Format: LP, Album, Mono
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country: UK
Record Label: BBC Records
Catalog No: REC 562
Barcode: Barcode 5011755302719
Released: 1985
Genre: Non-Music
Style: Public Service Announcement, Speech
Comments:
Very clean vinyl and labels. Sleeve has light ring wear, no splits or writing. Record is in excellent condition, no obvious signs of wear. Lovely copy!
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Notes:
Subtitled "Broadcasts and reports from BBC War Correspondents - Spring 1945".
The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill appears by courtesy of the Decca Record Co.
℗ BBC 1985 © BBC 1985
Made and printed in England.
Manufactured and distributed by PRT Ltd
Barcode: 5 011755 302719
Pressed at Damont.
A1. Bernard Law Montgomery - C. In C. Of British Armies In France, Delivers A Message To His Men . . . 'Forward Into Germany'. 17/9/44
A2. Ian Wilson (7) - Announces That The First US Army Has Crossed The Rhine At Remagen. 8/3/45
A3. Chester Wilmot - Describes The Breakthrough At Wesel Bridge-Head. 11/3/45
A4. Richard Dimbleby - Reports The Biggest Airborne Attack Ever Launched As 6000 Allied Aircraft Cross The Rhine. 24/3/45
A5. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - Vividly Describes Crossing The Rhine With The Attacking Allied Troops. 24/3/45
A6. Stewart MacPherson (2) - Is Caught Up In The Advancing Allied Formations . . . 'Almost Like A Day At Brooklands'. 28/3/45
A7. Robert Barr - Sees The Prime Minister Cross The Rhine And Inspect The Battlefield. 25/3/45
A8. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - Experiences A Real Feeling Of Conquest And An End To It All. 31/5/45
A9. Richard Dimbleby - Hears The BBC News In A German Country Hotel. 8/4/45
A10. Edward Ward - Is Liberated By American Troops After Four Years In A POW Camp. 31/3/45
A11. Robert Reid - Enters Ziegenhain POW Camp After Its 1200 British Inmates Had Been Liberated By General Patton's Forces. 3/4/45
A12. Richard Dimbleby - Describes The Scene As Belsen's Gates Are Opened. 19/4/45
B1. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - In The 'Nazi Party Hall Of Honour' In The Town Of Buchholz . . . 'This Nursery Of Fanaticism'. 24/4/45
B2. Stuart Hibberd - BBC Newsflash 'Hitler Is Dead'
B3. Richard Dimbleby - Outside Hitler's Chancellery. A Later Recording. 4/7/45
B4. Stuart Hibberd - Interrupts A Programme To Announce The Latest News From Moscow, That Berlin Has Fallen. 2/5/45
B5. Thomas Cadett - Reports From The Devastated German Capital And Declares That 'Berlin Has Practically Ceased To Exist'. 9/5/45
B6a. William Joyce - Makes His Last Emotional Broadcast From Reichsender Hamburg On The 31 Metre Band 'You May Not Hear From Me Again' . . .
B6b. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - Does A Passable 'Germany Calling' Impression From Joyce's Studio, Recently Vacated. 4/5/45
B7. Bernard Law Montgomery - Reads The Terms Of Unconditional Surrender At The Ceremony Of Signature On Lüneburg Heath. 7/5/45
B8. Edward Ward - Is Overwhelmed By A 'Very Good Lunch' And Russian Hospitality As The U.S. First Army And The Fifth Ukrainian Army Link Up. 23/4/45
B9. Thomas Cadett - Witnesses The Signing Of Unconditional Surrender By General Jodl At Supreme Headquarters. 7/5/45
B10. John Snagge - Announces Victory In Europe Day. 7/5/45
B11. The Prime Minister - Proclaims The German Surrender . . . 'We May Allow Ourselves A Brief Period Of Rejoicing'. 8/5/45
B12. H.M. King George VI - Records That 'The Enemy Has Been Finally Overcome'. 8/5/45
B13. Bernard Law Montgomery - Victory Day Speech. 8/5/45
B14. Harry S. Truman - Expresses A Common Feeling . . . 'I Wish That FDR Had Lived To See This Day'. 8/5/45
B15. Richard Dimbleby - Joins The Crowds As The Prime Minister Appears On The Ministry Of Health Balcony, Complete With Boiler Suit And Homburg. 8/5/45
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