Scrapbook for 1924

Item

Edited Title

Scrapbook for 1924

Archivist's Original Title

Scrapbook for 1924

Original description

A radio retrospective on the "gay twenties," written and compiled by Leslie Baily with music, news, comment, anecdotes, and readings from the theatre of the day. The program includes Garrison recalling BBC recording of the nightingale and cello, Hylton speaking about his Orchestra, and performing with a specially formed 1924-style orchestra. The focus is on the British Empire Show at Wembley Stadium. The format is 1 tape reel in mono, aired on BBC Home Service on 1955-03-04. The copy note suggests it may be copied from coarsegroove 33 rpm discs (BBC?).

Time duration

0:59:30

MetadataURL

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Recording date of the original material

1955-03-01

Country Name

United Kingdom

Recording place

United Kingdom

Resource Language

English

Performer/Speaker

Leslie Baily
Jack Hylton
Howard Carter
Freddie Grisewood
Beatrice Harrison
King George V

Tags, Keywords

Freddie Grisewood
Beatrice Harrison
Jack Hylton
Orchestra
Howard Carter
Great Britain History
British Empire Exhibition
Leslie Baily
Wembley Stadium
Stephen Williams Collection
BBC Home Service

Archivist Category

Spoken voice

Recording context

Radio Programme

Name of original Collection

Stephen Williams Collection

History of ownership

Gift

Holding Institution of Original Materials

British Library

Licensing Institution

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Accessing Institutions

British Library

Copyright Information

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Physical format

Magnetic tape mono

Original item number

C704/116 C1 T11768

SEAH Identifier

BBC00044

Broadcast Topic

Culture

Description

Subjects: Great Britain - History - 1920-1929; British Empire Exhibition Radio retrospective on the "gay twenties, ' written and compiled by Leslie Baily with music, news, comment, anecdotes and readings from the theatre of the day. Included: Garrison recalls BBC recording of the nightingale and cello, and meeting King George V; Hylton speaks about his Orchestra and performs with specially formed 1924-style orchestra. Particular attention is given to the British Empire Show at Wembley Stadium Radio programmes, Documentaries. Format: 1 tape reel mono. BBC Home Service 1955-03-04 Copy note: appears to be copied from coarsegroove 33 rpm discs (BBC?)

encodingFormat

Yes

Item sets

Sound Archive of BBC South East Asian Broadcasts

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Title Alternate label Class
Beatrice Harrison Person
Freddie Grisewood Person
Howard Carter Person
Jack Hylton Person
King George V Person
Leslie Baily Person