United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2. This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1756 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including William Pitt the Elder, John Stuart Mill, Dadabhai Naoroji, Lady Astor, Stanley Baldwin, Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Benn. (Summary by Carl Manchester)

Recording facts

• Recording title: United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:32:05

Catalogue topics

• britain
• politics
• speeches
• commons

Track guide

1. Speech against the Stamp Act, 1766 — 10:41
2. Speech on Capital Punishment, 1868 — 23:42
3. Speech on taxation in India, 1893 — 17:22
4. Speech on the effects of liquor for women and children, 1920 — 20:43
5. Speech on Disarmament, 1923 — 18:04
6. Speech on unemployment amongst women, 1924 — 13:10
7. The Bomber Will Always Get Through, 1932 — 16:20
8. Speech on the BBC, 1933 — 6:49
9. Speech on the Abdication, 1936 — 29:54
10. Speech on decolonisation, 1946 — 13:58
11. Speech on the NHS, 1946 — 51:59
12. Speech on The Cold War, 1950 — 14:38
13. Speech on the Voice of Britain, 1956 — 24:24
14. Speech on the Suez Canal, 1956 — 10:31

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