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His Finest Hour
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1954-11-30Item number (ISN):99462Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN ALLIS-CHALMERS LTD.Accession:1968-0021Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1954-11-30Production credit:narrator, Herbert MarshallSponsor:Allis Chalmers Manufacturing CompanyDescription:Radio documentary about Sir Winston Churchill, with extracts of the following recordings: radio talks and speeches by Sir Winston Churchill on 19 May 1940, 19 June 1940, 22 June 1941, 24 August 1941, 24 December 1941, 26 December 1941, 8 May 1945, 5 March 1946, 2 November 1949, and 9 November 1954; speeches by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, in 1932 and on 26 September 1938; speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in 1940; talks by Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Reynaud, former Premier of France, and the Right Honorable Sir Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, in 1954; recitation of "Dover Beach" by Sir Laurence Olivier, of "White Cliffs of Dover" by Lynn Fontanne, and "Sceptered Isle" from "Richard II" by Sir Ralph Richardson in 1954; with comments by Bennett Cerf, publisher, and Alistaire Cooke, journalist, in 1954. Introduced by Ben Grauer, radio announcer. <1h>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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