The British Library, The Century in Sound - 1h 12m 52s

Tracks & Durations

1. 1901 1st performance of Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance March No.1	1:13
2. - Sir Ernest Shackleton	1:55
3. Votes for Women - Christabel Pankhurst	1:17
4. 1909 Speech on the Budget - David Lloyd George	1:16
5. 1912 The sinking of the Titanic - C H Lightoller	1:56
6. Gas Shell Bombardment - It's a long way to Tipperary - 1914 - WW1	1:10
7. 'With our boys at the front - Sgt E.Dwyer 1915 - WW1	1:16
8. First World War Homefront - Sir Hugh Casson - WW1	2:00
9. 1924 Opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun - Dr Howard Carter - 1936	1:24
10. 1926 The General Strike - Jack Gaster	1:36
11. 1929 Election Speech on unemployment - Ramsay macdonald	1:23
12. 1930 G.B. Shaw & Albert Einstein	2:16
13. 1930 'The story of my flight' - Amy Johnson & Amy	2:30
14. 1931 - His spiritual message to the World - Gandhi	1:30
15. 1932 1st Royal xmas day broadcast - King George V	1:25
16. 1934 Fascists rally at Olympia - Sir Oswald Mosley	2:47
17. 'Tonight at 8.30' Scene from Shadow Play Pt 1 - Noel Coward	2:14
18. 1936 Abdication of Edward Vii	2:08
19. 1937 Hindenburg air disaster	1:26
20. Declaration of War - 1939 Neville Chamberlain -WWII	0:42
21. Air Raid Siren - WWII	0:15
22. 'This was their Finest hour' - Sir Winston Churchill	1:34
23. Night Raid on London 1941 - WWII	0:18
24. 'A Broadcast message to the children' - Princess Elizabeth 1940 - WWII	1:25
25. VI Bomb - WWII	0:41
26. 'White Cliffs of Dover' - WWII	2:05
27. 1948 Foundation of the National Health Service	2:16
28. Jazz club theme	1:26
29. Shakespeare: Othello	1:08
30. Coming to Britain	2:34
31. 'Sweet Jamaica' - Lord Kitchener	1:29
32. 'The wind of change - 1960	0:45
33. 1960 'Lady chatterleys Lover' goes on sale - 1960	0:53
34. 'The white heat of technology' - Harold wilson - 1963	0:55
35. 1963 assassination of Pres. Kennedy	1:56
36. 1966 Football World Cup Final - Brian Moore	0:41
37. 1968 Roll out of first UK Concorde	1:21
38. 1969 Apollo 11 moon Landing - Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong	3:03
39. 1972 Mary Peters wins Olympic Gold	1:40
40. Endangered nature - Sir David Attenborough	1:39
41. 1982 Argentina invades the Falkland Islands - Margaret Thatcher	1:33
42. 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall	1:04
43. 1993 Joint declaration on Northern Ireland - John Major 7 Albert Reynolds	1:13
44. Diana, Princess of Wales & Martin Bashire	0:53
45. 1997 Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales	1:23
46. Britain & Europe - Tony Blair & William Hague - 1999	2:34
47. The next century - 1999	2:16

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