When the lights go on again

Title

When the lights go on again

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

8 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:23:13

Description

When the Lights Go on Again: VE-Day 1945 Remembered, presented by Dickie Arbiter. Contemporary news reports from the Second World War; interviews/speeches/broadcasts by Neville Chamberlain; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; Alvar Lidell; Bruce Belfrage; John Snagge; Humphrey Lyttelton; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Tommy Trinder; Wynford Vaughan-Thomas; Dr Robert Runcie; excerpt from Laurence Olivier’s production of Henry V; music from Vera Lynn and Ivor Novello.

Contributors

Queen Elizabeth II; Robert Runcie; John Snagge; Laurence Olivier; Vera Lynn; Dickie Arbiter; Neville Chamberlain; Alvar Lidell; Bruce Belfrage; Humphrey Lyttelton; King George VI; Tommy Trinder; Wynford Vaughan-Thomas; Winston Churchill (1874-1965); Ivor Novello

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; UK; Military affairs; Second World War (1939-1945); Reminiscence; VE day

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