Blitz 1: 1940-41 / Various Blitz 1: 1940-41 / Various CD

CD41 is proud to present a new archive audio CD, the Blitz, a unique collection of restored actuality and broadcast recordings from WW2. An evocative double-disc set, the Blitz (Vol 1) features 140 minutes of rare material recorded 1939 and 1941. Most of the 40 tracks cover the period of night air raids in British cities between September 1940 and May 1941, including the heavy raids on London known as 'Black Saturday' and the 'Second Fire of London'. All featured recordings are first-hand accounts made at the time, and include civilians, evacuees, ARP and civil defence personnel, RAF pilots, politicians, as well as actuality recordings made during raids and in shelters. Other historic recordings include a stirring speech by Winston Churchill, the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, an appeal for fire guards by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and William Joyce, the infamous Lord Haw Haw. Featured correspondents include Ed Murrow, Robin Duff and Raymond Glendenning. All materials are authentic wartime recordings which have been carefully digitally remastered for CD. The booklet includes archive images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward.

1. Air Raid Siren: Alert 2. Tyneside Air Raid 3. Spitfire Pilot 4. Portsmouth: Shelter Damage 5. Bombs on Wimbledon 6. Ed Murrow in London 7. Black Saturday: 7.9.1940 8. London: Blitz Actuality 9. Winston Churchill 10. Midnight News 15.9.1940 11. My Bomb 12. Aa Battery: Hyde Park 13. Arp George Cross 14. Kennington Public Shelter 15. War Commentary: Night Bombing 16. Coventry Blitzed 17. London: Bombed-Out 18. Second Fire of London - Winston Churchill 19. Guildhall Damaged 20. Wren Church Destroyed 21. Archbishop of Canterbury - Edward R. Murrow 22. Fire Bombs 23. News Bulletin 10.1.1941 - Winston Churchill 24. Bank Station Bombed 25. Nurse in the Blitz 26. Gas Works: George Medal 27. Police Rescue: George Medal 28. Raf Communiques 29. Lord Haw Haw: Views on the News 30. War Commentary: Air Defence 31. Cafe Paris Bombed 32. Costal Aa Battery 33. Winston Churchill: Progress of the War 34. Clydeside: Buried Alive 35. Night Fighter 36. London: Parliament Bombed 37. Clydebank: Bombed-Out 38. Afs Messenger: Merseyside 39. Arp Warden: Plymouth 40. Raid on London 41. 5 Minutes for Fire Guards 42. Mixed Aa Battery 43. Itma Interrupted 44. Air Raid Siren: All Clear