Name/Title
Fair Exchange for a Truck (2 of 2)Entry/Object ID
2023.120.5Description
Part 2 of 2 of a recording for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Contains narration by an unidentified British husband and wife. They take turns telling the story of how they came to be in Saranac Lake for a year. The man came to Saranac Lake to work as a doctor with support from a Fulbright scholarship, and his wife came with him. Includes clips of narration from the following: high school student Steve Gurley talking about teen driving, a jingle about financing a car, an unidentified man talking about the poor economy in Saranac Lake and the creation of a shoe factory [likely Sidney Feifer, plant manager and secretary], Mrs. Julia A. Norton, a nurse, talking about grocery costs and her work, Mrs. Ransom, talking about medical costs, Mrs. Mitchell, giving an accounting of her day, an unidentified man [possibly WCW] talking about deer hunting season, newspaper editors talking about Republicans vs. Democrats in small town politics, Jaqcues DeMattos of WNBZ talking about the station and Santa's Jukebox, a clip of an unidentified announcer [possibly Johnny Birmingham] and Johnny Garwood of WNBZ hosting the "swap shop," and an unidentified man talking about local clubs.
Part 1 of 2 is 2023.120.4.