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This is a sound recording of Winston Churchill's first speech to the nation as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The address was broadcast from London, and in it Churchill said: "Behind us, behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France, gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races ... upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must, as conquer we shall." Elmer Davis of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) analyzed the speech following the broadcast.
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2173222
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Winston Churchill's First Address to the Nation as Prime Minister
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2173222
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Winston Churchill's First Address to the Nation as Prime Minister
description
This is a sound recording of Winston Churchill's first speech to the nation as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The address was broadcast from London, and in it Churchill said: "Behind us, behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France, gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races ... upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must, as conquer we shall." Elmer Davis of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) analyzed the speech following the broadcast.
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200.37
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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection
Sound Recordings Relating to World War II and the Postwar Era
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2173222
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19
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1940-05-19
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5
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1940
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