Voices of History (Spoken Word) [Audiobook, Import] [Audio CD]

This two-CD set features historic recordings from the British Library Sound Archive of some of the most famous and influential people active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the twentieth century. Forty speakers are represented, covering politics, women's rights, commerce and economics, royalty, religion and society. Starting with a rare 1988 recording of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, the politicians include Lloyd-George, Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill, together with major international figures such as Vladimir Ilich Lenin and Franklin D Roosevelt. Other notable recordings include suffragette Christabel Pankhurst and the first sitting woman MP, Nancy Astor; legendary industrialist Andrew Carnegie; the historic abdication broadcast of Edward VIII; Mahatma Gandhi on Hinduism and Aga Khan III on Islam; William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and philosopher Bertrand Russell, pondering the extinction of the human race. Includes an introductory booklet. Track listing 1. To Edison from Colonel Gouraud, introducing Mr. Gladstone - the phonograph's salutation - Williams Ewart Gladstone 2. Speech on the Budget - Herbert Henry Asquith 3. Speech on the Budget - David Lloyd George 4. Labour - Thomas Woodrow Wilson 5. In Memory of Comrade Yakov Mikhailovich, Chairman of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee - Vladimir Ilich Lenin 6. Saint Patrick's Day Address - Eamon DeValera 7. Labour Party 1929 Election. Pt. 1 Unemployment - James Ramsay MacDonald 8. Address by the Prime Minister at the Empire Rally of Youth - Stanley Baldwin 9. Speech to the Mexican People - Leon Trotsky 10. Speech in Königsberg - Adolf Hitler 11. Prime Minister's Speech at Heston Airport on His Return from Munich, Sept. 30th, 1938 - Arthur Neville Chamberlain 12. This Was Their Finest Hour - Winston Churchill 13. Radio Broadcast to the Soviet People - Joseph Stalin 14. Address to the Congress of the Us - Franklin D. Roosevelt 15. Speech at the Opening Assembly of the United Nations - Clement Richard Attlee 16. Suffrage of Women - Christabel Harriette Pankhurst 17. Politics and the Home - Margaret Wintringham 18. Woman's Opportunity - Margaret Grace Bondfield 19. New Outlook for Women - Katharine Ramsey 20. Nancy Astor Lays Foundation Stone/Women Against the War/Women demand equal compensation - Nancy Witcher Astor DISC TWO 1. Gospel of Wealth - Andrew Carnegie 2. Land and Labour - Josiah Wedgwood 3. Future of British Industry - Thomas James Macnamara 4. Return to Prospoerity and How the League of Nations Is Helping - James Arthur Salter 5. Message to the Empire - George V. 6. Abdication Speech - Edward VIII 7. Broadcast Message to Children - Princess Elizabeth 8. Message Broadcastr on D-Day 6th Jone 1944 - George VI 9. Speech on Education - Francis Bourne 10. Jewish Homeland - Herbert "Louis" Samuel 11. Relevance of Christianity - Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard 12. His Spiritual Message to the World - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 13. My Message to the World of Islam - Aga Khan III 14. In Aid of the Light Brigade Relief Fund - Florence Nightingale 15. Don't Forget - William Booth 16. Address to Boy Scouts - Robert Baden-Powell 17. Social and Humanitarian Work of the League of Nations - Rachel Eleanor Crowdy 18. Toc H Festival Speech - Philip Thomas Byard Clayton 19. Speech at European Congress on Nuclear Disarment - Bertrand Russell