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Birth of Swing

Date released

1937

Series name

The March of Time 2nd Year

Issue no

11

NoS ID

352513

Story no

3 / 3

The March of Time synopsis: Everyone has heard of "swing". Its enthusiasts range from high-browed intellectuals to the messenger boys in the streets, and many are the heated arguments as to what it is and...

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Tempest, The (1949 Radio)

Short radio programme showcasing some of the music written by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius for Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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Alistair Cooke's 'Letter from America' archive now online

Date

31 Oct 2012, 16:37

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

Alistair Cooke's first Letter from America - initially called American Letter - was broadcast in March, 1946. It was to be the first of 2,869 such broadcasts, spanning 58 years, making it by far the...

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Upbeat in Music

Date released

20 Mar 1944

Series name

The March of Time 9th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

352239

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: Troops march off to the spirited new style marches of Captain Glen Miller’s Army Air Force Band. Men on leave and their sweethearts crowd around Benny Goodman’s bandstand....

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ON STAGE

Date released

1949

Series name

The March of Time 14th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

352289

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: Through the medium of a young actress, Margaret Garland, her hopes, disappointments and achievements, the latest March of Time brings to the screen a survey of New York’s...

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WHUPPITY SCOORIE

Date released

Apr 1955

Series name

Mining Review 8th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

345868

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: traditional rites at Lanark. NCB Commentary - The 1st March, 1955, saw the middle reaches of the Clyde still locked in the grip of ice and snow. The steam from the colliery winding engines at...

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Is Everybody Listening?

Date released

Mar 1948

Series name

The March of Time 13th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

352077

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: An exposition of the commercially sponsored radio system of America is given in this month’s March of Time which in discussing the inevitable criticism levelled at the...

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Shakespearean Music (1934 Radio)

Radio programme of Shakespearean music. The BBC Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis plays German’s Coronation March (Henry VIII), Nicolai’s Overture for ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, Bantok’s...

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King Lear (1937 Radio)

Series

BBC Orchestra, The

Radio broadcast. Led by Aylmer Buesst, the BBC Orchestra plays Haydn’s composition which was originally composed to accompany a performance of King Lear in Esterhaz castle. It is comprised of an overture,...

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Inside Fascist Spain

Date released

May 1943

Series name

The March of Time 8th Year

Issue no

11

NoS ID

352038

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: America, as the film shows, has been trying to wean Spain from dependence on the Axis by facilitating shipments of oil, food and fertilizer to Spain and by buying Spanish goods...

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