, inc (Producer)
WABC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Contributor)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1936-04-20

Table Of Contents

Opening theme & Wrigley's announcement -- Germany: Hitler's 47th birthday celebrated / 4 schoolboys crushed by tank -- Washington, D.C.: Debate in Senate / Hasting vs. Robinson / "New Deal and Relief" -- Brooklyn, N.Y.: Paul Wendel identifies house where he was held kidnapped / Also Martin Schlossman -- Moose River, Nova Scotia: Rescuers work to save 2 men trapped in mine / H.B. Magill already dead -- Geneva: Britain threatens to take action outside League if it fails in Italo-Ethiopian crises -- Closing Wrigley's announcement & theme.

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-16 8507

Subjects

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc
Wendel, Paul -- Kidnapping
Schlossman, Martin
Robertson, David (David Edwin), 1883-1944
Scadding, Alfred
Magill, Herman -- Death and burial
League of Nations -- Europe
Radio programs -- United States
History, Modern -- 20th century
New Deal, 1933-1939
Right and left (Political science) -- Washington (D.C.)
Kidnapping -- New York (State) -- New York
Gold mines and mining -- Accidents
Miners -- Wounds and injuries -- Nova Scotia
Moose River Gold Mine Disaster, N.S., 1936
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Radio advertising -- United States -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
United States -- Economic policy
Europe -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Italy -- Foreign relations -- 1922-1945
Great Britain -- Ethiopia -- Foreign relations

Genres

Radio Programs

Notes

Content: Title and date from original disc label; contents from disc label and audition.
Source Note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Venue: Original broadcast on WABC in New York 1936 April 20.
Citation/Reference: Forms part of: March of Time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio disc (15 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum-based lacquer, mono ; 16 in.

Abstract

Radio program of dramatized real news stories and current events re-enacted in a newsreel format.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11407243
Archives ID: 21870
RLIN/OCLC: 954234730
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21047018
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 08cb7250-7170-0135-0eb6-55a936bc4e63

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1936-04-20" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/08cb7250-7170-0135-0eb6-55a936bc4e63

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1936). The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1936-04-20 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/08cb7250-7170-0135-0eb6-55a936bc4e63

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1936-04-20" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/08cb7250-7170-0135-0eb6-55a936bc4e63

Wikipedia citation

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