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Source Description
This is a sound recording of King George VI's Empire Day address that was broadcast from London. In the recording, the King said: "It is not mere territorial conquest the enemy is seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of the Empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the conquest of the world."
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2173225
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King George VI's Empire Day Address
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2173225
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audio
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King George VI's Empire Day Address
description
This is a sound recording of King George VI's Empire Day address that was broadcast from London. In the recording, the King said: "It is not mere territorial conquest the enemy is seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of the Empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the conquest of the world."
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200.39
collections
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection
Sound Recordings Relating to World War II and the Postwar Era
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2173225
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24
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1940-05-24
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5
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1940
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