Geography by Air
ERHAPS the magic lantern tradition is too strong for me, but I find myself unable to appreciate any geographical lecture that must depend for its colour *solely on the speaker’s voice. I found the first of Mr. Taylor’s talks on London River (2YA at 7.12 on Friday evenings) somewhat dull, largely because it was impossible for my inward eye to picture satisfactorily the places Mr. Taylor described. The nearest I got to it was a mental picture of the Port of Wellington as I know it multiplied by one hundred, on which were superimposed silhouettes of Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament (familiar from the backs of atlases and the opening scenes of films). The result was not satisfactory to,me, and would have been enough to cause Mr. Taylor, had he seen it, to eat his script. For it was obvious that Mr. Taylor knew and loved his Thames, and the fault, dear reader, lies not in our radio stars, but with an education system which taught me geography (with belopticon) rather than Social Studies. .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 10
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179Geography by Air New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 10
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