Bob and Ray WHDH August 2nd 1949

About this film

0:00 - After a slightly upcut opening, Mary McGoon (Ray) drops by to discuss her upcoming swim to 'Boston Light' and back. Boston Light is the lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, first lit in 1783. The original Boston Light (America's first lighthouse, built in 1716) suffered much damage during the American Revolution, and was finally blown up by the British in June 1776. The eight-mile marathon Boston Light Swim has been an annual tradition since 1907 (with a hiatus during WWII), although the first documented swim from the mainland to the lighthouse was Peter McNally's ten-mile swim on September 3, 1898, which originated from Charlestown Bridge. 'Shirley May France', whom Mary references, was a marathon swimmer and native of Fall River, Massachusetts who made three attempts to swim the English Channel, the first on September 6, 1949, about five weeks after this broadcast. A few weeks before this broadcast, at age 16, she swam fourteen miles from Lower Manhattan to Coney Island in 5 hours 40 minutes. At 1:20, Bob asks Mary "Are you going to swim the way...?"; Mary replies "Oh no, oh no, no no, absolutely not, Bob. No no, absolutely not, Bob! There may be photogra…

Directors & creators

BNRToast

Subjects

oldtimeradio 1940s, oldtimeradio, radioprograms, Elliot, Goulding, Bob & Ray, BNRToast, BNR, OTR, Old Time Radio

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