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[Canadian Broadcasting : A Golden Anniversary]

Item number (ISN):

250142

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

250142

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Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS / L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES RADIODIFFUSEURS

Accession:

1996-0209

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1969 ?

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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Audio of a television program or film marking the 50th anniversary of the start of broadcasting in Canada. The program consists of excerpts of radio programs, mostly American. The narrator also points out photographs such as the Montreal building where the first radio station in Canadian history was located.~The excerpts include: Billy Jones and Ernie [Hare] doing a singing commercial for interwoven socks; The Rondoliers and the Piano Pals playing "Long, Long Ago"; a recreation of a broadcast by CHMS Halifax of the sighting of Charles Lindbergh during one of his historic flights; Amos 'n Andy commenting on the 1928 election in the United States; Eddie Cantor making jokes about the 1929 stock market crash; Herb Morrison's eyewitness account of the explosion of the Hindenberg airship; FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY; LUX RADIO THEATRE, the opening music of the HAPPY GANG; THE ALDRICH FAMILY; BENNY GOODMAN'S SWING SCHOOL; YOUR HIT PARADE; the introduction to the soap opera BIG SISTER, including a Rinso commercial; Jack Benny on the LUCKY STRIKE PROGRAM; SUSPENSE; Bob Hope singing a song for "each Canadian fighting son, with plane and tank and gun"; part of Winston Churchill's "finest hour" speech; Toe Blake scoring the winning goal in the final game of the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs, giving the Montreal Canadiens the Stanley Cup; Elvis Presley singing; an ABC radio clip of the news bulletin announcing that John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas; the moon landing; a reporter choking on tear gas while reporting on a confrontation between a crowd and police; and Lowell Thomas mispronouncing a word - "near fartal" for "near fatal heart attack" - during his daily radio broadcast and subsequently laughing so hard that he could not stop. <30mn>

Language:

English

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1. Copyright not known since there are no production credits on the tape label or the tape itself.~2. Tape available for reference only and not copying since production responsibility cannot be established and the excerpts originated with a variety of broadcasters.~3. Title spoken by narrator.
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Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9902-0072

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: unknown.

Reproduction access:

with the permission of copyright holders

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