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General view of crowds at a Nazi Rally in Frankfurt to celebrate the newly appointed Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, February 1933. Photos stamped with the name Hoffman.

General view of crowds at a Nazi Rally in Frankfurt to celebrate the newly appointed Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, February 1933. Photos stamped with the name Hoffman.

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The Enchanted Maypole, a dialogue story with music by Marie Wenallt
First broadcast: May 1st 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A dialogue story with music. Special story for May Day. The witch orders the gnomes to put a spell on the Maypole. Once the May Queen touches the Maypole with her wand, the villagers will disappear. Fairy Butterfly overhears them and visits the Fairy Queen to find a solution.
Subjects: May Day, Maypoles, Dancing, Community, Danger, Fairies, Witches, Curses.

R12/1123/1/6.
The Lion and the Unicorn and the White Knight, from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
First broadcast: May 16th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
From ‘Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There’. Alice meets the White King and witnesses the Lion and the Unicorn who fight for the crown. She is almost captured by the Red Knight, before being saved by the White Knight who tells her about his inventions. He escorts her to a hill and tells her she will become a Queen when she passes the little brook.
Subjects: Alice in Wonderland, Fantasy, Adventure, Kings, Knights.

R12/1123/1/7.
Milestones: Travelling Towards the Goal, Goodwill Day 1933 by Raymond Glendenning.
First broadcast: May 18th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A Goodwill Day programme. A story of Peace milestones in Wales though time. Heroes of Wales have also been heroes of peace, and these include St David, Hywel Dda, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Owain Glyndwr, Samuel Roberts, Gwilym Hiraethog, Tregellis Price. Focus on Henry Richard the Apostle of Peace, whose work began in 1848. A Goodwill message is set out to the world, and replies are received from France, Germany, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Italy, America, Spain, with other countries given an honourable mention.
Subjects: Goodwill Day, Peace, St David, Hywel Dda, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Owain Glyndwr, Henry Richard, The Apostle of Peace.

R12/1123/2/2.
Cerddorion Cymru No.1, author unknown.
First broadcast: May 26th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Gwilym Gwent was born in Tredegar in 1838 before moving to America in 1872. He was famous for his compositions. He would compose music whilst working down the coal pit and world write his compositions down on the trams.
Subjects: Gwilym Gwent, Composer.

R12/1123/2/3.
The Royal Oak, an historical play by Dorothy Champion.
First broadcast: May 29th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Celebrating Oak Apple Day which remembers when King Charles II hides in a tree that became known as The Royal Oak of Boscobel. Following the Battle of Worcester, the Pendrell House is a sanctuary for followers of King Charles II. Roland de Lacy is a wounded soldier nursed back to health by Frances but soon Pendrell House is invaded and the King, who’s dressed as a peasant, goes into hiding.
Subjects: King Charles II, History, Oak Apple Day, The Royal Oak of Boscobel.

R12/1123/2/4.
Queen Alice, from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
First broadcast: June 6th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
From ‘Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There’. Alice is Queen and finds herself in the company of the White Queen and the Red Queen. They have a special dinner which quickly falls into chaos.
Subjects: Queens, Royalty, Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass.

R12/1123/3/4.
Roads of England No.6: Strolling Players by L. Du Garde Peach.
First broadcast: August 9th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
During the reign of Henry VIII, strolling players would often walk the roads on their way to perform plays. This play follows a group who are on their way to Winchester. However they find themselves in the stock in Reading.
Subjects: Travellers, Plays, Drama.

R12/1124/1/1.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men: How the Bishop of Hereford Sought Revenge.
First broadcast: 27 September 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
BBC Radio Script for Robin Hood and his Merry Men: How the Bishop of Hereford Sought Revenge by Franklin Kelsey.

R12/1122/2/1.
Captain Tom Thumb, by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Captain Thomas Thumb Esquire lives on a Barge with his best friend Bosun Briggs. The Captain has retired, however he decides to take on some pirates with glass bottles filled with lemonade and a sick of Weston Rock.
Subjects: Pirates, Sailing, Comedy, Heroism.

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Hickory Dickory Dock, by Dorothy Eaves.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
An imagined origin of the nursery rhyme. Tadpoles are in demand. Mrs Crabby the witch needs them to complete her spell, and Oliver wants some as a pet. Newly released prisoners Tarnished Tim and Plug-Ugly Pete hatch a plan to steal tadpoles from the village boys reap all the rewards.
Subjects: Tadpoles, Thievery, Magic, Trickery, Witches, Nursery Rhymes.

R12/1122/2/7.
Sambo's Southland Six, by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Sambo's Southland Six by Dorothy Worsley. Sambo, Joey, Mr Interlocutor, Hezekiah, Old Bones and Young Corney make up Sambo's Southland Six. Here they provide entertainment by telling jokes and sharing funny anecdotes.
Subjects: Comedy.

R12/1122/3/3.
Plumstones, a feature programme by Dorothy Champion.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Elsie, Evelyn and Bronwen gather at Francis’ house for some plum pie and tea. They use the plumstones to play a game and tell stories, recite a poem and sing a song. There is a story about the Summer Queen to refuses to retire her throne to the Winter King, and another where clouds can become dresses. There is a poem about the Gunpowder Plot, and a song about the garden. The story of Corin and Corisand is shared, a Shepheard and a lady in a miniature picture frame.
Subjects: Stories, Plum pie, Games, Winter, Summer, The Gunpowder Plot, Poetry, Lavender.

R12/1122/3/4.
Schubert, by Evelyn Amey.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Programme dedicated to the Austrian composer Franz Shubert. Story of how shy Shubert met his close friend and supporter Joseph Spaun at school, and how he later met Franz von Shober who introduced him to Johann Michael Vogl. Through Vogl he met the actress Sophie Muller.
Subjects: Composing, Franz Shubert, Friendship.

R12/1122/3/9.
Treasure Hunt Series No.1: The Broken Hilt by Beryl Jones.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Part one. Hobday Lee, the ancestor of Old Julius the blacksmith’s, buried treasure in Kerry Cove. An an old sword hilt is the first clue to find this treasure. One night, young siblings David and Eira convice Julius go searching for the treasure. They see a mysterious figure who disappears. The group finds the cave, and conclude there is a secret passage.
Subjects: Treasure, Treasure Hunters, Pirates, Mysteries, Adventures.

R12/1122/3/11.
Treasure Hunt Series No.2: The Secret Passage, by Beryl Jones.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Part two. The morning after the cave discovery, Old Julius and Tom Tranter are discussing the mysterious figure who disappreaded. Siblings Eira and David go back to the cave and find a secret passage leading the old smugglers haunt. They find themselves trapped in a room full with curious things from the sea. Julius finds the pair and the mysterious figure appears.
Subjects: Treasure, Treasure Hunters, Pirates, Mysteries, Adventures.

R12/1122/4/8.
West Country Lad, a light programme by Dorothy Worsley and Raymond Glendenning.
First broadcast: June 11th 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Set in a Somersetshire Village Inn in 1685, before the battle of Sedgemoor. Jack is in Love with Jill and wants to marry her, but Jill wishes to marry someone who can give her security. Sir Robert Stafford arrives and catches Jill’s eye, but he is not the gentleman she thinks he is, as he is plotting against King James II on behalf of the Duke of Monmouth.
Subjects: History, Battle of Sedgemoor, Plotting, Romance.