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Ten records (audio recordings), 1938-1958

 File
MS. 11527/81
Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

  1. Record 1 - Side 1: BBC, Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports, One Mile, Commentary by Harold Abrahams, White City, 12 March 1949, 12RH 54034 / Lib. No. 12954 / 78 rpm / 4'28". Side 2: BBC, 'Flying the Atlantic by Mistake', Interview with Douglas Corrigan, 18 July 1938, 12RH 54035 / Lib. No. 12954 / 78 rpm / 3'16"
  2. Record 2 - BBC, Roger Bannister, 1 Jun 1949, Disk 1
  3. Record 3 - BBC, Roger Bannister, 1 Jun 1949, Disk 2
  4. Record 4 - BBC, The Four-Minute Mile, BBC Light Programme, 18 July 1954 (recorded 16 Jul 1954), Side 2 (of 3), 12VRH 81682 / Lib. No.V20495 / 59'39"
  5. Record 5 - BBC, The Four-Minute Mile, BBC Light Programme, 18 Jul 1954 (recorded 16 July 1954), Side 3 (of 3), 12VRH 81683 / Lib. No.V20494 / 59'39"
  6. Record 6 - Side 1: ("Front"): BBC, Athletics, British Empire Games, Vancouver 1954, One Mile, Commentary by Rex Alston, 7 August 1954, 12RH 82158 / Lib. No.20652 / 5'12" Side 2 ("Back"): BBC, Athletics, British Empire Games, Vancouver 1954, (1.) Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis congratulates Roger Bannister after the Mile Race – 0'32", (2.) Roger Bannister interviewed by John McCadden after the Mile Race – 2'30", (3.) John Landy interviewed by John McCadden after the Mile Race – 1'53", 7 Aug 1954, 12RH 82159 / Lib. No.20652
  7. Records 7 & 8 (double album) - Side 1: The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, Luncheon at Sardi's, WOR, January 1958, 331/3 RPM Side 2: Nightline NBC, This is New York CBS, January 1958, 331/3 RPM Side 3: The Arthur Godfrey Show CBS, January 1958, 331/3 RPM
  8. Records 9 & 10 (double album) - Side 1: Mary Margaret McBride, NBC Radio, 9 January 1958, 331/3 RPM Side 2: Mary Margaret McBride, NBC Radio, 9 January 1958, 331/3 RPM Side 3: Mary Margaret McBride, NBC Radio, 9 January 1958, 331/3 RPM Side 4: Mary Margaret McBride, NBC Radio, 9 January 1958, 331/3 RPM

Dates

  • Creation: 1938-1958

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Closed.

Shelfmark

MS. 11527/81

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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Weston Library
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