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Japanese apology for WWII actions (1995)

Genre

Interview

The Japanese Prime Minister’s apology to former allied POWs has not been enough to convince veterans here who’ve vowed to continue a fight for compensation. Arthur Titherington, who was interned in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Report: interview with Andrew Dornay about The Wildfowl Trust, including Arundel Reserve (1978)

Part of a series called Victory Report, broadcast by Radio Victory on 17 February 1978, concerning Arundel Wildfowl Trust and its origins. Track 1- GUY PAYNE interviews ANDREW DORNAY. Wildfowl Trust began...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Official documents show WWII gas plans (1980)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the release of official documents showing the proposed use of poisoned gas in the Second World War by the allied forces. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)

Genre

News report

Nick Wood reports on a memorial service in Tokyo, Japan to their war dead on the fiftieth anniversary of their surrender at the end of the Second World War. Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama made a statement...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Japanese war criminals allowed to escape (1995)

Genre

Interview

Public records have been uncovered showing that in the fifties, the British Government allowed suspected Japanese WWII war criminals to be released, under pressure from the United States who wanted to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Funeral for WWII pilot John Brimble after plane found (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an RAF spokesman about the discovery of a Hurricane aircraft at Sutton Valence in Kent, lost in the Battle of Britain on 14/09/40, and on a military funeral for John Brimble - the pilot of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Home Front constable on duties (archive recording) (1987)

Genre

Special

A Special Constable (not identified) on the Home Front during the Second World War describes his duties such as being on fire watch and assisting shipwrecked sailors. He lives in a seaside town but does not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

WWII bomb discovery near Waterloo Bridge (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the discovery of an unexploded Second War War bomb near Waterloo Bridge in London (11/04/83). Male speaker not identified. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Christopher Hourmouzious).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Japan should face up to past (1995)

Genre

Interview

Historian Dr John Charmley says just because Japan is now an important trading partner gives us no excuse for letting them avoid facing up to their past. Follows revelations in public records that the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

WWII bomb defused in London (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Report on the defusing of a World War II bomb near Waterloo Bridge in Central London with ensuing traffic chaos. Includes interview with Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner George Rushbrook;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio