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Item number (ISN):

261993

Series title:

Assignment : [incomplete]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

261993

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUE

Accession:

1982-0195

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1957-07-17

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

host, Bill McNeil

Description:

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This is a program in a CBC radio series, presenting features, weather, sports, and music which include the following segments in today's ASSIGNMENT series. Bill McNeil reads the national weather. T.R. McLagan, President, Canada Steamship Lines, is interviewed by Raoul Engel and says that once the St. Lawrence Seaway is opened, Canadian ships will be faced with "absolutely unfair" competition from British ships whose crews receive lower wages. Reporter, John Mackin, takes a cruise on Lake Ontario aboard the SS Cayuga. The ship's captain talks about the 1955 rescue of 14 people from a launch. Young people on the ship singing "I Wanna Marry a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad...". A stewardess talks about her job and people she meets on the ship. Arthur Asbury, speedboat driver, is interviewed by Gene Kirby and talks about pre-race nervousness and the use of safety belts on speedboats, and his future plans racing Miss Supertest. (NB: Part of this item is missing in the middle.) An Australian newsman, is interviewed by Maria Barrett, and talks about Australia's immigration. Reporter, Pat Gordon, visits a health food restaurant in Montreal. The owner talks about the kind of food she serves. DEW (Distant Early Warning) line worker, Guy Priest, talks about everyday life in a work camp in Frobisher Bay. A reporter talks to a piper who plays the bagpipes for tourists at the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border. Marathon pianist, Jim [Montecino], is interviewed by Lloyd McInnis in the midst of trying to make a new British Empire record and says he doesn't feel too bad after 124 hours of continuous playing. Maria Barrett talks to a doctor about his much maligned profession. Georgie Jessel looks at the history of "showbiz" with the following: Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth sing a song abou the moon. George Jessel sings One Bright and Guiding Light. Will Rogers, "Now folks all I know is just what little news I read every day in the papers...I read an Irish paper today and it says licqour is 18¢ a quart. Can you imagine a nation wanting more freedom than that?". Enrico Caruso sings Dreams of Long Ago. <1h>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Finding aid indicates that part of the Arthur Asbury interview is missing in the middle.

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Vault ISN:

300201

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1982-0195/483

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

924345

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

261993-1982-0195-483.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1982-0195/483

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

924346

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

261993-1982-0195-483.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1982-0195/483

Status:

REF
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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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