The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1935-08-28
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Title
The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1935-08-28
Collection
The March of Time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete)
Names
Time, inc (Producer)
WABC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Contributor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1935-08-28
Table Of Contents
Opening theme -- Santa Margherita, Italy: Marconi, inventor of radio, in meeting with Mussolini discloses experiments on ultra-short waves to halt airplanes -- Toronto, Canada: Mr. Millar's will / Contest of families in the number of children (called later "The great stork derby") -- Edmonton, Alberta: Evangelist Aberhart, founder of Social Credit Party of Alberta, wins provincial election / Social credit objectives -- Deat Valley, California: Family of four stranded in the desert -- [Closing announcements & theme].
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-16 8497
Subjects
Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
Aberhart, William, 1878-1943
Radio serials -- United States
Inventors -- Italy
Radio waves -- Experiments
Alberta -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Ontario
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Millar, Charles Vance, 1853-1926
Genres
Notes
Content: Title, date and contents from audition; original disc label is missing.
Source Note: Streaming files transferred from original audio discs.
Venue: Original broadcast on WABC in New York 1935 August 28.
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
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11407243
Archives ID: 21870
RLIN/OCLC: 953997912
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21045467
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): db4fe9b0-716e-0135-cbdf-0764459342b4
Rights
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MLA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1935-08-28" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db4fe9b0-716e-0135-cbdf-0764459342b4
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1935). The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1935-08-28 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db4fe9b0-716e-0135-cbdf-0764459342b4
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "The March of Time: radio broadcast, 1935-08-28" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db4fe9b0-716e-0135-cbdf-0764459342b4
Wikipedia citation
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