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BBC 1922-1972: 50 Years Of Broadcasting
Overview
BBC 1922-1972: 50 Years Of Broadcasting --- 1979-04-00
Audio documentary covering 50 years of the British Broadcasting Corporation adapted from the Radio 4 series 'Fifty Broadcasting Years'. Reissue in black gatefold cover. Track B1 noted as Symphony Orchestra
Artist Bio
Videos
BBC 1922 1972 (side 2 to follow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqnNT4CabT0
50 Years of the BBC1922 1972 (Part 1 of 2) Narrated by Rene Cutforth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_AgBsEfzs
50 Years of the BBC 1922 -1972 (Part 2 of 2) Narrated by Rene Cutforth
Tracklist
1922-1932
Chimes Of Big Ben / The BBC Calling The World From London
Writtle Calling
Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue
Last Night On The Back Porch
Opening Of Savoy Hill 1923
Stride La Vampa (Il Trovatore)
Auntie Aggy Of The BBC
I Love A Lassie
Nightingales In Surrey Wood / Songs My Mother Taught Me
Do That Heebie Jeebie Dance
My Photograph
Opening Of Tutankhamun's Tomb
Tutankhamun's Trumpet
Introducing Gramaphone Record Programme
Love's Old Sweet Song
If My Songs Were Winged
The First Radio Padre
News Item About The General Strike 1926
Flight From England To Australia And Back By De Havilland Seaplane 50, 30.6.26-1.10.26
Heavyweight Championship - Tommy Farr Vs. Joe Louis
Say It With Music
Extract From Speech On Conversion Of War Loan 1.7.32
Short Extract From Speech By The Prime Minister On The Political Situation 25.8.31
Short Extract From Talk On Communications 19.11.32
Happy Days Are Here Again
Short Extract From "Joe Murgatoyd's Letter"
Reminiscences Of Hogsnorton
First Christmas Day Message From Sandringham 25.12.32
1933-1939
In Town Tonight - Introductory Sequence And Knightsbridge March
Sally
Where The Blue Of The Night
Here's To The Next Time
Speech From Reichstag 30.1.34
Speech At 2nd Quinquennial Fascist Assembly, Rome, 18.3.34
Speech On Political Implications Of Death Of President Von Hindenburg 2.8.34
Joseph Joseph
Whispering
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Outbreak Of Italo-Abyssinian War, News Bulletin 3.10.35
Music Hall (Opening Signature Tune)
Illness Of H.M. King George V - Special Announcement 20.1.36
Death Of H.M. King George V - Announcement 12.15am 21.1.36
Passing Bell
Funeral Of H.M. King George V. - Commentary From Westminster Hall 28.1.36
Message To The Empire 1.3.36
In The Mood
German Re-Occupation Of The Rhineland - News Bulletin 7.3.36
Opening Of Olympic Games In Berlin; Speech Followed By Singing Of Olympic Hymn
Opening Of BBC Television Service At Alexandra Palace - Announcement 2.11.36
Abdication Of H.M. King Edward VIII - Farewell Speech 11.12.36
Coronation Of H.M. King George VI And H.M. Queen Elizabeth. Recognition - Westminster Abbey 12.5.37
Royal Naval Review
Monday Night At Seven - Introduction And Opening Signature Tune
Band Waggon - Excerpt Of Chestnut Corner
Entry Of Germany Into Austria - Recordings Made At Linz 12.3.38
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
The Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain Returns From Munich 30.9.38
Invasion Of Poland - News Bulletin 1.9.39
Evacuation Of Children From Waterloo Station
Outbreak Of War With Germany. Announcement By The Prime Minister 3.9.39
1940-1945
The Fall Of France. Extract From Speech By The Prime Minister 17.6.40
Air Raid Sirens Followed By "Battle Of Britain" New Bulletin Of 15.9.40
