Thursday, April 23, 2009

NZ at War documentary for Anzac Day

Paul Napier has put together a follow-up to an earlier radio documentary on New Zealand at War. This one focuses on the Pacific
Playing on Coast at 10am and repeated at 6pm Saturday 25 April 2009

The Voices:
Jim Wolf, Anne Collins, Ray Mankelow, Rosemary Cobb, Ian Newlands, Harry Bioletti, Philip Stewart, John McKay,

Book references – While you’re away - Anna Rogers
Letters from the Battlefields - Gly Harper

The music:
Glenn Miller - On a Little Street in Singapore, Artie Shaw - Temptation, Johnny Mercer - A Gal in Calico, Helen Humes - I Was Doing’ Alright, Jo Stafford - Long Ago and Far Away, Vera Lynn - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, Flanagan and Alen - Run Rabbit Run, Eric Coates - Dam Busters Theme (reprise)

Background themes: Elgar and Vaughn Williams
Compiled and edited - Paul Napier



The countryside surrounding Tyne Cot Cemetery, so tranquil now. During the Dawn Service in Auckland, I was thinking I had, as an Airforce Photographer, served overseas when I attended the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa in 1968. See also my Blog on Menin Gate

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