ARTURO TOSCANINI CONDUCTING MUSIC OF GIUSEPPE VERDI [Main Title]

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  • Title: ARTURO TOSCANINI CONDUCTING MUSIC OF GIUSEPPE VERDI [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4053
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  • Summary: Documentary celebrates stand taken by Toscanini, and other Italian exiles in the United States, against the tyranny of fascism by showing NBC Symphony Orchestra and tenor Jan Peerce performing in New York and broadcasting Verdi's overture to La Forza del Destino and his Hymn of the Nations.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 4053
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4053)
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  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: US Office of War Information Overseas Branch (Production sponsor) United Films (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 993 ft; Running time: 28 mins
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