Air Raid On London - Actuality Recording From Roof And Adjoining Street Of Broadcasting House
ITMA - Introduction From Special Performance For The Home Fleet At Scapa Flow
Garrison Theatre - Introduction Followed By "Nursey Nursey"
Sincerely Yours - "Wishing Will Make It So"
British Submarines In Mediterranean - News Bulletin 5.9.41
Sincerely Yours - "We'll Meet Again"
News Bulletin 7.9.41
Colonel Britton On The V For Victory Call Sign 31.7.41
El Alamein - War Report
Lilli Marlene
Advance Of The 8th Army In Western Desert - News Bulletin 4.11.42
Shipmates Ashore - Opening Signature Tune
Hi Gang! - Signature Tune And Introduction
Far Eastern Situation - News Bulletin 8.12.41
Happidrome - "We Three"
Merry-Go-Round (RAF Edition) - "Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh"
The Radio Doctor - On Ingestion
Workers Playtime
Capitulation Of Italy - News Bulletin 8.9.43
Ack-Ack Beer-Beer - Opening Signature Tune
The Brains Trust
The Old Town Hall - Closing Signature Tune
Italy Declares War On Germany - News Bulletin 12.10.43
Moonlight Serenade
D-Day Landings On Normandy Coast - News Item 06.06.44
Mitchell Bomber Over Normandy Coast
Broadcast At 0730 Hours On D-Day
Lilliburlero
D-Day - War Report
Invasion - War Report 08.08.44
Battle For Channel Ports
Capture Of Brussels - News Item Followed By Band And Crowds Singing "Quand Madelon" After The Liberation 04.09.44
Allied Airbourne Landings In Holland 17.09.44 - Announcement And War Report From Arnhem
Link-Up With Russian Army - War Report 25.04.45
White Cliffs Of Dover
Death Of Hitler - Special Announcement 01.05.45
Surrender Of German Armed Forces In Italy 02.05.45
Capture Of Berlin - News Item 02.05.45
VE Day - Winston Churchill Announces Victory In Europe Followed By Crowds Singing "Tipperary" 08.05.45
Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima 06.08.45
Japanese Surrender Signed, Tokyo Bay - News Item 02.09.45
1946-1972
FA Cup Final, Charlton Vs. Burnley, 1947 "The Ball Bursts"
Oxford Vs. Cambridge Boat Race, 1949
Wedding Of H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth And The Prince Phillip - Commentary Followed By The National Anthem 20.11.71
Mrs Dale's Diary
Have A Go - Introductory Sequence And "Have A Go Joe"
Ignorance Is Bliss - Introductory Sequence
Round The Horne - Opening Signature Tune And Dialogue
Take It From Here - The Glums - Signature Tune And Short Extract
The Goon Show - Short Excerpt From "Tales Of Old Dartmoor" Followed By "I Travel The Road"
The Archers - Opening Signature Tune "Barwick Green" And Short Excerpt "The Death Of Grace Archer"
Twenty Questions - Introductory Sequence
Down Your Way - Closing Sequence And "The Horse Guards, Whitehall"
First Trans-Atlantic Jet Flight By RAF Vampires - 16.7.48
Meteor Jet At 618mph - 12.10.48
Berlin, End Of Soviet Blockade - 4.5.49
Funeral Of H.M. King George 15.2.52
The Coronation Of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II - Prayer And Crowning By The Archbishop Of Canterbury - 2.6.53
Till Death Do Us Part - "TV Filth" - Short Extract
That Was The Week That Was. Opening Signature Tune And Short Extract From "What's Left Of The Empire
The Steptoes. Short Extract From Homes Fit For Heros
Men In Space - Gagarin 12.04.61
Assassination Of President Kennedy 22.11.63
England's World Cup Victory (Soccer) 1966
Short Extract From 1,000th Letter From America On Vietnam 24.03.68
Memorial Service In Westminster Abbey For Lord Reith 22.07.71 - Lament "Flowers Of The Forest"