'Weeks Before'
A recorded programme giving an impression of the work that precedes the Tattoo
9.46 At Aldershot
The Scene
The Searchlights and The Music of the Drums
Broadcast from Rushmoor Arena
'Cavalry Epics'
A reminiscence of some notable exploits in the history of British Cavalry
From the Studio
'The Subaltern's Dream'
The Return to bivouac..... The passing of the regiments..... The alarm
A display by the 1ST CAVALRY BRIGADE and the MASSED MOUNTED BANDS
Broadcast from Rushmoor Arena
THE MASSED MOUNTED AND DISMOUNTED BANDS OF THE ALDERSHOT
AND EASTERN COMMANDS
The music will include
Broadcast from Rushmoor Arena
For the first time by means of the recorded programme at 9.40, listeners are to hear something of the organisation and rehearsals for the Aldershot Tattoo without which the perfection of the display could not possibly be realised.
Again, in the opening broadcast from
Rushmoor Arena,.a microphone will be on duty in the searchlight emplacement, while in the cavalry episode at 9.55, there will be an observer actually in the Arena, accompanied by an engineer carrying a portable microphone.
In the Pageant in the second part listeners will hear not only the commentary from Edward Halliday. who will be placed throughout on the top of thegrandstand, but the reaction of a Canadian who will be seated in the cheap seats and watching the Tattoo for the first time.