I remember reading that the trial of a navl enlisted man for rape in
Hawaii (there was a PBS bcst on it recently) had Darrow's jury summation
broadcast back to the mainland.
It could have been recorded either by Ediphone dictating machine or, just
possibly, by RCA paper discs for use with the Electrola radio and
recorder. I've seen but do not own some dated late in 1929.
Steve Smolian
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To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Scopes Trial Sound Recordings
In a message dated 2/1/2006 8:23:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kmccormi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The trial was the first live radio broadcast from a trial but there was
not recording made. William Jennings Bryan did record a number of other
speeches some of which are available online at
<http://www.historicalvoices.org/earliest_voices/bryan.html> from the
Vincent Voice Library (although none appear directly related to Scopes).
************
This information is helpful. The people putting on the play somehow
thought
that they should incorporate a wire recorder into the set. While we
could have
loaned them a Telegraphone, it is just as well that they don't need it.
That time period must have been a null in extemporaneous sound
recordings.
Wax cylinders were out of the picture and instantaneous discs had not
been well
developed.
I remember reading in a contemporary early 20's magazine about a project
to
archive radio broadcasts on Telegraphone wires. I wonder if anything
ever came
of that.
Mike Csontos
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