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[Opening of WGY studios in Shenectady]

Item number (ISN):

386794

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1938-07-09

Item number (ISN):

386794

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CFCF

Accession:

1973-0016

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1938-07-09

Production company:

CFCF

Production credit:

reporter, [Chester Vetter]

Cast credit:

Douglas MacMillan, Walter Pooler, Eugene O'Hare

Country of production:

us

Distributor name:

National Broadcasting Company

Description:

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:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

448877

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1973-0016/003

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

DISC

Duration:

14:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

449340

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00194

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

249:15

Made from:

1973-0016/001
1973-0016/002
1973-0016/004
1973-0016/005
1973-0016/006
1973-0016/009
1973-0016/010
1973-0016/011
1973-0016/012

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

886197

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

386794-1973-0016-003.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1973-0016/003

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

886198

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

386794-1973-0016-003.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1973-0016/003

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions~Copyright varies. See individual items.~Copyright on all items expires 50 years after production.~This collection is entirely in public domain in the year 2007.

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