Unedited version of "Winston S. Churchill. His Memoirs and His Speeches", c 1964
Scope and Contents
12" gramophone records, presumably sent by Decca to Churchill for checking prior to publication. Record 1: "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat", House of Commons, 13 May 1940; "The Fall of Belgium", House of Commons, 28 May 1940. Record 2: extracts from "Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations", House of Commons, 4 June 1940. Record 3: extracts from "Their Finest Hour", House of Commons, 18 June 1940. Record 4: extracts from "The Few", House of Commons, 20 August 1940 and "The War Situation", House of Commons, 8 October 1940. Records 5-7: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 1, "The Follies of the Victors". Record 8: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 4, "Adolf Hitler". Record 9: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 5, "The Locust Years" and chapter 12, "The Loaded Pause - Spain". Record 10: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 38, "The Fall of the Government". Record 11: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 38, "The Fall of the Government", chapter 23, "The Admiralty Task" and chapter 32, "Before the Storm". Record 12: extracts from "The World Crisis", volume 4, chapter 23, "Victory" and from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 14, "Mr Eden at the Foreign Office". Record 13: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 22, "War" and chapter 34 "Narvik". Record 14: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 36, "Frustration in Norway", chapter 18, "Munich Winter" and chapter 20, "The Soviet Enigma". Record 15: extracts from "Our Solid, Stubborn Strength", Dominion High Commissioners and Allied Countries' Ministers Conference in London, 12 June 1941 and "War Production", House of Commons, 29 July 1941. Record 16: extracts from "War Production", House of Commons, 29 July 1941, full version of "A Strange Christmas Eve", broadcast from Washington [United States], 24 December 1941, extracts from "These Are Great Days", Harrow School, 29 October 1941 and "Resolved to Go Forward", the Guildhall at Hull, 7 November 1941. Record 17: extracts from "War Production", House of Commons, 29 July 1941 and "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 5, "The Locust Years". Record 18: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 5, "The Locust Years". Record 19: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 3, "Lurking Dangers" and chapter 7, "Air Parity Lost". Record 20: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 7, "Air Parity Lost". Record 21: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 7, "Air Parity Lost" and chapter 12, "The Loaded Pause". Record 22: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 1, chapter 14, "Mr Eden at the Foreign Office". Record 23: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 1, "The National Coalition". Record 24: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 1, "The National Coalition" and chapter 2, "The Battle of France". Record 25: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 2, "The Battle of France". Record 26: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 3, "The Battle of France" and chapter 4, "The March to the Sea". Record 27: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 5, "The Deliverance of Dunkirk" and chapter 7, "Back to France". Record 28: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 7, "Back to France", chapter 8, "Home Defence" and chapter 9, "The French Agony". Record 29: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 9, "The French Agony", chapter 11, "Admiral Darlan and the French Fleet" and chapter 13, "At Bay". Record 30: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 16, "The Battle of Britain". Record 31: extracts from "The Second World War", volume 2, chapter 31, "Desert Victory", a joint declaration by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at their meeting, 14 August 1941 and "The War Situation", House of Commons, 9 September 1941. Record 32: extracts from "The War Situation", House of Commons, 9 September 1941. Record 33: extracts from "A Sense of Crowd and Urgency", House of Commons, 28 October 1943 and "Parliament in Wartime", House of Commons Secret Session, 17 September 1940. Record 34: extracts from "Parliament in Wartime", House of Commons Secret Session, 17 September 1940. Record 35: extract from "Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations", House of Commons, 4 June 1940.
Dates
- Creation: c 1964
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies available.
Extent
35 item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Edited versions of the majority of these recordings at WCHL 12/18.
Finding aid date
2004-08-04 11:05:03+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
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