| MUSEUM OF SOUND A look at the work of the B.B.C. in recording sounds for posterity. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7066 |
| Catalog #: | 510999 | |
| Clip Number: | 510999-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 383 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:25 - 01:35:46 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RADIO: Misc. JOURNALISM: Radio LIBRARIES: Archives LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | M/S of Linton Fletcher talking again about their vast library. We see moving pictures of Edison with original phonograph, Gladstone is speaking on the record. Fletcher discusses recording events and we see good footage of the eruption of Krakatoa. We hear Lord Roberts speaking in 1913 about the Home Guard, it shows them marching then and now. Fletcher compares Churchill's speech of 1918 to a recent one from 1943. Various good shots of women indexers in the library, they look along the shelves and select certain records. Fletcher says he hopes the records will convey their way of life. Various shots of Lloyd George, Stalin and Roosevelt. | |
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