This Sceptred Isle - The Twentieth Century - Volume 3. 1939-1959
By Anna Massey, Robert Powell, and Patience Tomlinson
Tracklist
- 1939-1945
- The Second World War
- War Diary Of 1940
- Dunkirk
- The Battle Of Britain
- The Blitz
- Cold Weather And Rationing
- Churchill Becomes Prime Minister
- War Diary Of 1941
- Diversions
- The War Of Words
- America Enters The War
- War Diary Of 1942
- The Merchant Navy
- India And The Atlantic Charter
- Success In North Africa
- The Role Of Women
- War Diary Of 1943
- The Beveridge Report
- Pay As You Earn
- The Butler Education Act
- War Diary Of 1944
- Preparing For Peace
- Dresden
- Victory In Europe And Labour Landslide
- Hiroshima And Nagasaki
- 1946-1952
- Austerity
- Aneurin Bevan And The National Health Bill
- The United Nations Meet
- India And Palestine
- 1947 - Nationalisation Of The Mines
- The Worst Winter In Living Memory
- The Marshall Plan
- Independance For India
- 1958 - British Railways And A National Health Service
- The Death Of Ghandi
- Israel Declares Independance
- The Berlin Air Lift
- The Warsaw Pact
- 1919 - Ireland Becomes A Republic
- Dock Strikes, Rationing Ans A Sick Pound
- Nato
- 1950 - The Korean War
- A Plan For Europe
- 1951 - The Festival Of Britain
- Problems For Atlee
- Churchill Returns To Downing Street
- The Death Of King George The Sixth
- Trouble In Kenya
- 1953-1959
- 1953 - The New Elizabethan Age Begins
- The Colonies And The Commonwealth
- The Death Of Stalin - Enter Krushchev
- 1954 - Facing Up To The Threat Of Communism
- Confrontation In Egypt
- Teddy Boys And Other Diversions
- 1955 - East-West Relations
- Churchill Resigns
- The State Of The Nation
- 1956 - The Suez Crisis
- Eden Resigns - Macmillan Becomes Prime Minister
- 1957 - The Space Race Begins
- 1958 - The Last Debutantes And The First Parking Meters
- C.N.D. And Angry Young Men
- Cyprus
- National Service Is Abandoned
- 1959 - Fidel Castro Becomes President Of Cuba
- The Space Race Hots Up
- The Conservatives Win Their Third Election In A Row
- The European Free Trade Area And The Arrival Of The Mini