Category: Military history audio AudioThe personal story of Holocaust survivor John DobaiWednesday 20 February 2019John Dobai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1934. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, John delivered a talk at The National Archives on 25 January 2019 about his p...AudioWest Africa and the First World WarMonday 18 June 2018The First World War had a great impact on West Africa, as Britain ordered the invasion of German colonies in Cameroon and Togoland, using its own colonies as ba...AudioUFO files at The National ArchivesTuesday 1 May 2018Originally set up at the request of Winston Churchill, the Ministry of Defence’s UFO Desk ran for over 60 years, collating mysterious sightings and records...AudioSuffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?Friday 27 April 2018By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson attacks, window-smashing campaigns and targeting of MPs’ houses....AudioSylvia Pankhurst: suffragette, socialist and ‘scourge of the empire’Monday 11 December 2017From militant suffragette at the beginning of the 20th century to campaigner against colonialism in Africa after the Second World War, Sylvia Pankhurst dedicate...AudioBlack Power and the stateMonday 4 December 2017The late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the flourishing of Black Power, a movement of major global impact. In Britain, black radical campaigns were monitored b...Audio‘Corner of a Foreign Field’: a play about the burial of Indian Muslim troops at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017It is October 1914 and Maulana Sadr Ud-Din is battling with General Barrow, the Military Secretary to the India Office, over the appropriate burial grounds for...Audio‘Step Child’: a play about the surveillance of First World War Indian dissentersWednesday 1 November 2017The British Government promises that all British subjects are equal before the law. But when America begins blocking the growing number of Indian Sikhs seeking...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when the legendary Madame Cama asks them to surrender for the good of the motherland. Wi...Audio‘The Radicalisation of Vir Singh’: a play about the challenges of serving as an Indian soldier in the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Arjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the first time. Inspired by compatriot Vir’s legends of mighty Sikh warriors, A...Audio‘Smile’: a play about Indian soldiers at the Brighton Pavilion Hospital during the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Three Indian soldiers recover at the iconic Brighton Pavilion hospital. Every detail is provided for but something isn’t quite right. The soldiers question wh...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryTuesday 4 July 2017In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about civilian gallantry from the First and... 1 2 3 … 11 »
