Archival Dispatch: September 2 Calendar Walk — Hop Harrigan, Death Valley Days & Arch Oboler
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Tags: September 2, Calendar Walk, Hop Harrigan, Chester Stratton, Grape Nuts, Death Valley Days, The Old Ranger, 20 Mule Team Borax, Ruth Cornwall Woodman, Arch Oboler's Plays, Arch Oboler, NBC Red, Mutual, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
September 2 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 609)
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 2 across classic aviation adventure serials, frontier desert historical sagas, and avant-garde psychological and sci-fi radio experiments, Chester Stratton as Hop Harrigan for Grape-Nuts (1942, 1947), The Old Ranger on Death Valley Days for 20 Mule Team Borax (1938, 1943), and Arch Oboler's visionary dramas Love Story Ltd. (1939) and The Day the Sun Exploded (1938–1947):
1. September 2 Archival Inventory (Increment 609)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harrigan_1942_MortgageWorries.mp3 Alt: More Mortgage Worries Hop Harrigan |
"More Mortgage Worries with Chester Stratton and Grape-Nuts" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1942-09-02 5:00 PM EWT |
General Foods Grape-Nuts Flakes |
Chester Stratton (Hop) | Glenn Cross (Tank) | ["Aviation", "Adventure", "Children", "Hop Harrigan", "Grape Nuts"] |
Aviator Hop Harrigan and Tank Tinker race to secure a crucial air freight contract before a predatory bank forecloses on their airfield hanger. |
Harrigan_1947_ChannelWing5.mp3 Alt: The Channel Wing Plane 05 Hop Harrigan |
"The Channel Wing Plane (Part 5) with Chester Stratton" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-02 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Aviation Serial |
Chester Stratton (Hop) | Glenn Cross & Aley | ["Aviation", "Adventure", "Children", "Hop Harrigan", "Mutual"] |
Hop takes an experimental channel-wing aircraft on a perilous test flight through heavy fog to outrun industrial saboteurs. |
DeathValley_1938_RustyLoneSheep.mp3 Alt: Rusty and the Lone Sheep Death Valley Days |
"Rusty and the Lone Sheep with 20 Mule Team Borax" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1938-09-02 8:30 PM EDST |
Pacific Coast Borax 20 Mule Team Borax |
John White (Old Ranger) | Ruth Cornwall Woodman | ["Western", "Drama", "Death Valley Days", "Old Ranger", "Borax"] |
A stray sheepdog in the Mojave desert protects an abandoned ewe from predatory coyotes and leads a desert prospector to water. |
DeathValley_1943_LineSkinner.mp3 Alt: Tribute to a Long Line Skinner Death Valley Days |
"Tribute to a Long Line Skinner with The Old Ranger" | CBS (WABC) 1943-09-02 8:30 PM EWT |
Pacific Coast Borax 20 Mule Team Borax |
John White (Old Ranger) | Ruth Cornwall Woodman | ["Western", "Drama", "Death Valley Days", "Old Ranger", "Borax"] |
The Old Ranger recounts the true saga of a veteran twenty-mule team wagon driver steering heavy borax loads across salt flat sinkholes. |
Oboler_1939_LoveStoryMungahra.mp3 Alt: Love Story Ltd - The Trail - Mungahra |
"Love Story Ltd. and Mungahra with Arch Oboler" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-09-02 7:00 PM EDST |
Sustaining Experimental Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Arch Oboler (Writer/Dir) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Arch Oboler", "Experimental", "NBC Red"] |
A cynical advertising copywriter creates an idealized corporate romance agency while an Australian explorer confronts an eerie outback entity. |
Oboler_1945_SunExploded.mp3 Alt: Arch Oboler's Plays: 'The Day the Sun Exploded' |
"The Day the Sun Exploded with Arch Oboler" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-09-02 7:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Experimental Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Arch Oboler (Writer/Dir) | ["Sci-Fi", "Drama", "Anthology", "Arch Oboler", "Mutual"] |
Astronomers and ordinary citizens confront terrifying global panic when solar flares threaten to engulf the Earth's atmosphere. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: September 2
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on September 2: 266 / 480 (214 remaining)
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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