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	*Narrator sets the scene in Oakland, and George Putnam talking to Bee Noonan, offering reassurance that the flyers will be found alive.		*Narrator sets the scene in Oakland, and George Putnam talking to Bee Noonan, offering reassurance that the flyers will be found alive.
	*Narrator summarizes the situation to date, speaks of other achievements in aviation and closes with: “…it has been 21 hours and 10 minutes since the last faint message was received from the plane of Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart”. (MUSIC CURTAIN) TIME MARCHES ON!		*Narrator summarizes the situation to date, speaks of other achievements in aviation and closes with: “…it has been 21 hours and 10 minutes since the last faint message was received from the plane of Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart”. (MUSIC CURTAIN) TIME MARCHES ON!

			Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.

	[http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf SEE FULL SCRIPT]		[http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf SEE FULL SCRIPT]
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	~~Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.~~}}

	The entire "March of Time" broadcast was 30 minutes long.		The entire "March of Time" broadcast was 30 minutes long.

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	*Narrator sets the scene in Oakland, and George Putnam talking to Bee Noonan, offering reassurance that the flyers will be found alive.		*Narrator sets the scene in Oakland, and George Putnam talking to Bee Noonan, offering reassurance that the flyers will be found alive.
	*Narrator summarizes the situation to date, speaks of other achievements in aviation and closes with: “…it has been 21 hours and 10 minutes since the last faint message was received from the plane of Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart”. (MUSIC CURTAIN) TIME MARCHES ON!		*Narrator summarizes the situation to date, speaks of other achievements in aviation and closes with: “…it has been 21 hours and 10 minutes since the last faint message was received from the plane of Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart”. (MUSIC CURTAIN) TIME MARCHES ON!

			[http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf SEE FULL SCRIPT]

	Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.}}		Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.}}

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	==Impact on the Search for Earhart==		==Impact on the Search for Earhart==
	[[Image:March_of_Time_Script_8_July_1937.jpg \|250px\|left\|thumb\|<div align="center">''March of Time'' Radio Script for 8 July 1937 Broadcast on CBS Radio(Courtesy: ''Time'', Inc.)</div>]]On 8 July 1937, less than a week after Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10 was lost, the radio operator of an Inter-Island Airways plane (now Hawaiian Airlines) heard a radio transmission he thought was from Amelia Earhart sending an SOS to ships at sea. After reporting this to authorities, it was passed to searchers. Later it was learned he actually heard a shortwave relay of the ''March of Time'' dramatization of the Earhart disappearance being sent to Hawaiian radio stations. [http://books.google.com/books?id=12dk9bizqIAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=manipulating+the+ether]		[[Image:March_of_Time_Script_8_July_1937.jpg \|250px\|left\|thumb\|<div align="center">[http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf ''March of Time'' Radio Script for 8 July 1937] Broadcast on CBS Radio(Courtesy: ''Time'', Inc.)</div>]]On 8 July 1937, less than a week after Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10 was lost, the radio operator of an Inter-Island Airways plane (now Hawaiian Airlines) heard a radio transmission he thought was from Amelia Earhart sending an SOS to ships at sea. After reporting this to authorities, it was passed to searchers. Later it was learned he actually heard a shortwave relay of the ''March of Time'' dramatization of the Earhart disappearance being sent to Hawaiian radio stations. [http://books.google.com/books?id=12dk9bizqIAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=manipulating+the+ether]
	The Captain of the USS ''Colorado'', [[Wilhelm L. Friedell]], wrote the following in his report to the Commandant , Fourteenth Naval District:		The Captain of the USS ''Colorado'', [[Wilhelm L. Friedell]], wrote the following in his report to the Commandant , Fourteenth Naval District:
	''“During the previous twenty-four hours two reports of the plane had been received. A report was received from Melbourne, Australia “Plane between Howland and Samoa Group, ten hours West.” No further information was given nor was the report verified. The other report was received at 1800 stating that a reputable citizen of Hilo at 1515 had heard Amelia Earhart call the ''ITASCA'' and the ''ITASCA'' answer. The ''ITASCA'' was immediately asked for verification and stated that they had no word. What then did it mean, was a joke intended, a fraud perpetrated or a mistake made? The mystery was solved shortly by the report that the listener had accidentally tuned in on the ''March of Time'' broadcast and believed the reproduction and acting to be real.”'' [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Friedell's_Report.html]		''“During the previous twenty-four hours two reports of the plane had been received. A report was received from Melbourne, Australia “Plane between Howland and Samoa Group, ten hours West.” No further information was given nor was the report verified. The other report was received at 1800 stating that a reputable citizen of Hilo at 1515 had heard Amelia Earhart call the ''ITASCA'' and the ''ITASCA'' answer. The ''ITASCA'' was immediately asked for verification and stated that they had no word. What then did it mean, was a joke intended, a fraud perpetrated or a mistake made? The mystery was solved shortly by the report that the listener had accidentally tuned in on the ''March of Time'' broadcast and believed the reproduction and acting to be real.”'' [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Friedell's_Report.html]

