1939–1953
8 surviving broadcasts held in the archive
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
Source collection: KingGeorgeVIEmpireDayAddress
1940 · year only
No. 2
14 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
No date recorded at source
No. 6
2 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
No date recorded at source
No. 7
3 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
1939 · year only
No. 1
2 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
No date recorded at source
No. 8
3 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
1947 · year only
No. 3
2 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
1953 · year only
No. 4
3 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.
1953 · year only
No. 5
2 min
Period pressings of royal broadcasts issued on 78rpm disc: King George VI's Empire Day address of 24 May 1940, "The King to his People" from 1939 and 1951, the Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service of 1935, Princess Elizabeth's 1940 message to the children of the Empire and her 21st-birthday broadcast from Cape Town in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II speaking on the evening of her coronation, 2 June 1953.