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Record information – Brief [Opening of WGY studios in Shenectady]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1938-07-09Item number (ISN):386794Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CFCFAccession:1973-0016Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1938-07-09Production company:CFCFProduction credit:reporter, [Chester Vetter]Cast credit:Douglas MacMillan, Walter Pooler, Eugene O'HareCountry of production:usDistributor name:National Broadcasting CompanyDescription:Broadcast of the opening of WGY studios in Shenectady, Connecticut, described by reporter [Chester Vetter], with dramatization by actors Douglas MacMillan, Walter Pooler and Eugene O'Hare of the 1901 scientific experiment when Marconi received a trans-Atlantic wireless signal from England while on Signal Hill, Newfoundland. The message has sent by E.F.W. Alexanderson, inventor of high frequency alternator, to Julio Marconi about Guglielmo Marconi. The answer by trans-Atlantic wireless by Julio Marconi about radio station WGY and Marconi. <14mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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