VJ day anniversary
- Title
- VJ day anniversary
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 20 Aug 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:06:02
- Description
- Nick Wood reports on a day of commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of VJ Day in London. Includes interview with Vera Lynn; brass band, singing, trumpet solo and church leaders addressing crowds during service outside Buckingham Palace; interviews with veterans in the crowd: Bombardier Fred Langley, Sergeant Charles Haughey and Major Anthony Gurney who all served in Burma; Lancaster bomber passing over and dropping a million poppies on the crowd; Bridget Berkeley looks back to VJ Day in London; Nicholas Wood climbs into armoured reconnaissance vehicle, part of a parade owned by Mike Ebling(?); pipers heard.
- Contributors
- Vera Lynn; Nick Wood; Bridget Berkeley; Anthony Gurney; Fred Langley; Mike Ebling(?); Charles Haughey (war veteran)
- Keywords
- London; Anniversary celebrations; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Prisoners of War; VJ Day; Commemorative events; Anniversaries; Veterans (Armed Forces)
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