Douglas-Home seeks pardon for court martial
- Title
- Douglas-Home seeks pardon for court martial
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 22 Feb 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:03:28
- Description
- Rodney Bennett reports on the attempt by William Douglas-Home to seek a royal pardon for being court-martialled and imprisoned during World War II for disobeying commands when part of a force ordered to take Le Havre. Also comments on his writing career. Includes interview with Douglas-Home.
- Contributors
- Rodney Bennett; William Douglas-Home
- Keywords
- Playwrights; Second World War (1939-1945); Pardons (procedures); Military law; Courts of inquiry; William Douglas-Home; Courts martial
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