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17 results found for '"War memorials"' in Keywords.
US scientist finds the wreck of the Bismarck (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
The US scientist who rediscovered the wreck of the German battleship, Bismarck has been speaking for the first time about his respect for the hundreds of men killed during one of the War’s bloodiest...
HMS Hood survivor on the Bismarck as a war grave (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
One of the two remaining survivors of HMS Hood, sunk by the German warship Bismarck, says the wreck of the mammoth German vessel should be left where it lies. The Bismarck has been discovered by the US...
The Queens visit to South African graves (1995)
- Genre
- News report
Chief correspondent Paul Maurice reports on Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to a memorial in Soweto, remembering South African sailors who died in the English Channel in World War One.
Speech on a war memorial in South Africa (1995)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech in Soweto by Tokyo Sexwale, ANC, at the memorial for the South Africans who died on board a ship that sunk in the English Channel in World War One. Coincides with a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to...
Royal British Legion commemorate the dead (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Former POWs held by the Japanese in the Second World War have been allowed to lay a wreath inside London’s County Hall. Initially, its Japanese owners had refused to allow veterans inside the building, but...
Royal British Legion commemorate the dead (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
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...
Memorial service for British Gulf War dead (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Chief correspondent, Paul Maurice reports on a memorial service to the forty-seven members of the armed forces who were killed in the Gulf War with a plaque unveiled in the crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral....