| GEORGE VI CHRISTMAS SPEECH - 1937 Soundtrack only recording of King George VI's Christmas speech. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7550 |
| Catalog #: | 491725 | |
| Clip Number: | 491725-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 62 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:06 - 01:15:23 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISABILITIES: Speech Impediment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England ROYALTY: British, George VI (Prince Albert, Duke of York) | |
| Description: | Tape 7550 B SOUND ONLY. NO VISUAL. Christmas speech of King George VI , 1937 (his first Christmas as King.) King George VI gives his traditional Christmas time speech to the nation in 1937. He is really taking his time over the delivery - it illustrates his speech impediment, although he doesn't stutter or stammer. He talks of the past year and the promises made at the Coronation. He talks of making the Christmas message the keystone of people's daily lives. "Many of you will remember the Christmas broadcast of former years when my father spoke to his people at home and overseas as the revered head of a great family. His words brought happiness into the homes and into the hearts of listeners all over the world. I can not aspire to take his place. Nor do I think that you would wish me to carry on, unvaried, a tradition so personal to him. But as this is the first Christmas since our coronation, the Queen and I feel that we want to send to you all a further word of gratitude for the love and loyalty you gave us from every quarter of the Empire during this unforgettable year now drawing to its end. We have promised to try and be worthy of your trust & this is a pledge that we shall always keep. As we look back on the year now closing, we see the parts of the world, the shadows of enmity and of fear. But the us turn to the message that Christmas brings of Peace and Goodwill. Let us see to it that this spirit shall in the end prevail & every one of us can help by making that immortal message a keystone of our daily lives. And so to all of you, whether at home among your families as we are or in hospital or at your posts carrying out the duties that can not be left undone, we send our Christmas greetings and wish you under God's blessings, health and prosperity in the years that lie ahead." | |
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