Cronkite, Chamberlain and King George VI: The king's speech

 |   |  <1 min read

Cronkite, Chamberlain and King George VI: The king's speech

The critical and popular success of the film The King's Speech -- hardly what one might have thought would have made a persuasive pitch to any production company -- has raised interest in that period of British and world history.

Here then, from a scratchy old album Blitzkrieg! -- "a dramatic countdown of events leading up to and including the early days of World War II (1933 to 1940)" -- and narrated by Walter Cronkite is the context of the actual speech: post-Poland invasion, Chamberlain's address to the British people announcing they were at war . . . and then the voice of King George VI.

Share It

Your Comments

post a comment

More from this section   From the Vaults articles index

The Buggs: Liverpool Drag (1964)

The Buggs: Liverpool Drag (1964)

Elsewhere takes no end of cheap delight in unearthing various Beatles tributes (by dogs, by the soon-to-be Cher), copyists, weird cover versions and so on. But to find the Buggs' sole album for... > Read more

The Beatles: Love Me Do (1962)

The Beatles: Love Me Do (1962)

It was 50 years ago today . . . Half a century ago, the world was a very different place. Germany was divided, racial lines split South Africa and the Southern states of America, the world held... > Read more

Elsewhere at Elsewhere

DAMIEN HIRST: THE DOLLARS AND SENSE

DAMIEN HIRST: THE DOLLARS AND SENSE

Say what you like about British artist Damien Hirst, and everyone from international art critics to London cabbies do, he certainly pulls a crowd. At the Tate Modern in London, the queue of... > Read more

Terje Rypdal: Melodic Warrior (ECM/Ode)

Terje Rypdal: Melodic Warrior (ECM/Ode)

We put this album here under "Jazz in Elsewhere" simply for the convenience of those who know Norwegian guitarist Rypdal's long career in that idiom. But a quick glance at the other... > Read more