D-Day 50 year celebrations launched

Title

D-Day 50 year celebrations launched

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Music

TX Date

13 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:35

Description

Mark Phillips reports as Prime Minister John Major launches celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day landings in Grosvenor Square. There are events planned all over the country. Includes speech by Major on legacy of D-Day; Bernard Hughes, veteran on his experiences; Dame Vera Lynn on still singing the songs fifty years later; interview with Major. Music in and out: Vera Lynn.

Contributors

John Major; Vera Lynn; Mark Phillips; Bernard Hughes

Keywords

London; Anniversary celebrations; Second World War (1939-1945); Military operations; Operation Overlord (1944); Reminiscence; Wars (events); Anniversaries; Veterans (Armed Forces); Grosvenor Square

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