| Playing Time |
043710 |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 66412 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Tim Pigott-Smith, narrator ; Joanna Bourke, commentary. |
| Note |
Duration: 4:37:10. |
| Summary |
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the twentieth century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith. Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of the century described by those who saw them happen. A wealth of BBC archive recordings, some never previously broadcast, is interwoven with an illuminating commentary by the historian Joanna Bourke. Published in ten volumes, Eyewitness examines the role and the life of the British people in each decade of the century. In 1951, the Festival of Britain celebrated a more egalitarian and peaceful society. Nevertheless young men were still called on to fight as conflicts erupted in Malaya, Korea, Cyprus and Suez. Then, as the nuclear threat increased, protestors took to the streets and CND was born. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Bourke, Joanna.
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Pigott-Smith, Tim.
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BBC Audiobooks Ltd.
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| Added Title |
Eyewitness, 1950-1959 |
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1950's |
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