VE day 40th anniversary - Westminster Abbey service

Title

VE day 40th anniversary - Westminster Abbey service

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:21

Description

Report on the national commemoration service for the 40th anniversary of VE day, in Westminster Abbey. Includes part of sermon from the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie. Male reporter not identified (poss. Dickie Arbiter).

Contributors

Robert Runcie; Dickie Arbiter?

Keywords

Second World War (1939-1945); Netherlands; Westminster Abbey; Reminiscence; VE day; War casualties; Commemorative events; Church services; Anniversaries; Sermons; Leningrad

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