Title

World War II-Queen Elizabeth broadcast

Genre

Speech

TX Date

11 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:53

Description

Archive broadcast by Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) stressing the importance of the active role of women in the Second World War. Originally broadcast 11/11/39. The recording was broadcast on LBC to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Second World War, is extracted from the BBC record: The Second World War, and is therefore subject to BBC copyright restrictions.

Contributors

BBC; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; Women; Royal family; Second World War (1939-1945); Royalty; Anniversaries

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