The voice of Winston Churchill

Title

The voice of Winston Churchill

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:22:56

Description

First part of 2 part special The Voice of Winston Churchill, with recordings taken from the Decca 12 record album Winston Churchill: His Memoirs and His Speeches 1918 to 1965. Includes Churchill on Corporal Hitler; Hiroshima and Nagasaki; von Ribbentrop; September 1939; the fall of the government and becoming Prime Minister; the Dunkirk evacuation; the invasion of Britain, and the Battle of Britain. With speeches You ask what is our policy; In a solemn hour; Whatever happens at Dunkirk; We shall fight on the beaches; This was their finest hour; Never in the field of human conflict; Like the Mississipi, let it roll; Battle of the Atlantic; and Give us the tools. Also US President Kennedy proclaiming Churchill an honorary citizen in 1963. With musical extracts.

Contributors

John F. Kennedy; Winston Churchill (1874-1965); The Decca Record Company Ltd

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Military personnel; Prime ministers; Second World War (1939-1945); Disc recordings; Military operations; Operation Overlord (1944); Nuclear bomb; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Adolf Hitler; Battle of Britain (1940); Maritime warfare; Land warfare; Battles; Aerial warfare; Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945); Winston Churchill (1874-1965); Dunkirk

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