Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/65/19/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy 1 of 2
LevelItem
Date17 May 1972 - 24 May 1972
DescriptionThe speakers on this programme are not identified.

Track 1: A description of being in air-raid shelters; J. B. Priestley's view of coming to London; the dead bodies of women, 3.05 mins
Track 2: 'Austerity and solidarity' during the Second World War; air-raids; experiences of the war along with recitations of material relating to the war, 3.08 mins
Track 3: Experiences of the war along with recitations of material relating to the war, including discussion of Churchill and women working during the war, 2.48 mins
Track 4: Discussion about work during the war and other aspects of the war, 2.43 mins
Track 5: The death of a man; unidentified women talk about working during the war; unidentified people recite being in a fighter plane; 2.55 mins
Track 6: A description of 'counting squadrons' in and out; discussion about women putting on clean underwear incase they have to leave the house in an air-raid; unidentified person lists the items that they are unable to supply; 2.48 mins
Track 7: 'Colonel Britain' addresses Europe; a child describes the things they miss; evacuation; the difference between the two groups that met as a result of evacuation; equality that arose as a result of air-raids and the war, 3.19 mins
Track 8: Expectations for life after the war; a description of going into action; a woman describes making a dress from a sheet; people talk about eating; unknown song; 3.15 mins
Track 9: A discussion about chronic indigestion; the destruction of clothing; a BBC radio news item about D-Day and VE Day and the end of the war, 2.31 mins
Track 10: The post-war world; the end of the war and the parties that were held, 2.57 mins
Track 11: A description of an explosion; the 'slackening of austerity'; unknown song; a woman describes her father returning home; unknown song; post-war bread rationing, 4.06 mins
Track 12: Post-war rationing, which included clothes, meat, milk, flour, eggs and soap; post-war affluence, austerity and solidarity, 3.17 mins
Track 13: Credits of the programme 'The People's War and Peace' which gives the names of the readers, commentators and other people involved in the making of the programme, 1.06 mins
Track 14: Start of programme 'Story Time: The Shamrock Dossier' by Michael '(Kennien', 3.50 mins

Total: 41.50 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA 1of2 KF565D1002580
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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