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12.15 p.m.--Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert and
Sultivan.
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1941
Flak Like "Roman
Candles"
we dropped our "The 'flak' was intense ed Its peak as,
bombs on the dockyard, the rail- with and fairly accurate." This way alongside and the aerodrome
**Iolanthe"-Tripping Hither, Tripping
of Girls Thither....Chorus Orchestra.
"Trial by Jury"-For
These
Kind phrase has become almost beyond.
"A searchlight stabbed at us. in Swear hackneyed.
R.A.F. Then one gun flashed. In a few
Words: When 1, Good Friends.... Leo Sheffeld & Chorus.
Thous the Jury 1... Arthur Hosking, pilots' reports of bombing seconds the ground seemed alive
George Baker, Derek Oldham, Leo Sheffield & Male Chorus,
on Where Is attacks
with muzzle flashes,
targets in "At such times
the Plaintiff....Arthur Hosking Germany and occupied tracers look like great
France.
George Baker, Winifred Lawson & Chorus of Bridesmaids. "The Yeomen of the Guard" How Say You, Maiden, Will You Wed....
But there is nothing hackney- Arthur Hosking, Winifred Lawson
Ask any of the ed about 'flak'. and I've Jibe & George Baker.
"Tis Done pilots, observers or other mem- Joke....George Baker.
bers of a bombing crew.
I Am A Bride!....Winifred Lawson (Soprano) with Orchestra. "The Pirates of Penzance" - "Ti Mabel1; Poor Wand'ring One...
of Girls. Elsie Griffin & Chorus
To What Ought We
Do. Gentle
Sisters, Say....Nellie Briercliffe & Beautifully Blue the Sky....Elsie Grin, Derek
Nellie Walker.
How
Oldham & Chorus of Girls.
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Pro-
gramme Announcements.
drome.
the upcoming Roman candles. Balls of fire, gold and rosy tinted, curve over as they reach the end of their trajectory and start dropping, just like a lily stem
the bowed over by weight of the flower. They seem curl to drift sideways as they
Then they snuff out, upwards.
"No one who has not really one by one. seen it bursting around can quite
"Flaming onions' are slightly understand what 'intense' and different. They are bigger and fairly accurate' means," said one brighter fire balls which spiral up pilot who took part in a recent instead of rising in a line. It is raid on Brest harbour and aero-hard, at first. to realise just how
dangerous this “flak' is.
"Jerry seems to be trying out "It was bright moonlight when new coloured varieties of search- We climbed high lights which probe off. we took
the dancing above the clouds, which looked shellbursts.
"There is quite a galaxy like snow-capped peaks. It was so clear that I could almost read colour over Brest and the other
by moon-
nights 'invasion' ports these the instrument dials light.
much more spectacular than at before we
"But this kind of show is best home. appreciated on the way When the final run over the tar- get has been made and the bombs released, and you can turn around and watch it all-then it really looks lovely."
of
1.02 p.m.-Humorous and Instrumental
Variety. Comedian-Are You Havin' Any Fun ([pom "The Little Dog Laughed") Jack Warner & Sonny with Orchestra: Bunger Up Of Rat Oles
Jack Warner & Orchestra, Banju & Guitar Duels Wedding "The flak' started
Chimes (Reser); Medley of Stephen came over our target, but reach any previous stage of the air war.
Foster Bertini
Brothers
Songs...The
Comedienne-A Lady In Waiting
(Park)....Florence Desmond
with
more!
Orchestra. Organ-Place Theatre Medley-Intro: She didn't say "yes" (Cat and the Fiddle); Night and Day (A Gay Divorce): You're the cream in my coffee (Hold Everything); Anything Goes (from same); Bluc Room (The Girl Friend); Tea for Two
(No. No. Nanette)....Reginald
Foort,
Comedian-Big and
Stinker's
Moment Musical.... Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter & Rugby Press and
Announcements.
1.45 p.m.-Rossini--Overture "William Toll''. Boston Promenade Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler. 2.02 p.m.-Plano Duets,
Andantino Varle (In B Minor), Op.
04, No. 1 (Schubert)....Artur and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
Waltz from Sulte for Two Pianos, Of. 15 (Arensky)...Vronsky & Babin. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
6.45 p.m.-Indian Programme. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.32 p.m.-A Sibelius Programme.
Festivo (Tempo Di Bolero) (No. 3 of 'Scenes Historiques")... Sir Thomas the London Beecham conducting Philharmonic Orchestra. Humoresque No. 4....Henri Temian-
and ka (Violin)
the Temtanka Chamber Orchestra.
Valse Triste....Barnabas Von (eczy
& his Orchestra.
Romance Op. 24, No. 8....
Elleen
Joyce (Piano). Symphonic Poem "The Oceanides'. B.B.C. Symphony Op. 73...The
by Orchestra cond, Boult.
Sir
Adrian
7.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 7.15 p.m.-London RelayQuestions of
the Hour'.
