Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Pathe
9926
SR004457_01_01.mov
4/1/1937
Philadelphia Orchestra set to start its second transcontinental tour
Title card: "Philadelphia Orchestra On Tour" superimposed over orchestra / MS men of the RCA Victor Glee Club singing on stage as the Philadelphia Orchestra prepares to start its second transcontinental concert tour / MS SOT Samuel Davis Wilson, Mayor of Philadelphia, bids the Orchestra Godspeed and expresses well wishes, SOT saying hope this year will be more successful than last year, hope the Europe trip will spread the fame of Philadelphia / SOT Conductor Eugene Ormandy speaks about the tour / SOT co-conductor Leopold Stokowski says he regrets he can't join the tour and says farewell to the orchestra / Note: exact day unknown
Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Samuel Davis Wilson
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Keywords

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newsreel
orchestras
tours
conductors
glee clubs
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singing
goodbyes
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