WRVA History

Scope and content:

Sounds clips used for WRVA's 50th anniversary album including: Ted Kennedy eulogizing his brother Robert in 1968; George Hicks reporting first hand during the invasion of Normandy in 1944; the announcement of Charles Lindbergh's successful flight across the Atlantic in 1927; Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., speaking at the dedication of WRVA's new studios on Church Hill in 1968; Alden Aaroe reporting on the tornado that ripped through Monroe Park in 1951; Bertha Hewlett talking about the early days of WRVA; Pat Binford and the Corn Cob Pipe Club; news reports on the flooding of the James River because of Hurricane Camille; Amos 'n' Andy in 1940; Millard the Mallard; miscellaneous network programs; the opening for the Silver Stars Quartet (9:07-9:46); and Sunshine Sue (Mary Higdon Workman) and the Old Dominion Barn Dance (9:53-15:00).

Physical description:

1 compact disc. Duration: 15 min., 20 sec.

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