Various – The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949

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Genre:	Non-Music
Style:	Spoken Word
Year:	1949

Tracklist

		Side 1: The Wasted Years
		In Washington President Truman Hails The North Atlantic Pact
		Flashback To H.G. Wells Prophecy In 1934: "The World Is Drifting Towards Catastrophe"
		Prime Ministers Ramsey Macdonald And Stanley Baldwin In Pursuit Of Peace
		The Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini, Glorifying War
		King George V. Broadcasts An Historic Prayer From Britain's Parliament
		The Voice Of Amelia Ehrhart, Martyr To Aviation
		The Giant Airship Hindenburg Bursts Into Flames At Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6th, 1937
		Side 2: Prelude To War
		Kind Edward VIII. Abdicates For "The Woman I Love"
		Austria Is Annexed By Hitler, - Speech And Acclamation
		Returning From Munich, Neville Chamberlain, Brings An Assurance Of Peace With
		"Liberating" Nazis March Into The Sudetenland
		September 1st, 1939 -Poland Invaded By - Neville Chamberlain's Broadcast Of September 3rd, 1939 ("... And That Consequently, This Country Is At War With "
		London Hears Its First Air Raid Alarm
		Side 3: Britain Stands Alone
		Gas-Mask Training For School-Children During The "Phoney War"
		Low Countries Invaded, May 10th, 1940
		Singing Tommies Cross Belgium Frontier To Meet Wehrmacht
		Three Weeks Later, J.B. Priestley, Broadcasts His Famous Postscript To The Epic Of Dunkirk (The Good Ship "Gracie Fields")
		Enslaved Europe Hear The Voices Of Her Leaders In London: President Benes, Queen Wilhelmina, King Haakon, King Peter, General Sikorski, General De Gaulle
		Winston Churchill ralies The Nation (Let Us Therefore Brace Ourselves To Our Duty)
		Side 4: The Lion Has Wings
		R.A.F. Spitfires And Hurricanes Fight And Win The Battle Of Britain
		Luftwaffe's Night "Blitz" On London
		Spirit Of The Cockney Expressed By Cab-Driver Harry Anderson
		Two Americans Ben Lyons And Bebe Daniels And The Well-Loved Tommy Handley Bring Good Cheer To Embattled London Through The "Hi Gang" And "Itma" Radio Programme
		The Voice Of Colonel Britten Is Heard By The Resistance Movement In Underground Europe ("The Night Is Your Friend. The V Is Your Sign.")
		Side 5: New World Rallies To The Old
		Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbour Brings America Into War And Franklin D. Roosevelt Declares His Faith In Victory
		general Douglas Mac Arthur At Melbourne, March 21st, 1942
		British War Workers Sing At The Production Front
		Nightingale In A Surrey Wood Matches Its Voice Against The Drone Of A Thousand Bombers Striking At
		Intercom, Conversation By Bomber Crew Over Berlin
		General Montgomery's Private Speech At Eighth Army Officers Before El Alamein ("Here We Will Stand And Fight"), August 13th, 1942
		Side 6: The Long Night Ends
		Eighth Army's Artillery Barrage Opens The Battle Of El Alamein
		From Britain, General "Ike" Eisenhower Announces The D-Day Invasion Of , June 6th, 1944
		Actuality Recording By Stanley Maxted Made Under Fire With The Airborne Division At Arnhem
		Joyous Paris Crowds Greet The Army Of Liberation
		Britain's Final Ordeal By Pilotless Planes And Rockets
		Crossing The Rhine In A "Buffalo" In Pursuit Of The Wehrmacht
		Liberated Victim Of A Nazi Concentration Camp Meets His Mother
		Side 7: We Shall Them
		Victory Celebration In Whitehall On V-E Day: Winston Churchill Greets The Singing Crowds. ("This Is Your Victory, The Victory Of The Cause Of Freedom In Every Land")
		Genral "Ike" Eisenhower Becomes A Freeman Of The City Of London And Adresses Fellow-Citizens From The Mansion House Steps
		Memorial Service At St. Paul's Cathedral To Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 17th, 1945. The Great Bells Of St. Paul's Ring Out A Tribute To Britain's Staunch Friend.
		Side 8: The Reckoning
		Clement Attlee Britain's New Prime Minister, Announces The Japanese Surrender And The End Of The War
		General Election Exchanges Between Churchill And Attlee Over The B.B.C.
		Trials Of Nazi War Criminals At Nuremberg: Hermann Goering And Rudolf Hess Enter Ples Of "Not Guilty"
		The Nuremberg Judgement Is Pronounced.
		Eye-witness Sergeant-Major E. Austin reports Heinrich Himmler's Suicide
		William ("Lord Haw-Haw") Joyce Propaganda Puppet Of Goebbels Is Sentenced To Death In London
		Side 9: Tapestry Of Empire
		Britain's Royal Family Tours The Union The Union Of South Africa And The Rhodesias.
		King George Vi. Speaks Of His Anxiety About Britain's Economic Plight.
		Princess Eliabeth Comes Of Age: Her Solemn Dedication To The Service Of The Empire
		Jawaharlal Nehru On transfer Of Power To India
		Swearing-In Of Lord Louis Mountbatten As First Governor-General Of India
		Archbishop Of Canterbury Conducts Royal Wedding Of Princess Elizabeth And Duke Of Edinburgh At Westminster Abbey. ("For As Much As Philip And Elizabeth...")
		Side 10: Men Can Sing Together
		Duke Of Edinburgh Adresses Mansion House Audience On Return From Paris
		Dr. Chaim Weizmann Speaks With Pride Of The New State Of Israel.
		A Remedy For Sick And Infected Europe Is Prescribed By U.S. Secretary Of State George Marshall At Harvard University.
		The "Air-Lift" Over The Soviet Blockade Of Berlin.
		Ernest Bevin At Washington, On The Meaning Of The North Atlantic Pact. ("At Last, DemocracyIs No Longer A Series Of Isolated Units...")
		Olympic Hymn Sung By Massed Choirs At Olympic Games, London, 1948

Credits (3)

John Snagge
Narrator
Brian George (3)
Producer
Frederic Mullally
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	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 5×Shellac, 12", 78 RPM	Oriole – ST.2005	UK	1949	UK — 1949	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Reissue, Mono	Oriole – MG 20021	UK	1958	UK — 1958	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Mono	Oriole – MG 20021	UK	1958	UK — 1958	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Album, Reissue	CBS – BPG 62888	UK	1966	UK — 1966	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Album, Mono	Oriole – MG 20021	New Zealand		New Zealand	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Album, Mono	His Master's Voice – JALP 10	South Africa		South Africa	New Submission
	The Sounds Of Time: A Dramatisation In Sound Of The Years 1934-1949 LP, Album, Mono	Oriole – MG 20021	New Zealand		New Zealand	New Submission