Archival Dispatch: August 28 Calendar Walk — Flamond, Junior G-Men, and Glenn Miller
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Tags: August 28, Calendar Walk, The Crime Files of Flamond, Everett Clarke, True Adventures of Junior G-Men, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, Humphrey Lyttelton, Barry Cryer, Jack Armstrong, Wheaties, Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller, Treasury Agent, Phillips H Lord, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 28 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 257)
This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 28 across American network radio and the BBC, Everett Clarke as psychological sleuth Flamond on WGN/Mutual, scout detectives in True Adventures of Junior G-Men, Humphrey Lyttelton & Barry Cryer on BBC's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Jack Armstrong diving for Wheaties, Glenn Miller's Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade, and Phillips H. Lord's Treasury Department docudrama Treasury Agent (1936–1974):
1. August 28 Archival Inventory (Increment 257)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flamond_1945.mp3 Alt: TCOT Doubtful Doctor, Flamond |
"The Case of the Doubtful Doctor" | Mutual / WGN 1945-08-28 9:30 PM EWT |
Commercial Mystery Sponsors |
Everett Clarke, Patricia Dunlap | Bob Trendler Orch | ["Detective", "Psychological Thriller", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Crime"] |
Criminologist and psychologist Flamond investigates a suspicious private physician whose wealthy patients keep signing over estates before dying unexpectedly. |
Junior_G_Men_1936.mp3 Alt: Black Leather Case Part 1 |
"The Black Leather Case (Part 1)" | Syndicated Elec 1936-08-28 |
Commercial Junior G-Men Club |
Syndicated Juvenile Repertory | Juvenile Adventure Staff | ["Adventure", "Juvenile", "Police Procedural", "Action", "Serial"] |
Junior G-Men scouts discover an abandoned briefcase containing encoded bank blueprints left behind by an escaped fugitive gang. |
Clue_1974.mp3 Alt: Booksellers Ball, ISIHAC |
"Booksellers Ball" | BBC Radio 4 1974-08-28 12:27 PM |
Sustaining Comedy Panel Game |
Humphrey Lyttelton, Barry Cryer | Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden | ["Comedy", "British", "Panel", "Satire", "Improv"] |
The antidote to panel games features spontaneous puns, ridiculous word definitions, and musical parodies satirizing publishing conventions. |
Jack_Armstrong_1947.mp3 Alt: Killer of Mato Reef, Wheaties |
"The Killer of Mato Reef" | ABC (WJZ) 1947-08-28 5:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions") |
Michael Ransom, John Gannon | Sarajane Wells | ["Adventure", "Juvenile", "Action", "Maritime", "Serial"] |
Jack Armstrong dives into an undersea cavern off Mato Reef to disarm a booby-trapped pearl diver's cage guarded by a rogue tiger shark. |
Glenn_Miller_1943.mp3 Alt: Episode ++++, Moonlight Serenade |
"Moonlight Serenade with Glenn Miller" | CBS / AFRS 1943-08-28 |
Liggett & Myers Chesterfield ("They Satisfy!") |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | Ray Eberle, The Modernaires | ["Music", "Big Band", "Swing", "Jazz", "Vocal"] |
Glenn Miller leads his civilian orchestra through smooth swing arrangements of 'Moonlight Serenade' and wartime dance favorites. |
Treasury_Agent_1956.mp3 Alt: The Perilous Pawnshop, Lord |
"The Perilous Pawnshop" | Mutual (WOR) 1956-08-28 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Docudrama |
Phillips H. Lord (Narrator) | Phillips H. Lord Productions | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Crime", "Mystery", "Undercover"] |
Undercover federal Treasury agents infiltrate a corrupt dockside pawnshop operating as a front for an illegal firearms and gold smuggling ring. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 28
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 28: 12
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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