Canada's Diamond Jubilee-Choir | Canada's Diamond Jubilee-Oh Canada | Moose River Mine Disaster
Canada's Diamond Jubilee-Choir
A choir sings at Canada's Diamond Jubilee, July 1, 1927. For the first time in Canadian broadcast history, radio stations, telephone and telegraph companies and railways pieced together a national radio transmission.
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Canada's Diamond Jubilee-Oh Canada
Oh Canada is played on an organ at Canada's Diamond Jubilee, July 1, 1927. The broadcasts from Canada's 60th anniversary were heard from points all around the world.
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Moose River Mine Disaster
When the Moose River mine disaster occurred in 1936, CBRC's (CBC's predecessor) reporters were the first ever to cover a news event live, 24 hours. The story of the three Canadians who were trapped in a small Nova Scotia gold mine was heard on all 58 Canadian radio stations, and on over 650 stations in the United States. All of North America stopped to listen to J. Frank Willis's (the reporter) 99 broadcasts.
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Canada Broadcasts Christmas
This broadcast took place on December 12, 1936, and featured choirs of people from five Canadian cities singing Christmas carols in unison.
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Royal Tour: Arrival
A recording of the arrival of the king during the Royal Tour, December 12, 1939. This broadcast was an important one in CBC's history. For instance, CBC's first mobile radio van was used during the tour (and was later converted for use in the war.)
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