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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL SPEECH: "BE YE MEN OF VALOUR"
{EXCERPTS} (RADIO)

Summary

In these excerpts from a BBC broadcast, Winston S. Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain, describes how Germany has taken Brussels and broken through French defenses North of the Maginot Line. He announces the coalition of formerly differing political elements into a united government with victory in the European war as a common goal. He goes on to say that behind the British and French Armies "gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races. . .upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend. . .unless we conquer as conquer we must, as conquer we shall." (American network of broadcast cannot be determined. NBC broadcast the full speech on May 19, 1940, from 4:00 p.m. until 4:11 p.m. New York time.)

Details

  • NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
  • DATE: May 19, 1940
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:04:00
  • COLOR/B&W: N/A
  • CATALOG ID: R79:0009
  • GENRE: Radio - Talk/Interviews
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Great Britain - Officials - Talk/Interviews; International Collection - United Kingdom; World War II - 1940
  • SERIES RUN: N/A
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Winston S. Churchill … Speaker