London Calling Asia: On an incident in Theron's voyage to the Antarctic.

Introduction to recording: This is national sound archive Tape T10271 and this is Track R. It starts wth the back of the BBC Sound archives 78 RPM disc 12 " diameter No. 22710. This has 2 bands. Band 1 Ruth Pitter on the modern school of poetry from Asian Club broadcast on London Calling Asia on the 12th of February 1956, having been pre-recorded on the 7th of February 1956. Duration 2 minutes and 36 seconds. Band 2 Sir Edmund Hilllary on an incident on Theron's Voyage to the Antarctic from International Press Conference, broadcasted on London Calling Asia on the 29th of March, having been recorded on the 28th of March 1956. Duration 1 Minute and 30 seconds. At 03:36 Hillary talks about a trip to the Antarctic. The hardships he met during the trip. Ends 5:23 The whole recording goes on to other broadcasts done from 1960's.
SEAH Identifier
BBC00012
Item Number (principal identifier)
T10271
Original title
London Calling Asia: On an incident in Theron's voyage to the Antarctic.
Media type
Audio
Date Created
1956_03_28
Broadcast Date
1956_03_29
Rights
BBC
Place
United Kingdom
Performers, Musicians, Speaker (creator2)
Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008 (speaker, male)
Archivist notes
Introduction to recording: This is national sound archive Tape T10271 and this is Track R. It starts wth the back of the BBC Sound archives 78 RPM disc 12 " diameter No. 22710. This has 2 bands. Band 1 Ruth Pitter on the modern school of poetry from Asian Club broadcast on London Calling Asia on the 12th of February 1956, having been pre-recorded on the 7th of February 1956. Duration 2 minutes and 36 seconds. Band 2 Sir Edmund Hilllary on an incident on Theron's Voyage to the Antarctic from International Press Conference, broadcasted on London Calling Asia on the 29th of March, having been recorded on the 28th of March 1956. Duration 1 Minute and 30 seconds. At 03:36 Hillary talks about a trip to the Antarctic. The hardships he met during the trip. Ends 5:23 The whole recording goes on to other broadcasts done from 1960's.
Holding Institution of Original Materials
British Library
Licensing Institution
BBC
URL
http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLLSA7944997&indx=8&recIds=BLLSA7944997&recIdxs=7&elementId=7&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&tb=t&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&srt=rank&tab=local_tab&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=T10271&dstmp=1652433605816
Type of recording
Broadcast : BBC Far Eastern Service (London Calling Asia) 1956-03-28 Part of the : International press conference series.
Original physical format
78rpm disc BBC 22710 Back
Copyright Information
BBC