Scope and arrangement
Radio program that re-enacted current events in a newsreel format. The march of time broadcast with various frequencies, formats, and sponsors, from 1931 until 1945.
Arrangement
Chronological listing.
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- Creator
- The March of time (Radio program)
- Call number
- *L (Special) 91-25
- Physical description
- 329 sound discs
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
The March of time (Radio program), Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- Access to materials
- Access to original items by permission only. Some items may be available as service copies. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.Restrictions apply
Originally created by the editors of Time magazine, the March of time radio program was broadcast with various frequency and sponsors from 1931 until 1945. The first broadcast was in March, 1931, and was a half-hour program which aired on Friday evenings at 8:30 p.m. From March 1935 on, the program was cut to 15 minutes, and was broadcast five times a week. Radio program that re-enacted current events in a newsreel format.
Using the collection
Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Access to original items by permission only. Some items may be available as service copies. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.Access restrictions
Access to original discs restricted; use preservation items listed below.