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[Fifth Anniversary Broadcast]

Item number (ISN):

231545

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Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

231545

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUE

Accession:

1984-0164

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Release date:

1950-02-23

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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A special program commemorating the fifth anniversary of the CBC International Service.~Re-broadcast of the formal opening of the International Service on February 25, 1945, the first official voice being that of William Lyon MacKenzie King, then Prime Minister of Canada, speaking to the world and particularly to Canada's armed forces overseas. (See 450225-1).~The CBC shortwave transmitters and buildings at Sackville, New Brunswick are described.~The types of programs beamed to France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and South America are described.~A segment of a typical program about a Dutch family now living in Winnipeg, prepared for broadcast to Holland so that their relatives back home will know something about their new home in Canada.~The program continues to describe the documentary drama and musical productions prepared for special transmission overseas.~Examples are given of the type of reporting done from the United Nations at Lake Success by English and foreign-language reporters.~A re-broadcast of a talk from London by Howard B. Chase, Chairman of the CBC Board of Governors at the time, from the 1945 inaugural of the International Service. (Repeat of 450225-2).

Language:

English
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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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