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Free FreeThroughout the Great War, two academics in Germany laboured to record onto fragile wax cylinders the voices of British Empire Prisoners of War held near Berlin. The resulting treasure trove, uncovered only recently and now in the British Library, contains over 200 British voices speaking in dialect, as well as those of Indians, including Sikhs, West Africans and other Imperial soldiers.
This illustrated talk by John Adams, who located the Archive, will play examples, and explain the background to this unique collection of the voices of our grandfathers: Listen, and be moved.
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2016-07-12 2016-07-12 Europe/London British Empire Voice Recordings from the Great War, 1915-1918: The Berlin Humboldt POW Archive This illustrated talk by John Adams, who located the Archive, will play examples, and explain the background to this unique collection of the voices of our grandfathers. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2016/07/12/british-empire-voice-recordings-from-the-great-war-1915-1918-the-berlin-humboldt-pow-archive-101298 Guildhall Library,Aldermanbury,London,LondonLocation
Guildhall Library,
Aldermanbury,
London,
London,
EC2V 7HH
London,
London,
EC2V 7HH
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