Salvage (radio play)

Salvage is a 1936 Australian radio play by Edmund Barclay about the rescue of a submarine.[1] It was called "one of the most ambitious attempts at dramatic realism ever attempted by the Sydney production department of tire Broadcasting Commission."[2]

Salvage
Genredrama
Running time60 mins (8:30 pm – 9:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byLawrence H. Cecil
Recording studioSydney
Original release26 July 1936

The play was made with the assistance of the Royal Australian Navy, the first time this had been given for an Australian radio drama. It was arranged through the relevant Minister, Sir Archdale Parkhill, with the assistance of H.M.A.S. Penguin.[2] The production was noted for its use of sound effects.[3] It also told the story of the Royal Australian Navy which was relatively rare at the time.[4]

Premise

A sub is sunk in wartime and naval divers have to come to the rescue, led by Able Seaman Grant and Able Seaman Hayes.[5]

References
  1. "SPECIAL PICTURES OF AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM IN BERLIN — REALISM IN RADIO PLAY — COOK'S RIVER STUDY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 734. New South Wales, Australia. 4 July 1936. p. 20. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Australasian Radio Relay League., ""SALVAGE" Has Navy's O.K.", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 28 No. 4 (July 24, 1936)), nla.obj-718276316, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. Australasian Radio Relay League., "PRIVATE EFFECTS", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 30 No. 6 (August 6, 1937)), nla.obj-714703118, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. "EPOCH IN RADIO STORIES". The Labor Daily. No. 3938. New South Wales, Australia. 20 July 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Australasian Radio Relay League., "THURSDAY AUGUST 13", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 28 No. 6 ( August 7, 1936)), nla.obj-718330952, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
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