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Marriage in the 1950s and 60s: from Wedding Vows to Happily Ever After? (2010)

Subject

History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed. As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as...

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Measure for Measure (2022 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Henry Godinez about his new production of Shakespeare’s play for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, set in 1950s Cuba.

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions Online

1950s nuclear tests cover-up (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Paul Maurice reports on Greenpeace claims the UK Government is performing a cover up of records into nuclear medical testing during the 1950s following claims of radiation causing illness in veterans and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fifty Years of Chart: review of pop music 1950s-1980s - nd [1975-1986]

Fifty Years of Chart: review of pop music 1950s-1980s [?part of programme], with comments on the life of times. No date. [Box 7]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Eagle comic relaunch (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the relaunch of the 1950s comic The Eagle. Includes interview with editor Barry Tomlinson. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British nuclear tests in Australia (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the British Minister for Defence Procurement Adam Butler on the row over British nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s in Australia and the claims of those present of the effect on their...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peter Townsend death (1995)

Genre

News report; Obituary; Speech

William Roncon reports on the death of Group Captain Peter Townsend, famous for his romance with Princess Margaret in the 1950s; with famous words spoken by the couple (spoken by unidentified actors).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Whooping cough claim (1984)

Genre

News report

Report on a legal battle over compensation for the effects of the whooping cough vaccinations delivered in the 1950s and 1970s. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British nuclear testing in Australia (1985)

Genre

Speech

Justice Jim McClellan, President of Australian Royal Commission, criticises the British Government for non-cooperation with the commission’s investigation into British nuclear testing in Australia in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British nuclear tests in Australia (1984)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the row over British nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s in Australia. Includes interview with British Minister for Defence Procurement Adam Butler on the tests and denying effect on health of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio