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HOW CBS REWARDED THE MAN WHO GOT THEM THE MOSCOW OLYMPICS
When CBS Television was fighting rivals ABC and NBC to screen the Moscow Olympics, they asked CBS Records boss Walter Yetnikoff to go to Russia to do the deal. Yetnikoff didn't want to go, but CBS boss Bill Paley offered him a special reward if he was successful. Walter pulled it off, but his reward wasn't what Walter had in mind.......
WHEN THE ROLLING STONES SIGNED TO CBS
When the Rolling Stones signed for CBS records it was a big occasion for everyone. Everything was lined up for a huge celebratory dinner in Paris - and all was going well until the CBS man grabbed the Rolling Stones man by the lapels...... (NB a little bit of bad language was involved!)
WHEN JULIO INGLESIAS SIGNED WITH CBS RECORDS
Julio Inglesias was a well-known singer in Europe and South America, but hardly known in Britain and North America. When CBS heard him sing "Begin the Beguine" they wanted to sign him straight away. But their efforts were nearly thwarted by the man from the Dutch Antilles!
SHAKIN' STEVENS AND THE KANGAROO
In I980 Paul Russell was running CBS in Australia when Shakin' Stevens was on a nationwide tour. The record was number one, the tour was sold out, and everything was going well. Except that "Shaky" was very keen to have his picture taken with a kangaroo. Hmmm.....
NEAR MISS CRASH IN TIGER MOTH
former British Army officer John Elliott talks about learning to fly a Tiger Moth aircraft and a near fatal crash.
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BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORY Seeing a Zeppelin
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. Here he recalls his earliest memory of seeing a German Zeppelin during the First World War.
CRASH LANDING AT GATWICK AIRPORT during World War Two
Wing Commander Bob Foster was born in 1920. He decided to join the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve in January 1939. He flew a Hurricane fighter in the Battle of Britain but had an unlikely landi
An eye witness of a communist execution
With Germany out of their way, Tito's communist party came back to power. Rrahim Rexhepi, a World War Two survivor, explains how the Yugoslavian communists executed people that simply refused to obey
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THE IMPRISONMENT OF RUDOLF HESS
In 1983, James was a Major in Berlin and among his responsibilities was taking care of Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess. He met Hess frequently, and tells of the extraordinary relationship between
ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 2 Falklands War
On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft fr
HURRICANES AND SPITFIRES
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. He flew Spitfire's during the Warm notably in the Battle of Britain.
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