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The March of time: radio broadcast, 1936-05-06

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Title

The March of time: radio broadcast, 1936-05-06

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.) (Broadcaster)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1936-05-06

Table Of Contents

Opening theme & Wrigley's announcement -- Bartow, Florida: Due to cultist Weaver's death all revival meetings with snake demonstrations banned -- Connecticut: Presidential nominees discussed at convention / Also in other sections of country -- Atlantic City: Mayo Clinic doctor effects cures thru (through) diet changes -- Vatican City: Pope Pius' prayer / Mussollini concentrates on League of Nations / Ethiopian question discussed in Paris and London -- Closing Wrigley's announcement & signature.

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-16 8517

Subjects

Weaver, Alfred Charles -- Death and burial
Hensley, George Went, 1881-1955
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956 -- Political activity
Green, William, 1870-1952 -- Political activity
Alvarez, Walter C. (Walter Clement), 1884- -- Research
XI,Pope, Pius, 1857-1939 -- Political activity
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
Mayo Clinic -- Research
Catholic Church -- Clergy
League of Nations
Radio programs -- United States
History, Modern -- 20th century
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Cults -- Law and legislation -- United States
Revivals -- Florida -- Bartow
Poisonous snakes -- Religious aspects
Presidential candidates -- Connecticut
Presidential candidates -- United States
Primaries -- United States -- 20th century
Gastroenterologists -- Research
Gastroenterology -- Diet therapy
Diet -- Mental health -- United States
Popes -- Political activity -- Italy
Church and state -- Catholic Church -- Political aspects -- Italy
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Italy -- Foreign relations -- 1922-1945
Ethiopia -- Great Britain -- Foreign relations
Ethiopia -- France -- Foreign relations

Genres

Radio Programs
Radio Commercials
Advertising

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 May 6.
Content: Forms part of: March of time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete), *L(Special) 91-25.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audio disc (approximately 15 min.) : 33 1/3 rpm, aluminum, 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: 954486441
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21049628
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60da1f80-7728-0136-6728-069e3f2fb6c4

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, 1936-05-06" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60da1f80-7728-0136-6728-069e3f2fb6c4

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1936). The March of time: radio broadcast, 1936-05-06 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60da1f80-7728-0136-6728-069e3f2fb6c4

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The March of time: radio broadcast, 1936-05-06" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60da1f80-7728-0136-6728-069e3f2fb6c4

Wikipedia citation

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