1940: A Reminiscence by J.B. Priestley

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 2020
  • J.B. Priestley recounts Britain's war in 1940 from the phony war to Dunkirk, the battle of Britain, Narvik, the Home Guard, the blitz and FDR's re-election.
    Featuring William Joyce
    Winston Churchill
    George Formby
    Gracie Fields
    Anthony Eden
    Neville Chamberlain
    Robin Duff
    Jim Farley
    Lord Halifax
    Adolf Hitler
    Anthony Mann
    Myra Hess
    Vera Lynn
    Franklin D Roosevelt
    First broadcast 1965
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  • @vikim.9261
    @vikim.9261 3 роки тому +13

    This is a true treasure! Thank you so much!!!!!!

  • @SuiGenerisMan
    @SuiGenerisMan 2 роки тому +6

    Magnificent, this documentary is gold to me.
    Gold!
    Thanks for sharing, this is special

  • @geedus71
    @geedus71 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely brilliant, thankyou very much for posting this. Much more detailed than anything I've come across before as I guess it was still pretty fresh in the memory only 25 years later.

  • @roberttownsend7397
    @roberttownsend7397 3 роки тому +10

    I'm not a great reader of Mr Priestley's novels, but his theories on the nature of time are fascinating. He spent a great deal of effort in his later years studying time and his conclusions were astonishingly original for a man who described himself as having .
    'not the slightest aptitude or understanding of science'. Brilliant and modest with it! always a winning combination.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Рік тому

      Indeed and we're fortunate to have a such a literary luminary to etch out this unique memoir. #ourhistory

    • @anxioussolicitor3721
      @anxioussolicitor3721 6 місяців тому

      could you please put a link to such theories. would love to read. thank you!

  • @garyhiggins6718
    @garyhiggins6718 3 роки тому +2

    I have been wanting to see this again for 30 years thank you for posting!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍☺

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderful upload, many thanks once again 👍.

  • @anthonyryan9706
    @anthonyryan9706 2 роки тому +3

    For those interested in modern history this is an education

  • @jeanwelling3037
    @jeanwelling3037 3 роки тому +3

    Brilliant, shame we didn’t hear this in 1940!

  • @terencemagee
    @terencemagee Місяць тому +1

    My God, my parents and family of that time were brave.

  • @user-vj8gl2qs1b
    @user-vj8gl2qs1b Рік тому

    Does anyone know what that wonderfully evocative background music is at 1:23:30?

  • @ieatoutoften872
    @ieatoutoften872 9 місяців тому

    At 11:18
    What is shown is the British (R.A.F.) response to the Wehrmact invading Poland to start W.W.2 in Europe. Those men are loading leaflets (a verbal warning after a declaration of war) which will be dropped from that airplane onto Germany while hazarding the lives of the crew.
    The U.S.A. response from President Roosevelt was even worse: a public declaration of neutrality over international radio.
    Signed,
    A son of U.S. Navy reserve officer cadet