Broadcast 11 May 1935. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1935–1936
- Surviving broadcasts
- 26
- Genre
- adventure
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “Flash_Gordon1935”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: Flash_Gordon1935
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1935
1936
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1935, in original transmission order.
- 1. Flash Gordon 35-04-27 01 On the Planet Mongo · 27 Apr 1935
- 2. Flash Gordon 35-05-11 03 The Prison Ship · 11 May 1935
- 3. Flash Gordon 35-05-25 05 Flash Inspects Kingdom of Caves · 25 May 1935
Flash Gordon 35-04-27 01 On the Planet Mongo
27 Apr 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-05-11 03 The Prison Ship
11 May 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-05-25 05 Flash Inspects Kingdom of Caves
25 May 1935 · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-06-08 07 Promoted to Commander-in-Chief
8 Jun 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-06-22 09 Wounded in the Heat of Battle
22 Jun 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-07-06 11 Zarkov Has to Rescue Dale
6 Jul 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-07-27 13 Has Flash Made a Mistake
27 Jul 1935 · 15 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Flash Gordon 35-08-10 15 Dale is Rescued by the Boys
10 Aug 1935 · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
11 May 1935
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 11 May 1935.
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1935–1936
Other series the network carried while Flash Gordon was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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