[Sir Leslie Munro].

Rights Information
Year
1959
Reference
146879
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Rights Information
Year
1959
Reference
146879
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio interviews
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:31:54
Broadcast Date
18 Sep 1959
Credits
RNZ Collection
Munro, Leslie, Sir, 1901-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Dobbs, Mattiwilda, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Skoglund, Philip O. (Philip Oscar Selwyn), 1899-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Jones, Arthur C., Speaker/Kaikōrero
Kraus, Lili, 1903-1986 (b.1903, d.1986), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Tyree, David M. (David Merrill), 1904-1984, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Beavis, Bill, Interviewer
Campion, Richard, 1923-, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Dufek, George J. (George John), 1903-1977, Speaker/Kaikōrero
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster

A compilation of eleven audio cuts.
1. Diplomat, Sir Leslie Munro, mentions war graves and would like to see the UN forces in Berlin.
2. An officer of the Salvation Army describes the aims and methods of the alcoholism treatment clinic in Wellington called The Bridge.
3. Short interviews with members of the Bolshoi Ballet visiting Wellington.
4. Mattawilda Dobbs talks about her early training and mentions opera at La Scala and the New York Metropolitan.
5. The first stages of the Milson railway deviation and the announcement of the scheme to re-route the railway to the west of Palmerston North city. Philip Skoglund speaks.
6. Captain Arthur C. Jones, captain of the Shaw Savill liner 'Corinthic', talks about Pitcairn Island and describes the conditions.
7. Lili Kraus talks about her love of New Zealand and how she holds a New Zealand passport.
8. Admiral Tyree, the commander of the American Deep Freeze unit in Christchurch, talks about the future of Antarctica with announcer, Bill Beavis.
9. Richard Campion praises James K. Baxter's new play, 'The wide open cage.'
10. The manager of the Luton Girls' Choir talks about the founding of the choir during a visit to New Zealand.
11. Admiral George Dufek talks about the changes in exploration work in the Antarctica.