11 May 2022

World War Voices

From Nights, 7:12 pm on 11 May 2022

Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research into the wartime recordings of the mobile broadcasting unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War II.

Members of the first National Broadcasting Service Mobile Recording Unit, in August 1940 (L-R): Norman Johnston, Noel Palmer, Doug Laurenson

Members of the first National Broadcasting Service Mobile Recording Unit, in August 1940 (L-R): Norman Johnston, Noel Palmer, Doug Laurenson [Image: ] Photo: The New Zealand Listener, 13 Dec 1940