[78-L] King Edward VIII 1936 Farewell Speech

[Michael Biel]

On 3/28/2011 6:55 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 3/28/2011 2:01, Michael Biel wrote:
>> On 3/28/2011 12:40 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>>> Are there sources for this speech other than commercial 78 records?
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>> There is a hi-fi recording on the BBC website, but I can't find the link
>> right now.
>>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/edward_viii/12937.shtml
>
Yes, isn't this a wonderful sounding recording!  After hearing the 
short-waved broadcast for 50 years it is great hearing this.  There is 
an album that was the British answer to the first I Can Hear It Now that 
was on 78s (Oriole?) but I have on LP, the speeches of Brits like 
Churchill are hi fi but FDR and other Americans are often short-wave 
quality!

This BBC site also has some of Geo VI speeches including the Sept 3, 
1939 speech
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ww2outbreak/7918.shtml
but I haven't found the coronation speech yet.  They have Elizabeth's 
wedding but neither her or her father's coronations,  but both of those 
were issued on HMV.

They do have the broadcast by Richard Dimbleby of Chamberlain's airport 
return with peace in our time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ww2outbreak/7907.shtml
It confirms what I had previously read -- this was TELEVISED!!!  Check 
at 1:08 into the recording when he says that "those of you who are 
looking as well as listening to this can see her (the plane) coming down 
. . ."  It is interesting that the label for channel says "unknown".  
This also was on an HMV record and I wonder if this part of the 
narration is on the record.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com