Archival Dispatch: August 28 Calendar Walk — Abbott & Costello, Lum and Abner, and Inspector West
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Tags: August 28, Calendar Walk, CBS News, William L Shirer, Bob Trout, Axis Foreign Ministers, The Abbott and Costello Show, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ipana, Music and the Muse, Inspector West, Patrick Barr, John Creasey, BBC Radio 4, Radio Readers Digest, Richard Kollmar, Hallmark Cards, Lum and Abner, Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Horlicks Malted Milk, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 28 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 292)
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, BBC Radio 4, and syndication, Bob Trout & William L. Shirer reporting on the Axis partitioning of Romania, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello's Western movie burlesque for Ipana Toothpaste, poetry and chamber music on Music and the Muse, Scotland Yard's Roger West on BBC Radio 4, Hallmark's Radio Reader's Digest, and Lum & Abner buying a trailer office for Horlick's Malted Milk (1935–1971):
1. August 28 Archival Inventory (Increment 292)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CBS_News_1940_Axis.mp3 Alt: Axis Foreign Ministers Meet |
"Axis Foreign Ministers Meet" | CBS (WABC) 1940-08-28 8:00 AM EDST |
Sustaining International News |
Bob Trout, W.L. Shirer | Eric Sevareid | ["News", "Broadcast Journalism", "Historical", "Diplomacy", "World War II"] |
CBS correspondents report on diplomatic negotiations in Vienna between German and Italian foreign ministers partitioning Romanian territory. |
Abbott_Costello_1940.mp3 Alt: Tribute to Westerns, Ipana |
"Tribute to Westerns" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1940-08-28 9:00 PM EDST |
Bristol-Myers Ipana / Sal Hepatica |
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello | Pied Pipers, Will Osborne | ["Variety", "Comedy", "Vaudeville", "Parody", "Western"] |
Bud Abbott casts Lou Costello as an incompetent frontier sheriff in a slapstick burlesque spoofing Hollywood Western movies. |
Music_Muse_1949.mp3 Alt: Episode ++++, Poets Melodies |
"Romantic Poets and Melodies" | Syndicated Elec 1949-08-28 |
Commercial Regional Sponsors |
Classical Narrator | Chamber Ensemble | ["Music", "Classical", "Poetry", "Literature", "Anthology"] |
A classical narrator recites romantic English poetry accompanied by live chamber ensemble performances of Chopin and Schumann. |
Inspector_West_1971.mp3 Alt: Makes Haste - Old Coppers |
"Makes Haste — Old Coppers Never Die" | BBC Radio 4 1971-08-28 |
Sustaining BBC Police Drama |
Patrick Barr, G. Matthews | John Richmond & J. Creasey | ["Police Procedural", "Detective", "Mystery", "British", "Action"] |
Scotland Yard's Inspector Roger West races to protect a retired police detective targeted for assassination by an escaped convict. |
Readers_Digest_1947.mp3 Alt: Dear Mother, I'm In Jail |
"Dear Mother, I'm In Jail" | CBS (WABC) 1947-08-28 10:00 PM EDT |
Hallmark Cards "When You Care Enough" |
Richard Kollmar (Host) | Dramatic Repertory | ["Docudrama", "Human Interest", "Anthology", "Comedy", "Americana"] |
A dramatic human-interest story about an eccentric traveling salesman arrested on bogus vagrancy charges who turns his jail cell into a bustling community center. |
Lum_Abner_1935.mp3 Alt: A Trailer for an Office, Horlicks |
"A Trailer for an Office" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1935-08-28 7:30 PM EDST |
Horlick's Malted Milk Malted Milk Tablets |
Chester Lauck, Norris Goff | Pine Ridge Writers | ["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Rural", "Americana", "Dialect"] |
Lum and Abner purchase an old secondhand automobile house trailer to serve as their executive headquarters for the Pine Ridge bank. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 28
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 28: 216
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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