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You might recognize [Ken Nordine's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Nordine) voice from TV commercial and movie trailer voiceovers. What you might not know about is his musical work that he called "word jazz". This included several LPs and a long running radio show on NPR, one of which is linked in this submission. He would sometimes include work from other artists in the background. In this particular program, there is a woman who can be heard singing starting at around the 3:50 mark. **I'm wondering if anyone knows the name of the singer?** I haven't had much luck finding any sort of credits or other information about these broadcasts.

Intro to the PBS show MYSTERY! using animation of Edward Gorey.

All This and World War II is a 1976 musical documentary[1] directed by Susan Winslow. It juxtaposes Beatles songs covered by a variety of musicians...

Archive import from R/ObscureMedia Hi all, I got a copy of the archives from reddit and am going to start importing them over the weekend. This will result in a flood of content/posts from me so I appreciate your patience and understanding. Best regards, Jax [\#ObscureMedia](https://kbin.social/tag/ObscureMedia)

Pare Lorentz's poetic documentary film [The River (1937)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_(1938_film)) tells the story of how agricultural practices along the Mississippi river led to topsoil loss and flooding during the depression era, eventually leading to soil conservation practices and dam construction. Flooding broke out on the Ohio river during filming, and is stunningly documented in the film. The film premiered in New Orleans on October 29, 1937. The poetic narration was praised by James Joyce and Carl Sandburg. [A companion book](https://archive.org/details/riverparelorentz00lorerich/mode/2up) to The River was nominated for a Pulitzer prize in poetry. The film was awarded best documentary at the 1938 Venice International Film Festival. Virgil Thompson's score is a classic that was used again as the score to the 1983 film The Day After. The River is listed in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

This film documents the rush to repair damage to the tunnel spillways of the Glen Canyon Dam that were damaged when they had to be used for the first time in 1983 due to record-breaking runoff into the Colorado river. As repairs were taking place, waters again began to rise in Lake Powell in 1984, creating a race against nature to finish repairs in time. I saw this film decades ago at the Glen Canyon Dam visitors center, and it always stuck with me. The film includes references to the classic 1937 documentary *[The River](https://kbin.social/m/ObscureMedia/t/59875/Pare-Lorentz-s-poetic-documentary-The-River-1937)* about floods on the Mississippi.

Produced by Bedford/Rowlands in 1985

From October of 1986, here is some footage I shot while driving down Morse Rd. and Cleveland Avenue, as well as walking High Street and the OSU Oval!

This is a very rare excerpt of the radio recordings produced in 1976 for the "Protect and Survive" public information campaign. It includes both male and fem...

A 'Welcome to Pooh Corner' special that teaches kids about stranger danger through creepy puppets and song and dance numbers.

Animated PSA that aimed to teach Americans about the metric system through song, similar to the style of Schoolhouse Rock.