Ports of Call: Old-Time Radio Drama Anthology

Ports of Call: “Arabia”, first broadcast in 1950. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Ports of Call: “Alaska”, first broadcast in 1950. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Ports of Call travels to New Zealand, touring the harbor at Auckland and the wild country of the Maori. The episode retells Maui's legend of fishing up the North Island and the story of the Maori warrior Tae-Kouti, a prisoner sent to Chatham Island after being suspected of spying on the British. Later segments cover the dolphin Polaris Jack at French Pass, the Scottish gold discovery in Otago, and a whaling station at Kaikoura. Broadcast on April 15, 1936.

With Maui, Major John Biggs, Tae-Kouti, Captain Kane, David, Meg, Reverend McAllister.

Listen for: The Maui fishing legend, Tae-Kouti's confrontation with Major Biggs, and the account of Polaris Jack the dolphin

First aired on April 15, 1936.

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The Ports of Call travelogue takes listeners to Stockholm, Sweden, describing the sea approach, the old city, and the modern streets crossed on the way to a hotel. Much of the program then recounts Swedish history through dramatized episodes. Queen Kristina, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, is a six-year-old child when a regent brings news of her father's death, and she later grows into a queen who abdicates in favor of her cousin Carl Gustavo. Later scenes show Empress Catherine the Great of Russia pressing a marriage between her granddaughter Alexander and King Gustavus, who refuses to change his religion. The narrative then moves through Sweden's naval confrontations and Napoleon's role in placing Bernadotte on the throne. The transcript ends before the story reaches the twentieth century.

With Queen Kristina, Axel Oxenstierna, Cardinal Richelieu, Carl Gustavo, Catherine the Great, Alexander, Gustavus Adolphus, Lord Nelson.

Listen for: The dramatized scenes of Queen Kristina's childhood and her decision to abdicate, and the exchange between Catherine the Great and the English ambassador

First aired on April 8, 1936.

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Ports of Call takes listeners on a travelogue to Persia, beginning at the harbor of Kormusa on the Persian Gulf, where oil tankers stand beside Arabian sailing vessels. The episode moves through the country's history, from the teachings of Zarathustra and the conquests of Cyrus, through the tale of Sheherazade and the poet Omar Khayyam, to the twentieth-century dispute over Anglo-Persian oil leases between King Riza Shah Pahlavi and Sir John Cadman, president of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Along the way the narration describes the bazaar at Tabriz, its many traders and goods, and the modernization of Tehran under the king. The program is presented as one of the Ports of Call travel broadcasts of 1935, first aired on 30 September 1935.

With Cyrus, Astyages, Sheherazade, Shahriar, Omar Khayyam, Sharin, Imam Muwaffak, Riza Shah Pahlavi.

Listen for: The dramatized scenes of Cyrus's victory over the Medes, the Sheherazade story, and the confrontation between Riza Shah and Sir John Cadman over the oil leases

First aired on September 30, 1935.

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