Message to the Empire [Christmas Day message]

Item

Edited Title

Message to the Empire [Christmas Day message]

Archivist's Original Title

Message to the Empire [Christmas Day message]

Original description

A recording of King George V delivering a Christmas message from Sandringham on 25/12/32. This is noted as the first Christmas broadcast, preceded by the first round-the-world link-up. The performance includes a recording of 'The first Nowell' at the beginning and 'God save the King' at the end, along with an introduction by the radio presenter. However, the sound quality is poor, with muffled audio throughout.

Time duration

0:07:00

MetadataURL

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Recording date of the original material

1932-12-25

Country Name

United Kingdom

Recording place

United Kingdom

Resource Language

English

Performer/Speaker

King George V

Tags, Keywords

Christmas
Empire
Norfolk
England
UK
George V
Great Britain
Speeches
John Bird Collection
Sandringham House

Archivist Category

en Speech

Recording context

Radio Programme

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

Spoken voice

Name of original Collection

John Bird Collection

Collection source citation

BBC: John Bird Collection

Holding Institution of Original Materials

British Library

Licensing Institution

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Accessing Institutions

British Library

Copyright Information

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Physical format

en Magnetic tape 9,5 cm/s

Original item number

C1608/4 S2 C2

SEAH Identifier

BBC00043

Broadcast Topic

Culture

Description

Collector's note: 'King George V Christmas message from Sandringham, 25/12/32. The first Christmas broadcast, preceded by first round-the-world link-up'. Performance notes: Includes recording of 'The first Nowell' at the beginning and 'God save the King' at the end, as well as an introduction by the radio presenter. Speeches. 1 tape reel 18 cm 9.5 cm/sec; TeleTape. Poor sound quality: muffled throughout.

encodingFormat

Yes 00:08:03-00:15:04

Item sets

Sound Archive of BBC South East Asian Broadcasts

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