Radio review. Episode 13, part 1.

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Year
1947
Reference
183463
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1947
Reference
183463
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:22:14
Credits
RNZ Collection
Wrathall, Dudley, Presenter
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster
Garland, T. T. (Thomas Threader), 1877?-1964, Presenter

Side 1: An episode of Radio Review - a magazine-style programme, presented by Dudley Wrathall of 1ZB.

1. Interviews with several unidentified New Zealand men who were serving with J-Force, on their return from Japan. They describe the area they were based in, the climate, the Japanese people, how they spent their time when not on duty. They mention visiting Hiroshima a describe the ruins and scarred people, as a result of the atom bomb.

2. The 4th anniversary of the Battle of Kula Gulf (Kolombangara), in 1943, in which the New Zealand ship Leander was hit by a Japanese torpedo. An interview with an unidentified crew member who describes the battle in some detail. One of Leander's boiler rooms was hit. He describes the damage control measures they had in place which enabled the ship to make repairs and limp back to Auckland.

3. Sporting Headlines: Soccer international between New Zealand and South Africa in Wellington. An excerpt of commentary from the final phases of the game, which South Africa won 8-3.

Side 2. Unidentified monologue about the mastery of everyday tasks by Methodist preacher and broadcaster 'Uncle' Tom Garland (possibly from one of his "Friendly Road" broadcasts.)