Lord Bruce interviewed by Cecil Edwards [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 87444
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bruce, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount, 1883-1967, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1962-1963
- 4 tape reels : 1 7/8 ips.
- Summary:
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Bruce speaks about his role as Australian representative in the War Cabinet; nuclear weapons; Eisenhower; role of the United Nations; Evatt; future world prosperity; his coat of arms; Sidney Cotton; his achievements and failures as Prime Minister; Winston Churchill; British Finance Corporation for Industry; the state of British industry; opening of Parliament House in 1927; Earle Page; 1925 election; 1925 waterfront strike; his involvement with rowing at Cambridge University; his childhood; his wife; Billy Hughes and 1923 Economic Conference.
- Biography/History:
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Bruce held the Victorian seat of Flinders for the Nationalist Party, 1918-1929 and was Prime Minister, 1923-1929. He was the Australian High Commissioner in London, 1933-1945.
- Notes:
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- This interview was recorded by Edwards for his book "Bruce of Melbourne" and is very disjointed.
- Recorded in Britian in 1962 and 1963.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Edwards, Cecil. "Bruce of Melbourne : a man of two worlds". London : Heinemann, 1965.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 84 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Edwards, Cecil, 1903-1978, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2033 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1963
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