Muni; V.D. Radio Project; Man of Steel/Baby and Me.

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Collection
Muni
Series
V.D. Radio Project
Episode
Man of Steel/Baby and Me.
Contributing Organization
WNYC (New York, New York)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/80-39k3jtx6
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Description
Description
Baby and Me starring Joyce Indig. This is a story for adults but it concerns an unborn child. Laura meets Bill. She's a sales girl and he's a Merchant Marine. They get married. He ships out. Indig sings "You Don't Know What Love Is" written by Gene de Paul and Don Raye. Ten days after he left, she read a story in the paper that the ship he was on went down. She's pregnant and he comes back to tell her the truth. He wasn't allowed on the ship because he had syphilis. Doctor tells her that if the mother is treated in the first four months, the baby can be born healthy. She gives birth to a healthy boy and reconciles with the Bill. Indig sings "Summertime" by George Gershwin. Starring Joyce Indig, Lawson Zerby. Script by Ben Kagan. Music by Tony Burrell Trio. Directed by Frank Papp. Supervisor - Erik Barnouw. Produced in collaboration with the public health authorities by the Communications Materials Center at Columbia University Press. Copyright 1949 CU Press
Description
Side two: The Ballad of the Man of Steel starring Red Foley. Red Foley sings a cautionary ballad about Joe Bullard (the man of steel), a giant of amazing strength who contracts a venereal disease (syphilis) and dies. Moral of the story is it doesn't matter how physically strong you are, syphilis can still kill you. If you are in doubt about your health, get checked by a doctor. An estimated 3 million Americans were infected with syphilis without knowing it. Neither any major network nor Hollywood would even touch the subject. The V.D. Radio Project is a series of recorded programs for distribution to stations all over the United States to bring the subject of syphilis into the open. Its purpose was to make clear to the listener the patterns of syphilis and it was hoped that anyone who suspected they were infected would come forward and get treated. For more information on the VD Radio Project, see Media Marathon by Erik Barnouw, Duke University Press, 1996. Pages 93-111.
Genres
Public Service Announcement
Drama
Topics
Music
Rights
Owner/Custodial History: Municipal Archives; Terms of Use & Repro: Columbia University
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:14:31
Credits
Author: Kagan, Ben
Composer: Gershwin, George
Composer: de Paul, Gene
Composer: Raye, Don
Director: Papp, Frank, 1909-1996
Director: Stapp, Jack, 1912-1980
Performer: Indig, Joyce
Performer: Foley, Red, 1910-1968
Performer: Zerby, Lawson
Performing Group: Tony Burrell Trio
Producer: Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 5822.1 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: DAT
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:14:05
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 5822.2 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: DAT
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:14:05
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 5822.3 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Dub
Duration: 00:00:00
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 5822.4 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Dub
Duration: 00:00:00
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 5822.4 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Dub
Duration: 00:14:31
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Citations
Chicago: “Muni; V.D. Radio Project; Man of Steel/Baby and Me.,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 10, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-39k3jtx6.
MLA: “Muni; V.D. Radio Project; Man of Steel/Baby and Me..” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 10, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-39k3jtx6>.
APA: Muni; V.D. Radio Project; Man of Steel/Baby and Me.. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-39k3jtx6