LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Royal British Legion commemorate the dead

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

It is fifty years since the Japanese surrendered and the end of the Second World War. Two Royal British Legion officials, Graham Downing and Bert Reeves, are interviewed on being allowed into London’s County Hall, now owned by a Japanese company, to lay a wreath on the war memorial to remember fellow prisoners of war. The company had initially refused to allow them access. Also interview with a Television Tokyo reporter outside the building on possibilities of a full apology from the Japanese government for their actions in the war and how this is tied up with compensation claims. Interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Graham Downing; Bert Reeves

Keywords

Compensation; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan; Prisoners of War; Commemorative events; Veterans; War memorials; Royal British Legion

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