The Century in Sound

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  1. 1.
    1901 First Performance of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
    1:13
  2. 2.
    1909 Expedition to the South Pole / Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
    1:55
  3. 3.
    Votes for Women
    1:17
  4. 4.
    1909 Speech on the Budget
    1:16
  5. 5.
    1912 The Sinking of the ‘Titanic’
    1:56
  6. 6.
    Gas Shell Bombardment / ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’
    1:10
  7. 7.
    ‘With Our Boys at the Front’ / ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’
    1:16
  8. 8.
    The First World War Homefront
    2:00
  9. 9.
    1924 Opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
    1:24
  10. 10.
    1926 The General Strike
    1:36
  11. 11.
    1929 Election Speech on Unemployment
    1:23
  12. 12.
    1930 G.B. Shaw and Albert Einstein
    2:16
  13. 13.
    1930 ‘The Story of My Flight’ / ‘Amy’
    2:30
  14. 14.
    His Spiritual Message to the World
    1:30
  15. 15.
    1932 First Royal Christmas Day Broadcast
    1:25
  16. 16.
    1934 Fascists’ Rally at Olympia / Interview
    2:47
  17. 17.
    ‘Tonight at 8.30’ Scene From Shadow Play, Part 1
    2:14
  18. 18.
    1936 Abdication of Edward VIII
    2:08
  19. 19.
    1937 Hindenburg Air Disaster
    1:26
  20. 20.
    Declaration of War
    0:42
  21. 21.
    Air Raid Siren
    0:15
  22. 22.
    ‘This Was Their Finest Hour’
    1:34
  23. 23.
    Night Raid on London
    0:18
  24. 24.
    ‘A Broadcast Message to Children’
    1:25
  25. 25.
    V1 Bomb
    0:41
  26. 26.
    ‘White Cliffs of Dover’
    2:05
  27. 27.
    1948 Foundation of the National Health Service
    2:16
  28. 28.
    Jazz Club Theme
    1:26
  29. 29.
    Shakespeare: Othello
    1:08
  30. 30.
    Coming to Britain
    2:34
  31. 31.
    ‘Sweet Jamaica’
    1:29
  32. 32.
    ‘The Wind of Change’
    0:45
  33. 33.
    1960 ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Goes on Sale
    0:53
  34. 34.
    ‘The White Heat of Technology’
    0:55
  35. 35.
    1963 Assassination of President Kennedy
    1:56
  36. 36.
    1966 Football World Cup Final
    0:41
  37. 37.
    1968 Roll‐Out of First UK Concorde
    1:21
  38. 38.
    1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing
    3:03
  39. 39.
    1972 Mary Peters Wins Olympic Gold
    1:40
  40. 40.
    Endangered Nature
    1:39
  41. 41.
    1982 Argentina Invades the Falkland Islands
    1:33
  42. 42.
    1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
    1:04
  43. 43.
    1993 The Joint Declaration on Northern Island
    1:13
  44. 44.
    Diana, Princess of Wales
    0:53
  45. 45.
    1997 Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
    1:23
  46. 46.
    Britain and Europe
    2:34
  47. 47.
    The Next Century
    2:17

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