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So Sleep Easy in Your Beds
Episode 6 of 26
Classic 麻豆官网首页入口 documentary series, first broadcast in 1964. Britannia no longer rules the waves as the Royal Navy suffers shattering defeats.
The sixth episode in the epic series turns to the battle of the sea. British confidence in the Royal Navy was to be shattered as it suffered defeats - the worst one off Coronel on 1st November, 1914. An astonished world wondered at these spectacular disasters, failing to see beyond them to a time when German shipping would all but disappear from the seas.
This series will continue in February 2015.
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Sun 7 Dec 2014
19:00
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Wilfred Josephs
The Great War
Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Northern Orchestra. Conductor: George Hurst.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Michael Redgrave |
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Sat 4 Jul 1964 19:35麻豆官网首页入口 Two England- Sun 7 Dec 2014 19:00
Commemorating the centenary of World War I
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