World War II-Neville Chamberlain’s declaration

Title

World War II-Neville Chamberlain’s declaration

Genre

Speech

TX Date

3 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:49

Description

Archive recording of UK Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, broadcasting to the British nation following the formal declaration of war with Germany at 11 am on 03/09/39. The recording was broadcast on LBC to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Second World War, is extracted from the BBC record: The Second World War, and is therefore subject to BBC copyright restrictions.

Contributors

BBC; Neville Chamberlain

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; Germany; Prime ministers; Speeches; Second World War (1939-1945); Anniversaries; Neville Chamberlain

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