Side 1.
Part 1. Introduction and theme tune to the programme. The sixth of June 1949 was the 5th anniversary of the D Day landings. To mark the occasion recordings are played of Communique No. 1, the announcement of the landing on a northern coast of France, and a speech presented by Field Marshall Montgomery in French and English from Bayeux, France marking D Day landings.
Interview with sixteen year old Rosemary Ash, from Bournemouth who was a foster child in New Zealand during World War II, living here with Mrs Lamont from 1940-1944. She has returned to settle under the Child Migration scheme to New Zealand. She plans on sending food parcels back to her parents and hopes they will eventually join her here. She explains her plan to train as a 'palin-typist' [?] a new form of shorthand typing. She talks about some of the other former child war evacuees who have also come back to settle in New Zealand.
A talk by Mr J. D. E. Penic, the Netherlands Minister to New Zealand about a recent third meeting of the South Pacific Commission in New Caledonia. He explains the aims of the Commission, set up in 1947 to promote the welfare of the non self-governing territories of the South Pacific. It is based in the former U.S. military headquarters in Noumea.
Side 2.
Track 01: [Reject - crackle]
Track 02: [Part 1 reject] Introduction and Radio digest theme tune.
Track 03: Part 3. Announcement of coverage details for broadcasts of cricket commentaries on the game New Zealand vs Derbyshire to be played the following day. Jack Lamason, coach for the Maadi Army Camp rugby team, talk about the way the South African hook the ball in the set scrum which allowed them to win the ball in most of the scrums.
Closing announcement and end theme tune.