World War II anniversary - Archive recordings

Title
World War II anniversary - Archive recordings
Genre
Interview; Vox pop; Speech; Special
TX Date
Jan 1970
Year of production
1989
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Duration
01:02:30
Description
Series of archive (mostly BBC) recordings from the Second World War. Includes recordings of Neville Chamberlain; Adolf Hitler; Lionel Marson; S.J. de Lotbiniere; Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II); Richard Dimbleby; Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother); Winston Churchill; Ed Murrow; Alvar Lidell; Bernard Stubbs; Anthony Eden; J.B. Priestley; Charles Gardner; Robin Duff; Herbert Morrison; Rev. R.T. Howard; Bruce Belfrage; Alan Howland; Frank Phillips; First Sea Lord A.V. Alexander (i.e. Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough); Robert Dougall; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Wilfred Pickles; Giles Playfair; Captain William Graves; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery; Godfrey Talbot; Freddy Grisewood; William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw); Audrey Russell; Robert Robinson; Paul Winterton; Frank Gillard(?); Commander Anthony Kimmins; vox pop with evacuated children. The recordings were probably collated for use on the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the war. See Further Information for more details.
Further information
http://www.otr.net/?p=news
Contributors
Queen Elizabeth II; Anthony Eden; Princess Elizabeth; William Joyce; Audrey Russell; Neville Chamberlain; Alvar Lidell; Bruce Belfrage; Adolf Hitler; Lionel Marson; S. J. de Lotbiniere; Ed Murrow; Richard Dimbleby; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Bernard Stubbs; J. B. Priestley; Charles Gardner; Robin Duff; Herbert Morrison; R. T. Howard; Alan Howland; Frank Phillips; A. V. Alexander; Robert Dougall; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Wilfred Pickles; Giles Playfair; William Graves; Bernard Montgomery; Godfrey Talbot; Freddy Grisewood; Robert Robinson; Paul Winterton; Anthony Kimmins; Frank Gillard(?); Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Keywords
UK; Great Britain; Germany; Second World War (1939-1945); Wars (events); Anniversaries; Evacuees

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.

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LBC/IRN, "World War II anniversary - Archive recordings". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0092a00445001 (Accessed 18 Jan 2026)