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Time Signal, An- nouncements and Programine Sun-
mary.
8.02 p.m.-Popular
Grand Opera.
Mignon-Overture
Excerpts from
(Thomas)....
Vienna State Opera Orchestra,
Woman is Fickle (Rigoletto' Act 3-
Verdi)....Jussi
with Orchestra.
Bjorling
(Tenor)
'Damnation of Faust-Rakoczy March (Berlioz)....Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra cond, by Leopold Stokow- ski.
'Madam Butterfly' Act 2-One Fine Pam- Day (Puccini)....Rosetta
panint (Soprano) with Orchestra. 'Aida Grand March (Verdi)....The B.B.C. Wireless Symphony Orch. *Il Trovatore' Act 2-Look! how the Clouds-Anvil Chorus....Giuseppina Scala, Zinetti and Chorus of La Milan, with Symphony Orchestra. 8.30 p.m.--The Sadler's Walls Orchestra with Violin Solos by Alfredo Campoll. Serenade Espagnole (Chaminade, arr. Kriesler); Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2 (Moszkowski, Sarasate)....Alfredo Campoli (Violin) with Plano acc 'William Tell'"-Ballet' Music (Rossini) ....Sadler's Wells Orchestra -cond, by Constant Lambert. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Saint-Saens, Op. 28)..Alfredo Campoli (Violin); and the London Symphony Orchestra.. 9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News &
་་་་་། ¡News Commentary. 9.16 p.meTunes of Not-So-Long-Ago.
1921/22-Intro; Ain't we got funt. Coal, Black Marmy; Just for a while; Swanee; Bay it while dan cing: Kitten on the Keys; Omaha Waltz; Shelk of Araby...New May- fair Orchestra.⠀ . Frankie and Johnule... Frank-Crumit (Tenor) with Piano, Guitar and Clarinet, Memories of Horatio Nicholls--Intra
Dream of Delight; Wyoming; Blue Eyes; Delliah; Shepherd of the Hills: Bunabine of Marseilles) Souvenirs: My: Inspiration -da you HING New, Mayfair: Orchestra with
Chloe'
Swamp) weethe Radio Three with Their Rhythmic -Escorts.
1993/94ntror Last night on the bick
porch:
Wondert
What'll 1 do: I love you; Horsey, keep your tail up... New with Vocal Mayfair Orchestra
Refrain
9.42 p.m.-Local sports results 9.45-10.00 p.m.-News
in French
(on
Short Wave only). 9.45 p.m.-L'Accordeonist Alexander at
on Orchestre. Valse-Ma Banlleue; Java-Sous Les Becs De Gaz (both from revue 'Feerie de Paris'); Valsc Musclle- Comme Do Blen Entendu (film 'Circonstances attenuantes'); Valse -Vous Valsiez (Dommel-Himmel); One-Step-Parade D'Oiseau. 10.00 p.m.-London Relay Music Hall'. 11.00 p.m.-Dance Music.
Fox-Trois-Howdy, Cloudy Morning?:
COOLING
-
UNDER FIRE
A South African fighter pilot, in flying over enemy territory
He Eritrea near Massawa found that his engine was heating up.
around for a landing looked The Spider and the Fly Nat ground, and came down to wait his radiator on the ground till cooled.
Seeing
Gonella & his Georgians. Quicksteps Cheerio, I'll Be
You: I Must Have One More Kiss. & his Kiss, Kiss....Jack Payne Band.
Waltzes Oh, Isabella; Mountain Life
....Tessin Band.
When he landed he was fired on by native enemy troops; but he remained on the ground until he was certain that the radiator had and returned safely to his base.
Fox-Trots-A Мал & His Dream cooled enough; then he took off
(from "The Star Maker'); Go Fly A Kite (from 'The Star Maker').... Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra. Swing Fox-Trots-I Know That You Know: I Cried for You....Benny Goodman Quintet,
Come An-
Slow Fox-Trot-There'll
other Day; Fox-Trot-I'm Spending Christmas with the Old Folks.... & his Grosvenor Sydney Lipton House Dance Orchestra.
Салаго,
ITALIAN FLAGS IN
R.A.F. MESS
Air A Royal
Force bomber
Tangos Se Lo Llovaron; La Punala- Squadron has in the Officers' Mess, The first was da....Orquesta Tipica Francisco two Italian flags,
captured at Fort Capuzzo when Fox-Trot-Half-Way Down the Street: the squadron was hammering the
Slow Fox-Tro:-I'll Never Smile Italians in At Again Until I Smile
You came from Oscar Rabin & his Band,
pilots were Quickstep I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire; Slow Fox-Trot-Imagin- tion....Jay Wilbur & his Band. Waltz Lilac of Louvain....Jack
White & his Band, 12.00 Midnight.-Close down.
The second Libya, Koritza where the assisting the, Greek rout the enemy in
to army Albania.
There is plenty more flags Mess.
of room for on the walls of the.
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