Archival Dispatch: September 1 Calendar Walk — Lena Horne Basin Street, FBI in Peace & War, and Dr. Finlay
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Tags: September 1, Calendar Walk, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, Lena Horne, Milton Cross, The FBI in Peace and War, Martin Blaine, Audion Theatre, Fritz Leiber, A Pail of Air, All-Star Western Theater, Foy Willing, Riders of the Purple Sage, Dr Finlay, AJ Cronin, BBC Radio 4, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
September 1 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 538)
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 September 1 across Dixieland hot jazz satire, authentic FBI crime dramatizations, post-apocalyptic science fiction, Western musical variety, and classic Scottish rural medicine, Lena Horne and Milton Cross on The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street (1941), Martin Blaine in The FBI in Peace and War (1954, 1957), Fritz Leiber's A Pail of Air on Audion Theatre (1990), Foy Willing on All-Star Western Theater (1946), and Dr. Finlay on BBC Radio 4 (1941–1990):
1. September 1 Archival Inventory (Increment 538)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FBI_1954_HeartCase.mp3 Alt: The Heart Case (First 1min 30 Sec Missing) |
"The Heart Case with Martin Blaine and CBS" | CBS (WCBS) 1954-09-01 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Crime Docudrama |
Martin Blaine, Ensemble | Frederick L. Collins | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "FBI In Peace And War", "CBS"] |
Federal agents investigate an elusive jewel thief who feigns severe cardiac illness to evade airport customs inspections and police cordons. |
FBI_1957_RussianCount.mp3 Alt: A Russian count swindler |
"The Russian Count Swindler with Martin Blaine" | CBS (WCBS) 1957-09-01 6:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Martin Blaine, Beck | Frederick L. Collins | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "FBI In Peace And War", "CBS"] |
Special agents unmask a charismatic con artist posing as an exiled Russian nobleman to swindle wealthy widows out of stock investments. |
Basin_Street_1941_LenaHorne.mp3 Alt: Dixieland One Step Basin Street |
"Dixieland One-Step with Milton Cross and Lena Horne" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1941-09-01 9:00 PM EDST |
Andrew Jergens Co. Woodbury Soap |
Milton Cross, Lena Horne | Paul Laval & Henry Levine | ["Music", "Jazz", "Dixieland", "Basin Street", "Lena Horne"] |
Milton Cross offers satirical commentary as Lena Horne sings jazz blues and the Barefooted Philharmonic performs the Dixieland One-Step. |
Audion_1990_PailAir.mp3 Alt: A Pail Of Air Audion Theatre |
"Fritz Leiber's A Pail of Air with Audio Playhouse Ensemble" | Syndication 1990-09-01 |
Sustaining Sci-Fi Audio Drama |
Audio Playhouse Cast | Fritz Leiber (Author) | ["Sci-Fi", "Drama", "Audion Theatre", "Fritz Leiber", "Post-Apocalyptic"] |
A teenage boy and his family venture out onto a frozen Earth to retrieve buckets of frozen atmospheric oxygen to sustain their underground hearth. |
Western_1946_Wyoming.mp3 Alt: Back To Old Wyoming All-Star |
"Back to Old Wyoming with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-01 5:30 PM EDT |
Weber's Bread Weber's Bakery |
Foy Willing, Riders | Dramatic Western Cast | ["Western", "Music", "Adventure", "Foy Willing", "All-Star Western"] |
A returning cowboy returns to his family's Wyoming ranch and defends his neighboring ranchers from an unscrupulous cattle baron. |
Finlay_1976_NobodyHeard.mp3 Alt: Nobody Heard Dr Finlay |
"Nobody Heard with Bill Simpson and Andrew Cruickshank" | BBC Radio 4 1976-09-01 8:00 PM BST |
Sustaining Scottish Medical Drama |
Bill Simpson, Cruickshank | A.J. Cronin (Creator) | ["Drama", "Medical", "Dr Finlay", "AJ Cronin", "BBC Radio 4"] |
Dr. Finlay investigates the sudden illness of an isolated highland shepherd whose distress calls were ignored during a stormy night. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: September 1
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on September 1: 150 / 389
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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