World War II anniversary - Archive recordings

Title

World War II anniversary - Archive recordings

Genre

Interview; Vox pop; Speech; Special

TX Date

Jan 1970

Year of production

1989

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Duration

01:02:30

Description

Series of archive (mostly BBC) recordings from the Second World War. Includes recordings of Neville Chamberlain; Adolf Hitler; Lionel Marson; S.J. de Lotbiniere; Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II); Richard Dimbleby; Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother); Winston Churchill; Ed Murrow; Alvar Lidell; Bernard Stubbs; Anthony Eden; J.B. Priestley; Charles Gardner; Robin Duff; Herbert Morrison; Rev. R.T. Howard; Bruce Belfrage; Alan Howland; Frank Phillips; First Sea Lord A.V. Alexander (i.e. Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough); Robert Dougall; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Wilfred Pickles; Giles Playfair; Captain William Graves; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery; Godfrey Talbot; Freddy Grisewood; William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw); Audrey Russell; Robert Robinson; Paul Winterton; Frank Gillard(?); Commander Anthony Kimmins; vox pop with evacuated children. The recordings were probably collated for use on the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the war. See Further Information for more details.

Further information

http://www.otr.net/?p=news

Contributors

Queen Elizabeth II; Anthony Eden; Princess Elizabeth; William Joyce; Audrey Russell; Neville Chamberlain; Alvar Lidell; Bruce Belfrage; Adolf Hitler; Lionel Marson; S. J. de Lotbiniere; Ed Murrow; Richard Dimbleby; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Bernard Stubbs; J. B. Priestley; Charles Gardner; Robin Duff; Herbert Morrison; R. T. Howard; Alan Howland; Frank Phillips; A. V. Alexander; Robert Dougall; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Wilfred Pickles; Giles Playfair; William Graves; Bernard Montgomery; Godfrey Talbot; Freddy Grisewood; Robert Robinson; Paul Winterton; Anthony Kimmins; Frank Gillard(?); Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; Germany; Second World War (1939-1945); Wars (events); Anniversaries; Evacuees

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.