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The March of Time Radio Show

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	[[Image:Tower_Radio_Article_on_March_of_Time.jpg\|350px\|left\|thumb\|<div align="center">Tom Carskadon chronicles the production of ''March of Time'' from conception to the airing in this January 1935 issue of ''Tower Radio''. It is found at [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm University of Virginia Xroads] </div>]]		[[Image:Tower_Radio_Article_on_March_of_Time.jpg\|350px\|left\|thumb\|<div align="center">Tom Carskadon chronicles the production of ''March of Time'' from conception to the airing in this January 1935 issue of ''Tower Radio''. It is found at [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm University of Virginia Xroads] </div>]]
	[[Image:1938 RCA Microphone (©2001 James Steele, All Rights Reserved).jpg\|130px\|thumb\| <div align="center">(©2001 James Steele, All Rights Reserved) </div>]]		[[Image:1938 RCA Microphone (©2001 James Steele, All Rights Reserved).jpg\|130px\|thumb\| <div align="center">(©2001 James Steele, All Rights Reserved) </div>]]
	The innovative Time magazine management of the Twenty’s began experimenting with ten minute radio news broadcasts in 1928 . News stories, drawn from the pages of ''Time'' magazine, were read in what were termed “NewsCasts”. The following year “NewsCasts” were augmented with electrical transcriptions of current news segments enacted by professional actors with sound effects and termed “NewsActing”. These fifteen minute programs were offered free to stations who in turn would agree to advertise ''Time'' magazine. Henry Luce became convinced that this news concept could be expanded and the ''March of Time'' began on CBS on 6 March 1931. With a title and theme music derived from the Harold Arlen song, “The March of Time” a solid listener following developed for the new program. During the turbulent ~~international~~ era of the mid Thirties, Tom Carskadon wrote in ''Tower Radio'' in January, 1935: ''“On the radio, only one program has the courage, the bite and the drive to plunge into this actuality and come forth with a panorama of the present. It’s the ''March of Time''. Listeners say it is the most vivid, the most real, the most significant program on the air. Radio experts call it the finest piece of out-and-out radio production on the air today. In addition to its great audience popularity, it is a “showman’s show” if there ever was one.”'' [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm] Raymond Fielding wrote in ''The March of Time, 1931-1951'' that "''great care was taken to secure transcripts of authentic statements and comments of the celebrities who were impersonated on the program. In those cases in which these could not be obtained, writers were given the dramatic license to contrive and re-create such dialogue as seemed appropriate to the characters and situation."''		The innovative Time magazine management of the Twenty’s began experimenting with ten minute radio news broadcasts in 1928 . News stories, drawn from the pages of ''Time'' magazine, were read in what were termed “NewsCasts”. The following year “NewsCasts” were augmented with electrical transcriptions of current news segments enacted by professional actors with sound effects and termed “NewsActing”. These fifteen minute programs were offered free to stations who in turn would agree to advertise ''Time'' magazine. Henry Luce became convinced that this news concept could be expanded and the ''March of Time'' began on CBS on 6 March 1931. With a title and theme music derived from the Harold Arlen song, “The March of Time” a solid listener following developed for the new program. During the internationally turbulent era of the mid Thirties, Tom Carskadon wrote in ''Tower Radio'' in January, 1935: ''“On the radio, only one program has the courage, the bite and the drive to plunge into this actuality and come forth with a panorama of the present. It’s the ''March of Time''. Listeners say it is the most vivid, the most real, the most significant program on the air. Radio experts call it the finest piece of out-and-out radio production on the air today. In addition to its great audience popularity, it is a “showman’s show” if there ever was one.”'' [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm] Raymond Fielding wrote in ''The March of Time, 1931-1951'' that "''great care was taken to secure transcripts of authentic statements and comments of the celebrities who were impersonated on the program. In those cases in which these could not be obtained, writers were given the dramatic license to contrive and re-create such dialogue as seemed appropriate to the characters and situation."''
	A thousand man-hours were required to produce each show--33 hours for each minute of air time. This included news research, editing, clerical work, music rehearsal, cast rehearsal, script writing and editing. The financial burden was immense for ''Time'' magazine and an attempt to discontinue the program in 1932 was abandoned when listener response was so overwhelming that ''Time'' management relented and the program was continued throughout the Thirties, and in a different format into the early Forties.[http://www.otr.com/march.html]		A thousand man-hours were required to produce each show--33 hours for each minute of air time. This included news research, editing, clerical work, music rehearsal, cast rehearsal, script writing and editing. The financial burden was immense for ''Time'' magazine and an attempt to discontinue the program in 1932 was abandoned when listener response was so overwhelming that ''Time'' management relented and the program was continued throughout the Thirties, and in a different format into the early Forties.[http://www.otr.com/march.html]

