Microform Collection

Title: British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service. Summary of World Broadcasts, 1939-1959.
Call Number: MICROFILM 3913, MICROFICHE 100, 1270-72
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan, University Microfilms. 
                  Summary of World Broadcasts, 2nd Series 1972-. Caversham Park, Reading.
Description: 398 reels, 450 fiche per year.

Subject(s):

East (Far East) - Politics and government
Russia - Politics and government
Europe, Eastern - Politics and government
World War - 1939-1945 - Sources
World Politics - 20th century - Periodicals

Notes:  The British Broadcasting Corporation set up its Monitoring Service in 1939, at the request of the British Government, to provide information from open-band foreign broadcasts, whether in voice or morse.

The publications aim at providing a representative sample of the material monitored, including major broadcasts and those containing information of value according to the criteria established at the time.

The material includes official war communiqués, news reports, speeches etc.

Reviewed in Microform Review 2 (2) : 115-116, 1973

B.B.C. summaries were issued daily and weekly on four geographic areas : the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, the Far East and the Middle East and Africa.  Broadcasts are grouped by country and subject.

Publication type: Official war communiqués, news reports, speeches, propaganda trends, transcripts
Country: U.S.S.R., Eastern Europe, Far East, Britain
Time period: 1939-1959

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