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Great Moments in History
- The Ultimate Collection of Historically Significant Speeches
- Narrated by: David Birney, Richard Gilliland, Juliet Mills, Burt Reynolds, Loretta Swit, David Warner, William Windom, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Theodore Bikel
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Compiled here are original broadcasts that changed the face of the 20th century along with dramatization of classic speeches, including:
Socrates - "Apology" (399 BC) - Performed by Christopher Cazenove
Joan of Arc - "Inquisition" (1431) - Performed by Susan Anspach
Martin Luther - "I Cannot and Will Not Retrace" (1521) - Performed by Julian Holloway
Queen Elizabeth I "The Golden Speech" (1601) - Performed by Stephanie Beacham
Robespierre - "Festival" (1794) - Performed by David Warner
Nikolai Lenin - "Proletariat" (1919) - Performed by Theodore Bikel
Lady Astor - "Women in Politics" (1922) - Performed by Juliet Mills
David Ben Gurion - "A Jewish State" (1948) - Performed by Theodore Bikel
King Edward VIII - "Abdication" (1936) - Original Broadcast
Adolf Hitler - "Sudetenland Occupation" (1938) - Original Broadcast
Winston Churchill - "Radio Address" (1936) - Original Broadcast
Winston Churchill "Address" (1940) - Original Broadcast
Franklin D. Roosevelt - "War Against Japan" (1941) - Original Broadcast
Jonathan Edwards - "An Angry God" (1741) - Performed by Harlan Ellison
Patrick Henry - "Give Me Liberty" (1775) - Performed by David Birney
Samuel Adams - "American Independence" (1776) - Performed by Frank Muller
George Washington - "Inaugural Address" (1789) - Performed by William Windom
George Washington - "Farewell Address" (1796) - Performed by William Windom
Thomas Jefferson - "Inaugural Address" (1801) - Performed by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
John Brown - "Death" (1859) - Performed by Michael Gross
Jefferson Davis - "Withdrawal" (1861) - Performed by Robert Gilliland
Abraham Lincoln - "Gettysburg Address" (1863) - Performed by Burt Reynolds
Susan B. Anthony - "On Woman’s Suffrage" (1873) - Performed by Loretta Swit
Booker T. Washington - "The American Standard" (1896) - Performed by James Reynolds
Williams Jennings Bryan - "The Ideal Republic" (1923) - Original Broadcast
Amelia Earhart - "Women in Flying" (1931) - Original Broadcast
Franklin D. Roosevelt - "Inaugural Address" (1933) - Original Broadcast
Franklin D. Roosevelt - "Inaugural Address" (1937) - Original Broadcast
Lou Gehrig - "Farewell to Baseball" (1939) - Original Broadcast
Babe Ruth - "Farewell to Baseball" (1947) - Original Broadcast
Harry S. Truman - "Inaugural Address" (1949) - Original Broadcast
General Douglas MacArthur - "Address to Congress" (1951) - Original Broadcast
John F. Kennedy - "Inaugural Address" (1961) Original Broadcast
John F. Kennedy - "Cuban Missile Crisis" (1962) - Original Broadcast
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - "Civil Rights Address" (1963) - Original Broadcast
Malcolm X - "On Black Power" (1964) - Original Broadcast
Edward Kennedy - "Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy" (1968) - Original Broadcast
Neil Armstrong - "Moon Landing" (1969) - Original Broadcast
Gloria Steinem - "To Women" (1971) - Original Broadcast
Richard Nixon - "End of The Vietnam War" (1973) - Original Broadcast
Jimmy Carter - "Energy and National Goals" (1979) - Original Broadcast
Ronald Reagan - "The Berlin Wall" (1987) - Original Broadcast
George Bush - "The Bombing of Iraq" (1991) - Original Broadcast
William J. Clinton - "Convocation" (1993) - Original Broadcast