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Mutual Broadcasting System/BBC Radio Newsreel – June 9, 1944
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Posted on 06/09/2014 6:29:40 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Chester Wilmot
MBS/BBC Radio Newsreel
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: history; milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
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New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view
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This report from BBC, via MBS, lasts 13:27 and contains segments from correspondents and military personnel who took part in the D-Day invasion.
Flight Lieutenant Alan Melville, during a firefight as paratroopers were landing.
Robert Barr from an advanced Allied command post.
A war reporter whose name I can’t make out.
A Royal Navy sublieutenant.
Chester Wilmot (pictured) who landed in a glider with the 6th British Airborne Division on D-Day and now reports on reinforcements arriving.
Click on the link below to listen.
MBS/BBC Radio Newsreel
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:31:42 PM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
“June 9, 1944”
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A little less then 3 months before I was born.
You can put me on your ping list.
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:43:05 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Homer_J_Simpson
That so coollll
That when BBC was still good news network not like now where Kitchen Nightmare and Top Gear reruns
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posted on
06/09/2014 6:50:02 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
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posted on
06/09/2014 8:00:42 PM PDT
by
NELSON111
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I heard at one time that several rolls of film were lost in the first couple of days when the LST returning them to a ship was sunk. Have you ever heard that?
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posted on
06/09/2014 8:12:28 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
To: tubebender
There’s the story of famed photog Robert Capa, whose D-Day photos were mostly ruined in the darkroom by guys in too big a hurry.
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posted on
06/09/2014 8:18:14 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Homer_J_Simpson
When did the first film of the invasion arrive in the US to be shown in theaters?
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posted on
06/10/2014 4:06:38 AM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: ken5050
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posted on
06/10/2014 5:22:16 AM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: jjotto
Many thanks for the great link...
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posted on
06/10/2014 7:06:17 AM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Awesome stuff. It’s hard to believe what some of those reporters did. Going in with the airborne? Seriously?
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