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Put Victory First

Item number (ISN):

216582

Series title:

Victory Loan Show

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

216582

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUE

Accession:

1984-0164

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1944-04-26

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Rupert Caplan; narrator, Jack Dennett; Austin Willis

Cast credit:

Percy Faith, Barry Wood, Richard Rodgers, Lucy Monreo, Walter Abel, Gail Patrick, Kay Francis

Description:

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A musical variety program entitled Put Victory First presented to encourage Canadians to invest in Canadian War Savings Bonds.~The show opens with Percy Faith and his orchestra playing a toast to the American Army Air Corps. Guest soloist Lucy Monroe sings Lover. The Percy Faith Orchedstra plays Music From Mexico.~Gail Patrick reads part of a letter written by a Canadian soldier, in hospital in England, to his wife at home in Quebec. Patrick then introduces the writer of the letter, Major Raoul [Audet] of Levis, Quebec, who lost both arms in battle. Barry Wood sings Stand Up and Fight from Carmen Jones. Wood introduces Richard Rodgers, who recalls how he started writing music at the age of fourteen.~Richard Rodgers tells of teaming up with Larry Hart. Their first hit was Manhattan. Followed by My Heart Stood Still. Oklahoma and Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. The lyrics of these songs are sung in part by Barry Wood. Percy Faith and his Orchestra play a medley of songs from Oklahoma, with lyrics by Lucy Monroe and Barry Wood.~Lucy Monroe sings Speak to Me of Love. Gail Patrick introduces Kay Francis and Walter Abel.~Walter Abel reads a poem written by Noel Coward about the RAF bombers flying over the English Channel en route to Germany, entitled "Lie in the Dark and Listen". Kay Francis tells of a personal experience while visiting an allied air base in Europe, about a flyer who had not come back and the emotional impact on his flying buddies.~The United Nations March of Russia, played by the Percy Faith Orchestra, followed by a marching song of the Free French, and finally, from Wales, the March of the Men of Harlech. The program concludes with the theme Don't Delya, buy a Bond. <90mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. For reference tape see 1982-0076/160.

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Vault ISN:

170579

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C09351

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1984-0164/1433
1984-0164/1434
1984-0164/1435
1984-0164/1436
1984-0164/1437
1984-0164/1438
1984-0164/1439
1984-0164/1440
1984-0164/1441

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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