[78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet

[David Lennick]

I believe that information is still classified.

dl

On 7/13/2013 10:19 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Surely it's not going to go full circle and be revealed that Winston Churchill was named after Winnipeg!
>
> db
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>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:09:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
>>
>>
>> Oddly enough, that's the common link. I can never remember Norman Shelley's
>> name till I look up the Winnie The Pooh recording he made for Argo.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 7/13/2013 8:59 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
>>> Yes, when I saw Sterling Holloway, I was surprised. The voice of Winnie the
>>> Pooh?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 8:16 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Er..Sterling (testicles never descended) Holloway? Try Norman Shelley.
>>>>
>>>> dl
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>>>>
>>>> On 7/13/2013 2:31 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>>>>> I believe Mike Biel is doing research on this very topic.
>>>>>
>>>>>>    From what I remember, many think some of Churchill's wartime broadcasts
>>>> are
>>>>> thought to *possibly* be by Sterling Holloway because the PM couldn't
>>>> make
>>>>> it to the studio for the broadcast (no broadcats could originate from the
>>>>> British House of Commons).
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's an article I just found:
>>>>> http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Observer291000.html
>>>>>
>>>>> It is important to remember that many of the audio clips from Churchill's
>>>>> famous speeches that are floating around were made long after the fact by
>>>>> Churchill for Decca, which may explain why they sound differently from
>>>>> others recorded during the war.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have several lacquer recordings of Churchill from BBC shortwave
>>>> broadcats
>>>>> made by an American radio station during the war.  Now I've got to dig
>>>> them
>>>>> out and listen again!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sammy Jones
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Burnham wrote:
>>>>>> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it was very interesting.
>>>>>> ?They talk about there being a large number of Harry Lauder recordings
>>>> but
>>>>>> every example they played was from the single 12 inch disc, "Harry
>>>> Lauder
>>>>>> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they were playing
>>>>>> throughout, it sounds like it may be from Vaughan-Williams but I
>>>> couldn't
>>>>>> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all, of the recordings of
>>>>>> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war were in fact read by an
>>>>>> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The recording from 1909
>>>>>> sounds like a different voice than the recordings from 1941 but there's
>>>> no
>>>>>> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that though there have been
>>>> many
>>>>>> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps the greatest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> db?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>> From: Sammy Jones<sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>>>>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary on Winston
>>>> Churchill's
>>>>>>> record collection - including homemade lacquers of some of his
>>>> speeches.
>>>>>>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15 minutes, but it seems
>>>>>>> fascinating.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only a few days left to listen:
>>>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sammy Jones
>>>>>