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Assignment Abroad
Series title:Assignment AbroadHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):267742Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUEAccession:1983-0014Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Release date:1956-01-25Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationDescription:Program to mark the first 15 years of the CBC news service. Foreign correspondents Matthew Halton, Peter Stursberg, James M. Minifie and Douglas LaChance give recollections of major news events. Halton recalls his entry into Berlin on VE Day. Peter Sturberg recalls how he was the first correspondent to make a recording of the song Lili Marlene to end home (he hired a tenor and a small Italian band and sent home an Italian version). Douglas LaChance recalls the arrest of the French Communist Jacques Duclos, the French Army Day Parade after the fall of Dien Bien Phu (there was no rejoicing) and the fall of Pierre Mendes France. James M. Minifie recalls Winston Churchill's news conference in Washington in December 1941, while Minifie was a correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. <15mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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