The Radio Ballads: The Ballad of John Axon
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content: FW-ASCH-10RR-0286
label: General
content: BBC Radio Ballad produced by Charles Parker.

The first of the Radio Ballads, John Axon concerns a locomotive driver from Stockport, posthumously awarded the George Cross for an act of heroism in 1957 when he refused to abandon his runaway train and perished to save lives. - BBC - 2 July 1958

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name: label: Artist
content: MacColl, Ewan
label: Producer
content: Parker, Charles, 1919-1980
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: England
label: Place
content: Great Britian
topic: label: Topic
content: British Isles -- Songs and music
label: Topic
content: Folksong revival
label: Topic
content: Guitar
creator: label: Artist
content: MacColl, Ewan
label: Producer
content: Parker, Charles, 1919-1980
culture: label: Culture
content: British
label: Culture
content: Scottish Americans
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 10 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-10RR-0286
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content: Sound recordings