act ments . ▁The ▁March ▁of ▁Time ''' s ▁relationship ▁to ▁the ▁news re el ▁was ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁week ly ▁interpret ive ▁news ▁magazine ' s ▁relationship ▁to ▁the ▁daily ▁newspaper . The ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁was ▁launched ▁February ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁in ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁the aters . ▁Each ▁entry ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁either ▁a ▁two - ▁or ▁three - re el ▁film ▁( 2 0 ▁or ▁ 3 0 ▁minutes ). ▁West bro ok ▁Van ▁Voor his , ▁who ▁hosted ▁the ▁radio ▁program , ▁served ▁as ▁narr ator ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁series . ▁The ▁series , ▁which ▁finally ▁total led ▁close ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁segments , ▁was ▁an ▁immediate ▁success ▁with ▁aud ien ces . ▁Because ▁of ▁its ▁high ▁production ▁costs — est im ated ▁at ▁$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁per ▁episode , ▁released ▁at ▁the ▁rate ▁of ▁about ▁one ▁episode ▁per ▁month — the ▁series ▁was ▁a ▁money ▁los er . ▁However , ▁it ▁remained ▁in ▁production ▁for ▁six ▁years ▁beyond ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁the ▁radio ▁show ▁on ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁based . ▁ ▁At ▁its ▁peak ▁The ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁was ▁seen ▁by ▁ 2 5 ▁million ▁U . S . ▁mov iego ers ▁a ▁month . ▁ ▁" Imp licit ▁in ▁all ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁issues ▁was ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁un comp licated ▁American ▁liberal ism ▁— ▁general ▁good ▁intent ions , ▁a ▁health y ▁journal istic ▁ske ptic ism , ▁faith