Arturo Toscanini & the NBC Symphony. Arturo Toscanini conducting the music of Giuseppe Verdi, with the NBC Symphony, Jan Peerce and The Westminster Choir.
Opening titles: Arturo Toscanini conducting the music of Giuseppe Verdi, with the NBC Symphony, Jan Peerce and The Westminster Choir.
CU Verdi songbook - La Forza del Destino tilt up to sideview MS ARTURO TOSCANINI conducting the NBC symphony, cam tracking quickly to the left. High angle TLS Arturo and symphony performing. Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing. Low angle head-on MS Arturo conducting. GV Arturo conducting symphony, pan to MS man in recording booth manipulating soundboard control knobs.
Radio broadcast: MSs radio engineers working on enormous analogue consoles, recording the performance via a veritable mess of knobs and meters. Nifty CUs old analog tubes. LS thick radio cable ensconced in metal pipe leading to remote radio antenna outpost; tilt up length of grand antenna. CU old ribbon microphone
Dissolve to MS Arturo Toscanini conducting vigorously. Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing. MSs woodwind section performing, clarinet, oboe, flute. More shots Arturo Toscanini conducting.
Various shots of Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing.
Various shots of Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing.
MSs string section performing. Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing.
Various shots of Arturo Toscanini conducting and orchestra playing.