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Series title:AssignmentHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):261516Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUEAccession:1982-0195Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Release date:1956-11-02Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:host, Maria Barrett; Bill McNeilDescription:Radio program of features, weather, sports and music. It includes the following: Dave [Orr] of the CBC reports from Springhill, Nova Scotia on the major mine disaster there and progress being made in attempts to reach the trapped men. He gives details of an earlier news conference about the disaster. Wallace Reyburn, CBC correspondent from Devon, England, reports on Bert Smith and Allan [Battersby], both from Toronto, who crossed the Atlantic in 57 days in their homemade craft, the [Orenda]. John Mackin interviews Mrs. May Smith of Toronto, about her son Bert Smith's trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Telford Oliver of CBC Vancouver reports on the first radio-telegraph communication system between Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which was inaugurated by the Honourable James Sinclair, Canadian Minister of Fisheries. This report includes actuality of the inauguration ceremony with James Sinclair speaking. <1h>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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