Album · 1999
The Century in Sound
Tracklist
1
1901 First Performance of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
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1:13
2
1909 Expedition to the South Pole / Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
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1:56
3
Votes for Women
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1:18
4
1909 Speech on the Budget
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1:16
5
1912 The Sinking of the ‘Titanic’
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1:57
6
Gas Shell Bombardment / ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’
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1:10
7
‘With Our Boys at the Front’ / ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’
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1:17
8
The First World War Homefront
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2:00
9
1924 Opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
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1:25
10
1926 The General Strike
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1:36
11
1929 Election Speech on Unemployment
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1:23
12
1930 G.B. Shaw and Albert Einstein
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2:16
13
1930 ‘The Story of My Flight’ / ‘Amy’
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2:30
14
His Spiritual Message to the World
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1:30
15
1932 First Royal Christmas Day Broadcast
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1:26
16
1934 Fascists’ Rally at Olympia / Interview
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2:48
17
‘Tonight at 8.30’ Scene From Shadow Play, Part 1
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2:14
18
1936 Abdication of Edward VIII
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2:08
19
1937 Hindenburg Air Disaster
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1:27
20
Declaration of War
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0:43
21
Air Raid Siren
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0:16
22
‘This Was Their Finest Hour’
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1:34
23
Night Raid on London
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0:19
24
‘A Broadcast Message to Children’
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1:26
25
V1 Bomb
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0:41
26
‘White Cliffs of Dover’
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2:06
27
1948 Foundation of the National Health Service
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2:17
28
Jazz Club Theme
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1:26
29
Shakespeare: Othello
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1:08
30
Coming to Britain
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2:35
31
‘Sweet Jamaica’
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1:30
32
‘The Wind of Change’
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0:46
33
1960 ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Goes on Sale
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0:54
34
‘The White Heat of Technology’
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0:56
35
1963 Assassination of President Kennedy
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1:56
36
1966 Football World Cup Final
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0:41
37
1968 Roll‐Out of First UK Concorde
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1:21
38
1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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3:04
39
1972 Mary Peters Wins Olympic Gold
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1:41
40
Endangered Nature
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1:39
41
1982 Argentina Invades the Falkland Islands
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1:34
42
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
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1:04
43
1993 The Joint Declaration on Northern Island
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1:14
44
Diana, Princess of Wales
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0:54
45
1997 Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
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1:24
46
Britain and Europe
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2:35
47
The Next Century
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2:17