The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen was a radio adventure
serial created by writers Bob Burtt and Bill Moore, both of whom
were from Kansas City, Missouri. The 15-minute program was broadcast
from 1933 until 1947.
The Jimmie Allen program was first broadcast February
23, 1933, initially over three Midwestern radio stations, WDAF in
Kansas City, KLZ in Denver, Colorado, and KVOO in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Over the years, the show was produced in a variety of recording
studios in Hollywood, New York and Chicago.
In following episodes, Speed and Jimmie, in their attempt to thwart
the hijacking, are captured but escape in a small plane which crashes,
and then are recaptured. Throughout this initial story arc, Robertson
is Jimmie's mentor. He does all the flying and continually teaches
Allen a trick or two that he learned in World War I. After an exciting
aerial dogfight near the end of the story, Robertson reveals that
the FBI has made him a G-Man. In subsequent episodes of the series,
Jimmie expresses interest in becoming a pilot and enrolls in flying
school. Numerous exciting adventures follow, full of danger and
mystery.
Burtt and Moore wove the plot around the character of a self-reliant
youth of fine habits: resourceful, courageous, capable of thinking
his way through danger and holding firmly to "fine American
ideals." They never deviated from that theme of the character,
and they surrounded their hero with friends and enemies who personified
other traits that would emphasize the character of their hero.
This collection of Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen Greats
includes 125 different shows and appearances for a total of 25+
hours of listening enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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