CD · 1999

The Century In Sound (A Millennium CD)

British Library NSA CD8 · 1999 · UK

JazzNon-MusicPopClassicalFolk, World, & CountryStage & ScreenSpeechSpoken WordDialogueInterviewPoliticalPublic BroadcastField RecordingFolk

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Tracklist

47 tracks

1

1901 First Performance Of Elgar's Pomp And Circumstance March No.1 (Extract)

The BBC Symphony Orchestra

1:12
2

1909 Expedition To The South Pole (Edited Extract)

Sir Ernest Shakleton

1:54
3

Votes For Women (Edited Extract)

Christabel Pankhurst

1:15
4

1909 Speech On The Budget (Edited Extract)

David Lloyd-George

1:13
5

1912 The Sinking Of 'The Titanic' (Edited Extract)

Charles Herbert Lightoller

1:53
6

Gas Shell Bombardment / 'It's A Long Way To Tipperary' (Extract)

Royal Garrison Artillery/ John McCormack

1:04
7

'With Our Boys At The Front' (Extract)

Sgt. Edward Dwyer

1:17
8

The First World War Homefront (Extract)

Sir Hugh Casson

1:57
9

1924 Opening Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamun (Extract)

Dr Howard Carter

1:20
10

1926 The General Strike (Extract)

Jack Gaster

1:33
11

1929 Election Speech On Unemployment (Edited Extract)

Ramsay Macdonald

1:21
12

1930 G.B. Shaw And Albert Einstein

George Bernard Shaw And Albert Einstein

2:13
13

1930 'The Story Of My Flight' (Edited Extract) / 'Amy'

Amy Johnson/ Pat O'Malley Accompanied By Jack Hylton And His Orchestra

2:27
14

His Spiritual Message To The World (Edited Extract)

Mahatma Gandhi

1:27
15

1932 First Royal Christmas Day Broadcast (Edited Extract)

King George V

1:22
16

1934 Fascists' Rally At Olympia (Extract)

Sir Oswald Mosley, Lou Kenton

2:44
17

'Tonight At 8.30' Scene From Shadow Play Part 1 (Extract)

Noel Coward And Gertrude Lawrence Accompanied By The Phoenix Theatre Orchestra, London

1:11
18

1936 Abdication Of Edward VIII (Extract)

King Edward VIII

2:05
19

1937 Hindenburg Air Disaster (Extract)

Herbert Morrison

1:23
20

Declaration Of War (Extract)

Neville Chamberlain

0:42
21

Air Raid Siren

No Artist

0:14
22

'This Was Their Finest Hour' (Extract)

Sir Winston Churchill

1:36
23

Night Raid On London

No Artist

0:16
24

'A Broadcast Message To Children' (Edited Extract)

Princess Elizabeth

1:26
25

V1 Bomb

No Artist

0:41
26

'White Cliffs Of Dover' (Extract)

Vera Lynn Accompanied By Mantovani And His Orchestra

2:02
27

1948 Foundation Of The National Health Service (Extract)

Aneurin Bevan

2:13
28

Jazz Club Theme

Reg Arnold, Johnny Dankworth, Ronnie Scott, Victor Feldman, Jack Fallon, Ralph Sharon, Carlo Krahmer

1:23
29

Shakespeare: Othello (Extract)

Paul Robeson

1:05
30

Coming To Britain (Edited Extract)

Gilli Salvat

2:32
31

'Sweet Jamaica' (Extract)

Lord Kitchener AKA Aldwyn Roberts Accompanied By Unknown Artist

1:27
32

'The Wind Of Change' (Extract)

Harold Macmillan

0:43
33

1960 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' Goes On Sale (Edited Extract)

Unknown Artist

0:51
34

'The White Heat Of Technology' (Extract)

Harold Wilson

0:52
35

1963 Assassination Of President Kennedy (Extract)

Unknown Artist

1:54
36

1966 Football World Cup Final (Extract)

Brian Moore And Maurice Edelston

0:38
37

1968 Roll-Out Of First UK Concorde

Unknown Artist

1:19
38

1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing (Two Extracts)

Buzz Aldrin, Neil A. Armstrong, Charlie Duke

3:00
39

1972 Mary Peters Wins Olympic Gold (Extract)

Mary Peters

1:38
40

Endangered Nature (Extract)

Sir David Attenborough

1:36
41

1982 Argentina Invades The Falkland Islands (Edited Extract)

Margaret Thatcher

1:30
42

1989 Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Graham Leach

1:01
43

1993 The Joint Declaration On Northern Island (Edited Extract)

John Major And Albert Reynolds

1:11
44

Diana, Princess Of Wales (Extract)

Diana, Princess Of Wales And Martin Bashir

0:51
45

1997 Funeral Of Diana, Princess Of Wales (Edited Extract)

The Earl Spencer

1:20
46

Britain And Europe (Edited Extract)

Tony Blair And William Hague

2:32
47

The Next Century (Edited Extracts)

Unknown Artist

2:15