United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1


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This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund Burke, William Wilberforce, William Gladstone, Keir Hardie, Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan. (Summary by Carl Manchester) (5 hr 11 min)

Chapitres

Speech on the Petition of Right, 1628 21:30 Lu par David Federman
Speech against the Attainder of Strafford, 1641 15:27 Lu par David Federman
Speech to Rump Parliament, 1653 2:46 Lu par Carl Manchester
Speech on reducing the army, 1731 8:06 Lu par Rachel Lintern
Speech on House of Commons Reform, 1784 24:11 Lu par Sibella Denton
Speech on slavery, 1789 10:42 Lu par icyjumbo (1964-2010)
Speech on the Reform Act, 1831 4:21 Lu par Sibella Denton
Speech on the Reform Act, 1837 5:32 Lu par Sibella Denton
Speech on copyright, 1841 36:43 Lu par Philippa
Speech on Irish Home Rule, 1886 28:04 Lu par Sibella Denton
Speech on a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1888 27:14 Lu par Christine Blachford
Speech on socialism, 1901 8:02 Lu par Sally Ann Cook
Speech on women's suffrage, 1905 33:09 Lu par icyjumbo (1964-2010)
Speech on The West Ham Guardians , 1927 18:12 Lu par Philippa
Speech on the outbreak of war with Germany, 1939 7:34 Lu par Sibella Denton
We shall fight on the beaches, 1940 27:50 Lu par Mark F. Smith
Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956 31:44 Lu par Carl Manchester