Austria Has Just Been Annexed
Austria was just taken over by Nazi Germany. Famous conductor Leopold Stokowski and movie star Greta Garbo are spending time together in Italy. People are wondering if they might get married. Congress is talking about President Roosevelt's ideas for changing how the Federal government works. The city of Barcelona, which was fighting against fascism, got bombed, and the show describes what happened to regular people in a very realistic way. Adolf Hitler now has complete control over Austria. Announcer Westbrook Van Voorhis reads the lyrics to 'The Horst Wessel Song.' The program also tells a sad story about how Nazi rules hurt the musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic.
The March of Time is an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. It was based on a radio news series broadcast from 1931 to 1945 that was produced by advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO). The "voice" of both series was Westbrook Van Voorhis. Produced and written by Louis de Rochemont and his brother Richard de Rochemont, The March of Time was recognized with an Academy Honorary Award in 1937.
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“Austria Has Just Been Annexed.” The March of Time. Radio broadcast, March 24, 1938.
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