Place | Asia: Japan, Hiro |
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Accession Number | S00264 |
Collection type | Sound |
Measurement | 13 min 26 sec |
Object type | Radio broadcast |
Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; Soni-Tape; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; mono; 7 inch |
Maker |
Britcom Broadcasting Station, Kure Japan |
Date made | 13 May 1955 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Period 1950-1959 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Radio program covering the ceremony marking the completion of repairs to Jeep 161756, the 7000th vehicle to pass through No 2 British Commonwealth (Britcom) Workshop REME, Hiro Japan, May 1955
Description
Program commences with 'Lilliburlero', the regimental march of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME); introduction to the ceremony including a brief history of REME and outline of its units in Japan and British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK); a summary of the national composition of personnel in the workshop - British, Australian and Japanese; a brief history of the jeep; identification of the officer commanding and company sergeant major of B Company No 2 Workshop; an address by Brigadier L J Bruton OBE Commander BCFK, with Japanese translation; Brigadier Bruton driven around the workshop by the longest-serving Japanese; concluding excerpt of 'Lilliburlero'.
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Radio program covering the ceremony marking the completion of repairs to Jeep 161756, the 7000th vehicle to pass through No 2 British Commonwealth (Britcom) Workshop REME, Hiro Japan, May 1955