Scrapbook for 1924

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
SEAH Identifier
BBC00044
Item Number (principal identifier)
C704/116 C1 T11768
Original title
Scrapbook for 1924
Date Created
1955-03
Performers, Musicians, Speaker (creator2)
Grisewood, Freddie, 1888-1972 (speaker, male, presenter); Harrison, Beatrice, 1892-1965 (speaker, female); Hylton, Jack, 1892-1965 (speaker, male); Jack Hylton and his Orchestra; Carter, Howard, 1874-1939 (speaker, male)
Archivist notes
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
Archivist Category/Genre
English Radio programmes Documentaries
Archivist Data Set (collection)
Stephen Williams Collection
Provenance
Gift
Holding Institution of Original Materials
British Library
URL
http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLLSA1172410&indx=1&recIds=BLLSA1172410&recIdxs=0&elementId=&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&http://explore.bl.uk:80/primo_library/libweb/action/expand.do?gathStatTab=true&dscnt=0&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&mode=Basic&vid=BLVU1&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1653314038687&frbg=&frbrVersion=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&tb=t&srt=rank&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=C704%2F116%20C1%20%20&fromTabHeaderButtonPopout=true
Type of recording
BBC Home Service 1955-03-04 Copy note: appears to be copied from coarsegroove 33 rpm discs (BBC?)
Original physical format
Format: 1 tape reel mono
Digital Format on Omeka
Yes
Time duration
59 min. 30 sec.
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