Synopsis
A comprehensive, behind-the-scenes tour of NBC’s radio, television, and sound recording studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Note: Distributed theatrically and nontheatrically and broadcast by NBC television stations.
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- 25 minutes
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★★★★ · And The Year Is · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-10-24
The story on the AP wire at 9:03 was published in 1948 (June). I like how Ben Grauer plays a younger version of himself at the carbon mikes at 2:45 but doesn't look much younger. Being NBC propaganda, there's no mention that it, more or less, took over WEAF's radio network in 1926. Permanent transcription files at 9:55? Where would they be today? H.V. Kaltenborn is his usual, affected self. At least we're spared General Sarnoff and his bad cue card reading in this short. A Fred Allen reenactment at 16:55, probably a rehearsal. I have no idea who is on stage to the left of Parker Fennelly. The…
