Jubilee Scrapbook / Leslie Baily and Charles Brewer present ; compere, P. Curwen.

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78rpm collection
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00:08:27
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RNZ Collection
Baily, Leslie, Producer
Brewer, Charles Herbert, fl. 1914-1957, Producer
Curwen, Patric, 1884-1949, Presenter
Asquith, Margot, 1864-1945 (b.1864, d.1945), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Hamilton, Ian, Sir, 1853-1947, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Long, Norman, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Cobham, Alan J. (Alan John), 1894-1973, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Mayne, Clarice, 1886-1966, Performer
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl, 1832-1914, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Forde, Florrie, 1876-1940, Performer

Pt. 1. Accession & Coronation: "On May 6th 1910 by the death of King Edward the summons to kingship came to the only surviving son of the late King, his most excellent majesty George the V… on June the 2nd, 1911 King George and Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey…”; First Royal Command Performance.
Clarice Mayne sings an excerpt of her 'Crinoline Song'
The call for compulsory national service. Lord Roberts: “Our very colonies are beginning to realise the duty and honour of national training for the defence of their country.”
The song 'Tipperary' is released; excerpt of Florrie Ford singing;
Aug. 4, 1914 : Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons: ‘We have repeated our request to Germany…”;
The Countess of Oxford and Asquith recalls the ultimatum to Germany. “After the speech I went to the Prime Minister’s room … then Big Ben struck, outside the crowd was still singing… no answer from Germany, we were at war.”

Pt. 2. For the Fallen read by an unidentified woman: “They shall grow not old as we who are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and at the morning, we will remember them.”
General Sir Ian Hamilton: "We will remember them and let us cherish also undying gratitude to our children overseas, who when Britannia sent out her S.O.S, sailed under the white ensign to rally round the Royal Standard, to our own Old Contemptibles who passed so swiftly to the danger spot, to the territorials under contract not to serve abroad, who sailed from safe England with a cheer, to all those officers and men and our brave women who kept the flag flying through four terrible years until on 11th November His Majesty was able to say, ‘With you I rejoice and thank God for the victories that the Allied Armies have won, victories which have brought hostilities to an end."
The end of the war was the beginning of a new age of swift bewildering changes in politics, science, entertainment.
First Broadcast: Norman Long speaks and performs an excerpt of the first song he broadcast.
Empire Air Routes: Sir Alan Cobham - immediately after the war the Atlantic was conquered by the aeroplane when Alcock and Brown flew from Newfoundland to Galway in sixteen hours.
1923 His Majesty opens the British Empire Exhibition at Wembly Stadium.
The Nation's Wish. Chelsea Pensioner, Corporal Dee: “As a Hussar I’ve worn the King’s uniform for thirty-eight years, in India, South Africa, at Ypres and now as a Chelsea pensioner, in our prayers we thank providence for having spared to us a King whose labours and efforts on our behalf we have gratefully tried to repay in a small degree by service to our country. Long life, prosperity and happiness to him and may God bless him and our Queen.”