Voices In Storage
A reconstruction of the past over the air can be made much more vivid by the use of the actual voices of actors in the drama. This has been a notable feature of many NBS programmes. In the broadcast review of the first year of the war, extracts were given from recorded speeches by statesmen in England and New Zealand. In several of the obituary tributes that the NBS has broadcast, the voice of the celebrity has been used. There was an instance of this on a recent Sunday, when the NBS, through 2YA, paid a tribute to Grenfell of Labrador. The script mentioned the hardships and perils that this heroic. doctor-missionary had faced, and then listeners heard the story, told by Dr. Grenfell himself, of how he had been cast adrift with his dogs on a small ice-floe and was saved just when hope seemed to have vanished. This was made possible by the fact that the NBS had in its libtary a gramophone recording by Dr. Grenfell. One side ended, by the way, with the words "How did it go?" — evidently someone was not quick enough with the microphone switch.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 19
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195Voices In Storage New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 19
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