CD Audiobook
Eyewitness. 1950-1959 [sound recording] / commentary by Joanna Bourke ; presented by Tim Pigott-Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792736001 :
- ISBN: 9780792736004
- Physical Description: 4 sound discs (4 hr., 37 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Hampton, NH : BBC Audiobooks America, p2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact disc. "A history of the twentieth century in sound"--Container. Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Tim Pigott-Smith, narrator ; Joanna Bourke, commentary. |
| Summary, etc.: | In 1951, the Festival of Britain celebrated a more egalitarian and peaceful society. Nevertheless young men were still called on to fight as conflicts erupted in Malaya, Korea, Cyprus and Suez. Then as the nuclear threat increased, protestors took to the streets. This was the era of the Angry Young Men, literate rebels; also of the Teddy Boy, creator of distinctive fashion, byt representing a culture of violence and discrimination as seen in the Notting Hill race riots. Rock-and Roll produced Britain's first true pop stars. |
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| Subject: | History, Modern > 20th century. Great Britain > History > 20th century. |
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