CD41 is proud to present a new archive audio CD, the Home Front, a unique collection of restored British actuality and broadcast recordings from the Second World War. An evocative double-disc set, the Home Front features 150 minutes of rare material recorded and broadcast between 1939 and 1945. From Neville Chamberlain's historic announcement of 'war with Germany' at 11.15 am on Sunday 3 September 1939, the CDs cover evacuation, anti-invasion measures, the Home Guard, the Blitz, food rationing, salvage, war work, agriculture, fuel saving, mass observation, rumours, the V-1 and V-2 menace, and finally VE Day on 8 May 1945.

Tracklist:

News Bulletin 3.9.1939
War with Germany - Neville Chamberlain
Address by King George VI
Evacuees Leave London 1940
Home Guard Appeal
Blitzkrieg 3.26 - Lord Haw Haw
We Shall Fight on the Beaches - Winston Churchill
If the Invader Comes
Salvage of Household Materials
Dover: Hellfire Corner
Volunteer Arp Warden
Battle of Britain: Spitfire Pilot
News: The Battle of Britain 15.9.1940
Farmers Under Fire
Blitz: Black Saturday, The
London Wedding Blitzed
My First Arp Experience - Max Miller
Manchester Air Raid Shelter
Somerset in Wartime - Edward R. Murrow
Work of the WVS: Billeting
Mass-Observation 1941
Workers' Playtime 1941
Women at the Benches
News: Raids on Britain 10.1.1941
5 to 1 on the Land
News: Japan Enters the War 7.12.1941
Kitchen Front, The - Daisy
London Cabbie in the Blitz
Baedeker Raid on Exeter 1942
Canteen Concert in Scotland
Christmas Messages 1942 - Evacuees
News: Italy Surrenders 8.9.1943
Brains Trust: Happiness, The
Put It Out - Tommy Handley
News: D-Day Landings 6.6.1944
V-1 Flying Bomb Actuality
V-1 Attacks: AA Comand
Raf Fighter Flips V-1
World & Home News 30.8.1944
V-2 Attacks on London
Newsflash: Hitler Is Dead 1.5.1945
German Surrender 7.5.1945
Ve Day: Winston Churchill & Crowds
Ve Day Weather Forecast
Glasgow Mother, A

UPC: 5024545490923
Label: Cd41 (uk)
Release Date: 7.8.08
Format: CD

Home Front-British Wartime Recordings - Home Front (2 CD)