| Description |
4 audio discs (approximately 5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
050000 |
| Series |
The Smithsonian collection |
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Smithsonian collection (Radio Spirits, Inc.)
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| Note |
Radio Spirits, Inc.: SSFD 1--SSFD 4. |
| Credits |
Produced in association with Smithsonian Institution Press. |
| Event |
Recorded between 1938 and 1955. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Anthony Tollin (50 p. : ill. ; 12 x 14 cm.), with a foreword by Ray Bradbury, included in container. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of science fiction shows, originally broadcast during the golden age of radio. Includes Orson Welles' famous 1938 "War of the worlds" broadcast that panicked much of America. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The war of the worlds / Mercury Theatre on the air ; Zero hour / Suspense -- Disc 2. The meteor man / Lights out ; Mars is heaven / X minus one ; Operation tomorrow / The Mysterious traveler -- Disc 3. The time machine / Escape ; Rocket from Manhattan / Arch Oboler's plays ; Twenty thousand leagues under the sea / Family theater -- Disc 4. Donovan's brain / Suspense ; The Martian chronicles / Dimension X. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Science fiction radio programs.
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Radio plays, American.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Smithsonian Institution. Press.
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| Added Title |
Science fiction |
| ISBN |
1570190224 |
| Music No. |
SSFD 1 Radio Spirits, Inc. |
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SSFD 4 Radio Spirits, Inc. |
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