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  1. Universities’ paid athletes

    Date released
    May 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    352144
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: As forty million fans pack huge football grounds and countless others tune in to the autumn’s big games, a new and jarring note is heard. Mixed with the cheers and music is paid...

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  2. Belgium’s King Decides

    Date released
    May 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    352145
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: With Belgium’s traditional policy of neutrality shattered by the War. King Albert signed a military alliance with France. His death in 1934, left to his stripling, untried son...

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  3. British Empire’s New Waterway

    Date released
    May 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    352146
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Once again the 30-year-old spectre of the St. Lawrence Seaway threatens New Orleans’ 50-mile waterfront. Word comes that the new Congress will reconsider the treaty with Canada,...

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  4. Veterans of Future Wars

    Date released
    Jun 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    352147
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: At Princeton, as at hundreds of American Universities and Colleges to-day, the 1937 undergraduate is much more aware than was his father of the world outside. These youths will...

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  5. Arson!

    Date released
    Jun 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    352148
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Every second, somewhere in the United States, a fire alarm sounds. Against these fires, whose annual toll is over £400,000,000 every community is organized. An alarm sends...

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  6. Food or physical training?

    Date released
    Jun 1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    352149
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Vital to the British Empire are her defence forces, protecting commerce along far-flung trade routs and ensuring a steady food supply. To-day, with the Territorial Army 40,000...

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  7. Labour v. labour in U.S. Strike

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352150
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Leader of America’s coalminers leads industrial revolution in Utopian attempt to organise 30,000,000 workers.

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  8. Centennial Cities’ battle of beauties

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352151
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: America laughs as beauty vies with municipal fervour in Texas’ centenary celebrations.

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  9. New Hope for China

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 2nd Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352152
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: United by General Chiang Kai-shek and aided by British influence, China prepares for an ear of prosperity.

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  10. Dogs for sale

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    352164
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The March of Time synopsis: Of universal appeal is an item in the current issue of the March of Time - "Dogs for Sale". It describes the vast new industry created by America’s 15,000,000 dog-owners, who...

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