BBC News: We interrupt this programme - 20 news stories that marked the century CD Track Listing

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BBC News We interrupt this programme - 20 news stories that marked the century
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1. BBC News - The General Strike 1926 - News bulletin about the general situation (01:58)
2. BBC News - The General Strike 1926 - News bulletin qouting AJ Cook, the miners' leader (00:39)
3. BBC News - The General Strike 1926 - News bulletin about milk churns in Hyde Park (00:36)
4. BBC News - The General Strike 1926 - News bulletin announcing that the strike is over (00:57)
5. BBC News - The General Strike 1926 - 'Jerusalem' read by Sir John Reith (01:00)
6. BBC News - The Wall Street Crash 1929 - Wall Street humour from the US comedian Eddie Cantor (00:32)
7. BBC News - The Wall Street Crash 1929 - Newsreel commentary describing the scene outside Wall Street Stock Exchange (00:16)
8. BBC News - The Wall Street Crash 1929 - An unknown trader recalls the panic and feelings of failure (00:54)
9. BBC News - The Wall Street Crash 1929 - An unknown investor recalls being wiped out (00:31)
10. BBC News - The abdication of Edward VIII 1936 - Edward VIII announces his abdication (02:18)
11. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - Neville Chamberlain announces that the country is at war (00:49)
12. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - Winston Churchill's finest hour speech (01:43)
13. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - A bomb falls on Broadcasting house (00:30)
14. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - News bulletin about the advances at El Alamein (00:36)
15. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - Live battlefield reports (02:33)
16. BBC News - The declaration of war 1939 - News bulletin with details of the dropping of the Atomic bomb (00:20)
17. BBC News - The King is dead. Long live the Queen 1952 - Death of George VI (01:03)
18. BBC News - The King is dead. Long live the Queen 1952 - Report from Frank Gillard in Kenya as the Queen is given the news of her fathers (01:33)
19. BBC News - The King is dead. Long live the Queen 1952 - The lying in state of George VI, The Coronation of Elizabeth II (01:57)
20. BBC News - The Suez Crisis 1956 - Prime Ministerial broadcast to the nation (01:22)
21. BBC News - The Suez Crisis 1956 - Opposition broadcast asking for the Prime Minister to resign (02:07)
22. BBC News - The Suez Crisis 1956 - Trafalgar Square speech attacking the governments policy on Egypt (00:54)
23. BBC News - The Suez Crisis 1956 - Announcement of the ceasefire in Parliament (00:46)
24. BBC News - The Munich Air Crash 1958 - Announcement of the Munich air crash (00:37)
25. BBC News - The Munich Air Crash 1958 - Interview with journalist Geoffrey Green (01:59)
26. BBC News - The Munich Air Crash 1958 - Survivor Harry Gregg describes the crash (01:15)
27. BBC News - The Munich Air Crash 1958 - Sir Matt Busby records a message from his hospital bed in Munich... (01:31)
28. BBC News - The Assassination of President Kennedy 1963 - President Kennedy broadcasts to the nation about Russian missile crisis in Cuba (01:43)
29. BBC News - The Assassination of President Kennedy 1963 - First announcement of the shooting (00:40)
30. BBC News - The Assassination of President Kennedy 1963 - Announcement of the death of the President (00:47)
31. BBC News - The Assassination of President Kennedy 1963 - Announcement of the shooting by conductor Erich Leinsdorf at a lunchtime concert (00:39)
32. BBC News - England wins the World Cup 1966 - Interview with American tourists in Carnaby Street (01:56)
33. BBC News - England wins the World Cup 1966 - An extract from Kenneth Wolstenholme's match commentary (00:57)
34. BBC News - Men on the Moon 1969 - 'The Eagle has landed' (02:02)
35. BBC News - Men on the Moon 1969 - 'One small step...' (01:02)
36. BBC News - The Munich Olympics 1972 - Announcement of the attack (00:41)
37. BBC News - The Munich Olympics 1972 - A German government spokesman tells the story of the failed rescue attempt (01:04)
38. BBC News - he Munich Olympics 1972 - IOC President Avery Brundage speaks at a memorial service in the Olympics Stadium (00:52)
39. BBC News - The Birth of the First Test Tube Baby 1978 - Dr Patrick Steptoe talks through the birth of Louise Brown (01:50)
40. BBC News - The Murder of John Lennon 1980 - Announcement of the shooting (00:57)
41. BBC News - The Murder of John Lennon 1980 - Account of the shooting by eyewitness Dr Steven Lynn (00:35)
42. BBC News - The Falklands War 1982 - 'I counted them all out...' News report on a British air raid on Port Stanley (01:08)
43. BBC News - The Falklands War 1982 - MOD spokesman Ian McDonald gives the first news of the attack on HMS Sheffield (00:58)
44. BBC News - The Falklands War 1982 - Details of the attack on HMS Sheffield (01:44)
45. BBC News - The Brighton Bombing 1984 - News report, interview with a shocked Mrs Thatcher (03:32)
46. BBC News - The Lockerbie Disaster 1988 - First announcement (00:43)
47. BBC News - The Lockerbie Disaster 1988 - Eyewitness account by Peter O'Brien (01:29)
48. BBC News - The Lockerbie Disaster 1988 - Confirmation of the bomb (00:53)
49. BBC News - The Berlin Wall Comes Down 1989 - Commentary on the first 'official' breach in the wall (01:06)
50. BBC News - The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher 1990 - Mrs Thatcher speaks on the Conservative Party leadership election (00:23)
51. BBC News - The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher 1990 - James Naughtie reports on the first ballot (00:51)
52. BBC News - The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher 1990 - Mrs Thatcher vows to fight on (00:17)
53. BBC News - The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher 1990 - Announcement of Mrs Thatchers resignation (00:35)
54. BBC News - The Resignation of Margaret Thatcher 1990 - Mrs Thatcher says goodbye to No 10 Downing Street (01:27)
55. BBC News - The Dunblane Massacre 1996 - First announcement of the attack (00:51)
56. BBC News - The Dunblane Massacre 1996 - More news of the attack (00:37)
57. BBC News - The Dunblane Massacre 1996 - The death toll is reported by Police Superintendent Lewis Munn (00:25)
58. BBC News - The Dunblane Massacre 1996 - 'Evil visited us yesterday...' Interview with Ron Taylor, headmaster of Dunblane School (00:42)
59. BBC News - The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 - First announcement of the crash (00:26)
60. BBC News - The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 - Unofficial announcement of Dianas death (01:27)
61. BBC News - The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 - Official announcement of Dianas death (00:26)
62. BBC News - The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 - The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, describes Diana as the 'Peoples Princess' (02:14)