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Sounds of History

Item number (ISN):

218632

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972

Item number (ISN):

218632

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Accession:

1975-0095

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1972

Production company:

United States National Archives and Records Service

Production credit:

narrator, Frank G. Burke

Description:

Sound documentary with narration by Frank G. Burke of the National Archives and Records Service.~This documentary includes extracts from the following recordings: orchestra music, "Flying Home", played by Captain Glenn Miller's orchestra, 1 June 1944; talk by Theodore Roosevelt, circa 1912; talk by Alfred E. Smith, circa 1928; speech (in German with English translation) by Adolph Hitler, 19 September 1939; speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8 December 1941; speech by General Douglas MacArthur, 19 April 1951; reading by Carl Sandburg, 12 February 1959; report by Herbert Morrison, 6 May 1937; report by an unidentified witness of the attack on Pearl Harbour, 7 December 1941; test bomb explosion at Yucca Flats, 17 March 1953; comedy routine by Jack Benny, Gracie Allen, and Eddie Cantor, 1943; the Los Angeles Negro Chorus singing "John Henry", circa 1937; chant by Hopi Indians; and Marian Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial, 9 April 1939. <15mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced and recorded by the U.S. National Archives and Records Service in Washington, DC.

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Vault ISN:

223872

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0095/1

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Duration:

15:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

223873

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00507

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1975-0095/1
FROM LOANED MATERIAL
1975-0082/1
1975-0082/2
1975-0082/3

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

169477

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C09244

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1976-0200/133
C00507
1987-0353/01
1987-0353/03

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1051157

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

218632-1975-0095-1.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

8:09

Made from:

1975-0095/1

Status:

MASTER
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Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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