	Tom Carskadon chronicled the creation of a ''March of Time'' production from its inception to going on the air, in the January 1935 edition of ''Tower Radio'' ([http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm University of Virginia Xroads]). He described in detail how ''Time'' magazine editors selected up to nine current news articles which special radio writers turned into skits. The skits were next handed to the advertising agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn which made the ~~selection~~ for that week’s program and determined the order in which they would be heard. They also handled the production details. Casting, timing, music, and sound effects were coordinated—skits were dropped if necessary. Scripts were written and re-written. By Thursday morning, the stock company of actors and extras began rehearsals, and scripts were updated to keep up with late changes in the news stories. By Friday evening, nearing the live air time, the last script update was made and the production was ready to begin.		Tom Carskadon chronicled the creation of a ''March of Time'' production from its inception to going on the air, in the January 1935 edition of ''Tower Radio'' ([http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/mot/html/life/towerradio.htm University of Virginia Xroads]). He described in detail how ''Time'' magazine editors selected up to nine current news articles which special radio writers turned into skits. The skits were next handed to the advertising agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn which made the selections for that week’s program and determined the order in which they would be heard. They also handled the production details. Casting, timing, music, and sound effects were coordinated—skits were dropped if necessary. Scripts were written and re-written. By Thursday morning, the stock company of actors and extras began rehearsals, and scripts were updated to keep up with late changes in the news stories. By Friday evening, nearing the live air time, the last script update was made and the production was ready to begin.

	==Impact on the Search for Earhart==		==Impact on the Search for Earhart==

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	==Scripts of the 8 July 1937 and 15 July 1937 ''March of Time''==		==Scripts of the 8 July 1937 and 15 July 1937 ''March of Time''==
	Original Electrical Transcriptions (ET) of most ''March of Time'' productions are extremely rare, and finding an audio copy of either the 8 July 1937, or the second program on 15 July 1937 is difficult. Electrical Transcriptions were 16” aluminum based discs, which were later scrapped for their aluminum content during World War II. They were replaced by glass based ET’s, an extremely fragile product that did not survive well. TIGHAR researches have located and obtained a sound recording of the 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' program, and ''Time'', Inc. has furnished TIGHAR with microfilm prints of both the 8 July, and 15 July scripts for these productions.		Original Electrical Transcriptions (ET) of most ''March of Time'' productions are extremely rare, and finding an audio copy of either the 8 July 1937, or the second program on 15 July 1937 is difficult. Electrical Transcriptions were 16” aluminum based discs, which were later scrapped for their aluminum content during World War II. They were replaced by glass based ET’s, an extremely fragile product that did not survive well. TIGHAR researches have located and obtained a sound recording of the 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' program, and ''Time'', Inc. has furnished TIGHAR with microfilm prints of both the 8 July, and 15 July scripts for these productions.
	The ~~8 July 1937 ''March of Time''~~ [http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf script] paralleled the known events of the first six days following the Earhart disappearance tolerably within the “dramatic license” the editors allowed the scriptwriters to use. The Earhart skit was the last of several that constituted that week’s program--probably last, just as today’s programming uses a teaser to keep listeners tuned in to the end of the program. The script had been updated and marked as “FINAL REVISE” and titled “BLIND MAN’S BUFF”, with one pen and ink change which corrected the Narrator’s closing comments from “it has been some 20 hours” updated to “it has been just 21 hours and 10 minutes”… In the script there were six dramatized Earhart radio transmisions. Understandably, misperceptions developed among listeners hearing only portions of this ''March of Time'' news drama, but from the actual script, now available to TIGHAR researchers, it is clear there was no portrayal of two way communications between ''Itasca'' and Earhart, nor was there a dramatization of Earhart’s rescue. The script does not contain sufficient detail for it to have been the been the progenitor of post-loss radio messages heard in North America.		The [http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' script] paralleled the known events of the first six days following the Earhart disappearance tolerably within the “dramatic license” the editors allowed the scriptwriters to use. The Earhart skit was the last of several that constituted that week’s program--probably last, just as today’s programming uses a teaser to keep listeners tuned in to the end of the program. The script had been updated and marked as “FINAL REVISE” and titled “BLIND MAN’S BUFF”, with one pen and ink change which corrected the Narrator’s closing comments from “it has been some 20 hours” updated to “it has been just 21 hours and 10 minutes”… In the script there were six dramatized Earhart radio transmisions. Understandably, misperceptions developed among listeners hearing only portions of this ''March of Time'' news drama, but from the actual script, now available to TIGHAR researchers, it is clear there was no portrayal of two way communications between ''Itasca'' and Earhart, nor was there a dramatization of Earhart’s rescue. The script does not contain sufficient detail for it to have been the been the progenitor of post-loss radio messages heard in North America.
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	Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.}}		Both full scripts are available to TIGHAR members for research.}}

