A copy exists at the Library of Congress. See: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002660082
Thom Pease
Library of Congress
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LC control no.: 2002660082
LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002660082
Type of material: Nonmusic Sound Recording
Main title: New York subways [sound recording].
Published/Created: 1948.
Description: 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.
Related names Willard, Dick.
WOR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Performer: WOR reporters: Dick Willard ... [et al.]
Credits: Presented by radio station WOR in cooperation with the BBC.
Summary: A radio documentary that examines the New York City subway
system. WOR reporters talk to various employees of the subway system
including a dispatcher, brakeman, signal maintenance man, staff member
of the lost and found, and a police officer. Includes a discussion of
the engineering system and its costs. Closes with an interview with a
nineteen-year-old female passenger, who was named Miss Subway of the
Month.
Subjects: Subways --New York (State) --New York.
Local transit --New York (State) --New York.
Form/Genre: Documentary radio programs.
Notes: Recorded Jan. 28, 1948, by WOR, New York, for broadcast in
Great Britain.
Additional formats: Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library
of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1968. On 1 sound tape reel
: analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.
LC classification: LWO 5520 r12A1-3 (preservation master)
CALL NUMBER: LWO 5520 r12 (preservation master)
-- Request in: Request in advance in Rec Sound Ref Center (Madison, LM113)
-- Status: Not Charged
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