[78-L] RCA 16" Electrical Transcriptions MGM movies

[David Lennick]

There were hundreds of these things, and they were called "Air Trailers". Some 
(like Paramount on Parade #2, Duck Soup, second serving) have been known to 
contain material not in the finished product. The local stations ran them to 
fill a slot or may have had them regularly scheduled, but all the studios sent 
them out. Some also contained commercials for the films, some had interviews.

dl

On 7/25/2013 6:38 PM, Robert Shirer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I came up with a pile of transcriptions today, along with a machine to play them on.  Lots of Armed Forces stuff from the fifties.  The most interesting are 16" one-sided discs on Vitrolac, recorded at 331/3, with musical and bare-bones plot synopses from 30"s MGM movies.  I have 15 of them, and I've never seen such things before. Everything from "Let Freedom Ring" to "Love finds Andy Hardy"!   I assume they were from radio shows that plugged MGM movies.  Anybody know how many of these were done.  The ones I have each have an RCA envelope and most have a needle attached.  They look almost mint.  Grateful for any further info.
> Cheers,
> Bob Shirer