			The entire "March of Time" broadcast was 30 minutes long.

			The Earhart segment was the last of 6 brief segments presented, immediately followed by an Electrolux commercial.

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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	==Scripts of the 8 July 1937 and 15 July 1937 ''March of Time''==		==Scripts of the 8 July 1937 and 15 July 1937 ''March of Time''==
	Original Electrical Transcriptions (ET) of most ''March of Time'' productions are extremely rare, and finding an audio copy of either the 8 July 1937, or the second program on 15 July 1937 is difficult. Electrical Transcriptions were 16” aluminum based discs, which were later scrapped for their aluminum content during World War II. They were replaced by glass based ET’s, an extremely fragile product that did not survive well. TIGHAR researches have located and obtained a sound recording of the 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' program, and ''Time'', Inc. has furnished TIGHAR with microfilm prints of both the 8 July, and 15 July scripts for these productions.		Original Electrical Transcriptions (ET) of most ''March of Time'' productions are extremely rare, and finding an audio copy of either the 8 July 1937, or the second program on 15 July 1937 is difficult. Electrical Transcriptions were 16” aluminum based discs, which were later scrapped for their aluminum content during World War II. They were replaced by glass based ET’s, an extremely fragile product that did not survive well. TIGHAR researches have located and obtained a sound recording of the 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' program, and ''Time'', Inc. has furnished TIGHAR with microfilm prints of both the 8 July, and 15 July scripts for these productions.
	The 8 July 1937 ''March of ~~Times~~'' script paralleled the known events of the first six days following the Earhart disappearance tolerably within the “dramatic license” the editors allowed the scriptwriters to use. The Earhart skit was the last of several that constituted that week’s program--probably last, just as today’s programming uses a teaser to keep listeners tuned in to the end of the program. The ~~[http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf~~ script] had been updated and marked as “FINAL REVISE” and titled “BLIND MAN’S BUFF”, with one pen and ink change which corrected the Narrator’s closing comments from “it has been some 20 hours” updated to “it has been just 21 hours and 10 minutes”… In the script there were six dramatized Earhart radio transmisions. Understandably, misperceptions developed among listeners hearing only portions of this ''March of Time'' news drama, but from the actual script, now available to TIGHAR researchers, it is clear there was no portrayal of two way communications between ''Itasca'' and Earhart, nor was there a dramatization of Earhart’s rescue. The script does not contain sufficient detail for it to have been the been the progenitor of post-loss radio messages heard in North America.		The 8 July 1937 ''March of Time'' [http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/images/f/fd/MarchOfTime_July_8%2C_1937.pdf script] paralleled the known events of the first six days following the Earhart disappearance tolerably within the “dramatic license” the editors allowed the scriptwriters to use. The Earhart skit was the last of several that constituted that week’s program--probably last, just as today’s programming uses a teaser to keep listeners tuned in to the end of the program. The script had been updated and marked as “FINAL REVISE” and titled “BLIND MAN’S BUFF”, with one pen and ink change which corrected the Narrator’s closing comments from “it has been some 20 hours” updated to “it has been just 21 hours and 10 minutes”… In the script there were six dramatized Earhart radio transmisions. Understandably, misperceptions developed among listeners hearing only portions of this ''March of Time'' news drama, but from the actual script, now available to TIGHAR researchers, it is clear there was no portrayal of two way communications between ''Itasca'' and Earhart, nor was there a dramatization of Earhart’s rescue. The script does not contain sufficient detail for it to have been the been the progenitor of post-loss radio messages heard in North America.
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