Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/13/1/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date1959
DescriptionRadio programme presented by A. L. Lloyd, featuring stories and songs in honour of Lord Nelson.

Story features sailors and Naval Officers of Nelson discussing and praising his life and work. The story also features a female character, a widow of a sailor, making the case against the glorification of war, emphasising the human cost.

Track 1: Introduction to programme 0.23 mins
Track 2: 'Bold Nelson's Praise' song 0.31 mins
Track 3: Story setting the scene around the ships the week after Nelson's funeral 0.55 mins
Track 4: Unknown song about the glory of Lord Nelson 0.30 mins
Track 5: Story continues... 1.11 mins
Track 6: Story continues: Sailors' memories of Nelson and his funeral 1.43 mins
Track 7: 'Mars For Evermore' victory song by sailors 1.14 mins
Track 8: Story continues... 1.51 mins
Track 9: 'All Things Are Quite Silent' lamenting song by widow character 1.52 mins
Track 10: Story continues: A sailor remembers being with Nelson at Santa Cruz 2.43 mins
Track 11: 'The Banks of the Nile' song 2.23 mins
Track 12: Story continues: Arriving up The Nile 3.56 mins
Track 13: Unknown song 1.52 mins
Track 14: Story continues: To Copenhagen...! 1.07 mins
Track 15: Silence 10.44 mins

Total: 32.57 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0495980
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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