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90 results found for '"Veterans (Armed Forces)"' in Keywords.
Sir John Smyth receives VC (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir John Smyth talks about being awarded the Victoria Cross in May 1979 at the age of 86.
Monty at large (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
In this week’s edition Monty Modlyn visits the Royal British Legion factory in Richmond, south London, which supplies poppies for the Remembrance Day appeal for war veterans. He speaks to volunteers and...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Special
Our Kind of Town. Keith Howell hosts this episode (Old Soldiers Never Die?) in which 84 year-old World War I survivor Charlie Garrard(?) shares his recollections of the War. Rose Coombs, Special Collections...
Dunkirk evacuation 40th anniversary (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Dickie Arbiter reports on the reunion of veterans during the 40 year anniversary commemorations of the evacuation of Dunkirk Harbour in France during the Second World War.
French trawlermen blockade (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Captain Richard Wilks, Second World War veteran, on the action taken by French trawlermen in blocking off Channel ports to incoming passenger ferries and how he moved the Sealink ferry Hengist...
Mount up the wings (1981)
- Genre
- Feature; Special
Mount Up the Wings, a documentary in memory of the Battle of Britain and Britain during the Second World War. With interviews (ex-service personnel, not identified) and dramatised sections. Looks at the...
Royal British Legion funding (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Air Vice Marshall Charles Maughan, General Secretary of the Royal British Legion, on the problems of funding and of increasing costs and need for their services, as outlined in their recent...
Falklands crisis- marines on life on SS Canberra (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Marines John Power(?) and Noddy Dunn(?) talk to Kim Sabido about life on the SS Canberra as it travels towards the Falkland Islands compared to other campaigns.
London cabbies provide lunch for Falklands War veterans (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Frank Braverman of the London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled, on wounded Falklands War servicemen being treated to a lunch at Leeds Castle, Maidstone, courtesy of London cab drivers. Male...
Falklands War - Ian McDonald on charity auction (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Ian McDonald, Ministry of Defence official and spokesman during the Falklands War, at an auction in London to raise money for veterans of the conflict. Male interviewer not identified.