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D-Day landings archive recordings (1974)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
A selection of archival BBC radio clips on the D-Day landings. The first is the announcement of the D-Day landings, including a report from a bomber plane on a mission as they fly over the invasion. The next...
Robert Maxwell on life and times (1974)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with publisher and former Labour MP Robert Maxwell on his life and career. Covers the way the press invades his private life; his thoughts on bringing in a new Scottish paper; advertising; his...
The celebrity interview (1974)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Callan with the Celebrity Interview programme. This week’s guest is Donald Wise, a Daily Mirror war correspondent who is now returning to work in London. On his return; his life including as a...
Miss World returns to UK (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with 1964 Miss World Anne Sidney on her return to Poole. It looks at her life history since winning Miss World, working in Vegas, the future of the Miss World competition, returning to England,...
Harold Wilson on first year in government (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister Harold Wilson, interviewed on the current affairs television programme World in Action, speaking on his first year in government; the threat of economic disaster; inflation; his election...
Montgomery speaking in 1942 (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary; Speech
Archival news report of British army commander General Montgomery’s visit to a munitions factory in 1942, including a speech by him on the war and the importance of the Home Front. Broadcast on LBC...
US Eagles recollect WW2 (1976)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Christopher Hourmouzious tours the RAF Museum in Hendon, London with veteran pilots of the US Eagles squadrons that joined the RAF before the USA officially joined the war. They see Second World War aircraft...
Londoners on the Blitz (1976)
- Genre
- Feature; Interview; Special
Christopher Hourmouzious talks to East Londoners about their personal experiences during the Blitz. A book by Professor Tom Harrison, entitled Living Through the Blitz, and based on oral histories, is the...
Brian Hayes show (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes talks to Julia Morley about the politics of the Miss World contest. From the Women’s Lib movement of the early 1970s, whose protest against the contest Morley resented but considered a healthy...
Disruption of Miss World contest (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Bruce Pavey interviews Julia Morley about political pressures on the Miss World contest in connection with South Africa and apartheid. Nine contestants have been withdrawn this year, in protest against the...