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  1. VE Day 40th anniversary - veterans on celebrations (1985)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Interviews with some World War Two veterans on their thoughts about the VE day 40th anniversary celebrations. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

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  2. Return visit to River Kwai (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the visit of World War Two veterans and relatives to the bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand on the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, with Last Post played. Speaking are...

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  3. Remembrance Day service in Kranji (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Maurice reports on the Remembrance Day service held in Kranji Cemetary, Singapore for those lost in the Second World War. Includes interview with Louisa Hartley, nurse and former POW, sermon and...

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  4. Kenneth Cook WW2 memories (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Remembrance day special with Kenneth Cook recalling being cast adrift on a raft for 43 days off the coast of Africa after his ship was torpedoed and sunk during the Second World War and the incidents and...

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  5. Bill Sparks WW2 memories (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Remembrance Day special with Cockleshell Hero Bill Sparks recalling the Royal Marine canoe raid on enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour during the Second World War. On the raid, his escape across France and...

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  6. Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Ralph Clifton, former Japanese POW and eyewitness to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Speaking on the 40th anniversary of the dropping of the bombs on Nagasaki and...

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  7. Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, official British observer to the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 remembering what he saw and why the decision to use the bombs was...

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  8. Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on anniversary events in Japan to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes interview with Jacob Beser, who flew...

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  9. Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special

    Series of clips (some archival) used for Dave Loyn’s programme on the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 (40 years ago) entitled The Force of the Sun. Contributors...

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  10. Happy Birthday Jack (1985)

    Genre
    Feature

    Special Saturday documentary Happy Birthday Jack, on John George (Jack) Phillips, Chief Wireless Operator on the SS Titanic, who celebrated his 25th birthday on board and stayed at his post sending SOS...

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