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Vera Lynn - Songs that Won the War

Vera Lynn - Songs that Won the War

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On this commemorative DVD, Dame Vera Lynn provides thoughtful commentary on the songs which, with their message of courage, determination and indomitability of spirit, formed a soundtrack to a momentous and unforgettable part of history and our lives. Also included is an audio CD with historic recordings of excerpts from some of Winston Churchill's finest speeches, plus 25 classic wartime favourites.

Tracklisting

DVD

I am speaking to you from the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street - Neville Chamberlain   
We’ll Meet Again (excerpt) - Vera Lynn     
When I sang that song all those years ago - Vera Lynn   
Umbrella Man (excerpt) - Flanagan And Allen    
Roll Out the Barrel (excerpt) - General Public   
Bless ’Em All (excerpt) - General Public     
The Washing on the Siegfried Line (excerpt) - General Public    
The Lambeth Walk (excerpt) - General Public
We are to maintain our defences for security - John Anderson    
Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner (excerpt) - Flanagan And Allen    
Guarding The Home Of The Home Guards - George Formby    
Run Rabbit Run (excerpt) - Flanagan And Allen   
Many of you have had to see your family life broken up’ - Queen Elizabeth II     
Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye - Gracie Fields   
Then came the terrible summer day - Vera Lynn
The Last Time I Saw Paris (excerpt) - Dinah Shore   
I’m A Little On The Lonely Side (excerpt) - Gracie Fields
We’re All Together Now (excerpt) - Gracie Fields    
The whole country was now in the front line - Vera Lynn    
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Anne Shelton    
We shall defend every village - Winston Churchill    
The White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn
The Londoner and the Hun - Flotsam And Jetsam   
Throughout the land every available hand was now working for the war effort - Vera Lynn    
Much Binding in the Marsh - Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch     
I’ll Walk Alone (excerpt) - Dinah Shore
Paper Doll (excerpt) - The Mills Brothers    
No matter how hard we worked, still there was not enough - Vera Lynn    
String of Pearls - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra     
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters    
As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (excerpt) - The Andrews Sisters
Like a great many other entertainers - Vera Lynn    
Sally (excerpt) - Gracie Fields   
Imagine Me in the Maginot Line - George Formby    
Round the Back of the Arches (excerpt) - Flanagan And Allen   
San Fernando Valley - Bing Crosby   
Stage Door Canteen (excerpt) - Jack Buchanan    
We now had millions of our troops stationed all over the world - Vera Lynn     
Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer - Eddie Cantor    
Yours (excerpt) - Eddie Cantor   
All Over the Place - Tommy Trinder   
By 1944 the tide of the war seemed to be turning - Vera Lynn   
When the Lights Go On Again - Penny Lee    
Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Thanks for the Memory (excerpt) - Bob Hope     
When victory came, it was a time for reflection - Vera Lynn
The hostilities will end officially at one minute after midnight tonight - Winston Churchill    
Land of Hope and Glory (excerpt) - General Public
There’ll Always Be An England (excerpt) - General Public    
We’ll Meet Again (excerpt) - Vera Lynn

CD
   
(There’ll be bluebirds over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn     
(We’re Gonna Hang Out) The Washing on the Siegfried Line - Various Artists
Fight on the Beaches - Winston Churchill
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra   
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - The Andrews Sisters
Thanks For The Memory - Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra
Lambeth Walk - Eddie Cantor, Ambrose & His Orchestra     
Round the Back of the Arches - Flanagan And Allen, Jay Wilbur And His Orchestra    
Their finest hour - Winston Churchill
We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn    
American Patrol - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra    
I’ll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra
Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland    
Run Rabbit Run - Flanagan And Allen   
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra    
There’ll Always Be An England - Alfred Piccaver   
I Don’t Want To Walk Without You - Bing Crosby   
It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow - Vera Lynn
Lili Marlene - Marlene Dietrich
It Had To Be You - Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest
Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell The Trees) - The Ink Spots    
I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - The Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra    
Yours - Vera Lynn, Members Of H.M.Forces, Roland Shaw
Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra    
We’ll Smile Again - Flanagan And Allen, Jay Wilbur And His Orchestra
Now Is The Hour - Gracie Fields    
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Vera Lynn     
Never in the field of human conflict - Winston Churchill    
 

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