Archival Dispatch: September 5 Calendar Walk — The Whistler, You Are There & The Cisco Kid
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Author: radio index
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Tags: September 5, Calendar Walk, The Whistler, Bill Forman, Signal Oil, You Are There, John Daly, Abraham Lincoln, CBS, Whack-O, Jimmy Edwards, BBC, The Cisco Kid, Jack Mather, Harry Lang, Hop Harrigan, Chester Stratton, Grape-Nuts, Death Valley Days, Tim Daniel Frawley, Borax, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
September 5 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 810)
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 5 across psychological retribution on The Whistler for Signal Oil, live historical news simulation of Lincoln's assassination on You Are There, British headmaster comedy on Whack-O!, southwestern heroics on The Cisco Kid, aviation serial cliffhangers on Hop Harrigan for Grape-Nuts Wheat-Meal, and desert folklore on Death Valley Days for 20 Mule Team Borax, Tim Daniel Frawley (1935), Chester Stratton (1947), and John Daly (1948):
1. September 5 Archival Inventory (Increment 810)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whistler_1954_SmashUp.mp3 Alt: Smash-Up The Whistler |
"Smash-Up with Bill Forman" | CBS Pacific 1954-09-05 9:30 PM PST |
Signal Oil Company Signal Gasoline & Oil |
Bill Forman & Miller | Sterling Tracy (Director) | ["Mystery", "Psychological", "The Whistler", "Bill Forman", "Signal Oil"] |
A desperate embezzler stages a fatal highway accident to fake his own death, but an unanticipated passenger turns his perfect crime into a deadly trap. |
YouAreThere_1948_Lincoln.mp3 Alt: Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln You Are There |
"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln with John Daly" | CBS (WABC) 1948-09-05 2:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Docudrama Reenactment |
John Daly, Hollenbeck & Calmer | Robert Lewis Shayon | ["Docudrama", "History", "You Are There", "John Daly", "CBS"] |
CBS news correspondents report live from Ford's Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865, covering John Wilkes Booth's fatal attack on President Lincoln. |
WhackO_1961_NewPost.mp3 Alt: The New Post Whack-O |
"The New Post with Jimmy Edwards" | BBC Light Programme 1961-09-05 |
Sustaining British Sitcom |
Jimmy Edwards & Howard | Harold French (Director) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Whack-O", "Jimmy Edwards", "BBC"] |
Headmaster Jimmy Edwards plots to secure a lucrative administrative appointment by blackmailing a visiting school board governor. |
CiscoKid_1957_HiddenTreasure.mp3 Alt: The Cisco Kid 1957 Episode |
"The Hidden Treasure of San Lucas with Jack Mather and Harry Lang" | Mutual / Ziv 1957-09-05 |
Interstate Bakeries Butter-Nut Bread |
Jack Mather & Lang | O. Henry (Creator) | ["Western", "Adventure", "The Cisco Kid", "Jack Mather", "Harry Lang"] |
Cisco and Pancho protect an impoverished mission hospital from ruthless bandits hunting a buried cache of Spanish gold. |
HopHarrigan_1947_Ep08.mp3 Alt: The Channel Wing Plane 08 Hop Harrigan |
"The Channel Wing Plane (Part 8) with Chester Stratton" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-05 5:15 PM EDT |
General Foods Corp. Grape-Nuts Wheat-Meal |
Chester Stratton & Delmar | Albert Aley (Writer) | ["Adventure", "Aviation", "Hop Harrigan", "Chester Stratton", "Grape-Nuts"] |
Hop Harrigan and mechanic Tank Tinker evade enemy pursuit planes through dense mountain fog to deliver secret aircraft patents. |
DeathValley_1935_DustToDust.mp3 Alt: Dust to Dust Death Valley Days |
"Dust to Dust with Tim Daniel Frawley" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1935-09-05 8:00 PM EDST |
Pacific Coast Borax Co. 20 Mule Team Borax |
Tim Daniel Frawley | Ruth Woodman (Writer) | ["Western", "Anthology", "Death Valley Days", "Old Ranger", "Borax"] |
The Old Ranger recounts how a pioneer desert prospector survived a blinding sandstorm to rescue trapped silver miners near Panamint City. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: September 5
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on September 5: 174 / 401 (227 remaining)
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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