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[Comparison of the sounds of Christchurch factory whistles]

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Year
1964
Reference
247121
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Year
1964
Reference
247121
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:03:06
Broadcast Date
1964
Credits
RNZ Collection
Woodward, Roy, Announcer
3YA (Radio station : Christchurch, N.Z.), Broadcaster

3YA announcer Roy Woodward introduces various sounds heard in Christchurch.

Included are bicycle bells; the sound of a leaf "sucker-upper" and factory bells. Roy Woodward declares Christchurch factory whistles to be 'people' and proves this by comparing the moods of various whistles: some can be perky, or gloomy, or confident. They have their common ailments too, some suffering terribly from asthma.

The whistles are then heard as the 'Christchurch Factory Whistles Choir' performing 'This Old Man', accompanied by George on piano.