Columbus, OH

The Century in Sound

Release year 1999

Tracklist

1
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
2
1909 Expedition to the South Pole / Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
3
Votes for Women
4
Speech on the Budget
5
1912 The Sinking of the ‘Titanic’
6
Gas Shell Bombardment / It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
7
With Our Boys at the Front
8
The First World War Homefront
9
1924 Opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
10
1926 The General Strike
11
1929 Election Speech on Unemployment
12
1930 After Dinner Speech
13
1930 The Story of My Flight / Amy
14
My Spiritual Message to the World
15
1932 Royal Christmas Day Broadcast
16
1934 Speech to Fascists’ Rally at Olympia / Interview
17
Shadow Play, Part 1: Tonight at 8.30
18
1936 Abdication Speech
19
1937 Hindenburg Air Disaster
20
Declaration of War
21
Air Raid Siren
22
Their Finest Hour
23
Night Raid on London
24
A Broadcast Message to Children
25
VI Bomb
26
White Cliffs of Dover
27
1948 Foundation of the National Health Service
28
Jazz Club Theme
29
Othello: Act 3 Scene 3 (extract)
30
Coming to Britain
31
Sweet Jamaica
32
The Wind of Change
33
1960 ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Goes on Sale (edited extract)
34
The White Heat of Technology
35
1963 Assassination of President Kennedy
36
1966 Football World Cup Final
37
1968 Roll-Out of First UK Concorde
38
Apollo 11: 60 Seconds (to Eagle Landing) / I’m at the Foot of the Ladder
39
How I Won the Pentathlon Gold Medal for Britain at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
40
Endangered Nature
41
British Sovereign Territory Has Been Invaded by a Foreign Power
42
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
43
Joint Declaration on Northern Island
44
Diana, Princess of Wales (interview extract)
45
Eulogy to Diana, Princess of Wales
46
Britain and Europe
47
The Next Century