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Communist protests in Moscow (1992)

Genre

News report

Report on communist protests in Moscow against Russian President Boris Yeltsin over the decline of the economy, reduction in the strength of the army and decision to rename Armed Forces Day as Defence of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.45: Programme 45 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 45 Programme 45 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 30 August 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

ILR South Radio Online Audio

VJ Day celebrations (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Petroc Trelawny reports on VJ Day celebrations from the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. He discusses events, and talks to Captain Phil Jackson of the Scots Guard about the celebrations, the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

D-Day 40 years on (1984)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on a parachute jump in France by D Company, 2nd Battalion, replicating the first landing 40 years ago on D-Day and the ceremony commemorating those who lost their lives. Watched by surviving members....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

VE day 40th anniversary commemorated (1985)

Genre

Special; Tribute; Speech; Music

Memorial service from Westminster Abbey to commemorate VE day. Broadcast for 40th anniversary of VE day. Includes readings, Lord’s Prayer, hymns, music and church bells. Speakers not identified. Breaks in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

VE day 40th anniversary - Veterans memories (1985)

Genre

Vox pop

Interview with some WW2 veterans from the Burma campaign on their memories of the Second World War and of VE day, on the 40th anniversary of VE day. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Arthur Titherington on Japanese treatment of POWs (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Second World War veteran Arthur Titherington who discusses the VJ Day 50th anniversary celebration plans, and his experiences as a Prisoner of War in a Japanese prison camp, relaying some of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

VE Day 50th anniversary (1995)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet in the Guildhall commemorating the 50th anniversary of VE Day - the end of the Second World War in Europe.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

D-Day commemorations (1994)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male talks about D-Day fiftieth birthday. He says it is not a celebration but a commemoration of the people who lost their lives and loved ones. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

VE Day 50th anniversary (1995)

Genre

News report

Fred Housego reports on the phone from Hyde Park on the VE Day 50th anniversary commemorations in London. Reporter in studio identified only as David.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio