Edwina MacKenzie shares her experience of the night the Titanic sank.
Titanic survivor Edwina MacKenzie interviewed by Steve Futterman on 15 April 1975.
Despite the event happening more than 60 years before, Edwina MacKenzie's memories remain vivid. Awakened by the ship's collision, she made her way to the lounge only to have her fears dismissed by a jovial drinking party. She eventually abandoned ship and witnessed the Titanic's last moments before it disappeared. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZuVxG5DdU
12 May 1957
From christenings to funerals - how clothes signify important occasions.
In the fourth programme of the series, Doris Langley Moore explores how outfits for formal events are planned to call attention to our joy, grief or glory. She also looks at how ceremonial robes are merely once fashionable formal attire that has become 'petrified' and how this is particularly true in Britain, where we like to maintain the distinctions that reveal one's place in society.
Doris Langley Moore designed Katharine Hepburn's dresses for her role in 1951 romantic adventure 'The African Queen'. One of the models in this edition (Margaret Winifred Hastings) worked as a journalist before her marriage and once obtained an exclusive interview with gangster Al Capone.
CONTRIBUTORS
Doris Langley Moore - Presenter
Alan Edwards - Contributor
Moyra Fraser - Contributor
Shelagh Gregory - Contributor
Margaret Winifred Hastings (Countess of Huntingdon) - Contributor
Jeremy Hawk - Contributor
Vyvyan Holland - Contributor
Rachel Kempson - Contributor
Jane Kentish - Contributor
Paul Morby - Contributor
Lady Rose Nevill - Contributor
Lt.-Col. Sir John Henry Guy Nevill - Contributor
Corin Redgrave - Contributor
Lydia Sokolova - Contributor
Veronica Turleigh - Contributor
Sir Mortimer Wheeler - Contributor
Irene Worth - Contributor
Charles R Rogers - Producer
Ken Higgins - Photography
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The Oxford Road Show has a "video game whizz kid" and Pac-Man champion in the studio. Impressive stuff - but how many gobbles can he do?
Originally broadcast 26 November 1982
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"On this issue, there are no floating voters, no don't knows" Northern Ireland was preparing for a border poll.
Originally broadcast 7 March 1973
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxvBpwd-Bw0
11 March 1949
After being cut off from the rest of Europe for almost a year and having to rely on the airlift organised by the Western powers for supplies, the citizens of West Berlin seem remarkably resilient in this news report on Clement Attlee's visit to the city. Bricks are collected to rebuild housing, shops are open and work continues. Berlin is devastated but, incredibly, cinemas have been reopened and are showing the latest releases.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMEve9tZDqw
This sound recording contains an interview by an unidentified newsman with Dillon S. Meyer, Director of the War Relocation Authority. In the interview, Dillon discussed the relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese - Americans from the West Coast of the U.S. to 10 relocation centers in seven states. Topics included the administration, living conditions, educational and medical facilities, and staffing of the centers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoTodLfuBww
26 February 1968
Orson Welles is quizzed about his forthcoming film, which is based on one of William Shakespeare's plays. The interviewer, Nancy Wise, can be heard over the telephone.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyTkeOz_gpQ
1929-08-07
Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian.[1] He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum".
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