World War II-Richard Dimbleby by a French road

Title

World War II-Richard Dimbleby by a French road

Genre

News report

TX Date

15 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:13

Description

Archive BBC news broadcast by Richard Dimbleby reporting from a French road as he watches an Irish regiment march by. Originally broadcast 15/10/39. Includes sound of bagpipes. 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; Richard Dimbleby

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; France; Second World War (1939-1945); Army; Anniversaries

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