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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two
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 1766 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)
- Hansard online
- Wikipedia – United Kingdom House of Commons
- M4B format available
- LibriVox’s United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume two Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book (125MB)
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Total running time: 4:32:05
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Proof-Listener: HeartofTexas
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging:
Carl Manchester
mp3 and ogg files
- Speech against the Stamp Act of 1765, 1766 by William Pitt the Elder – 10:41
[mp3@64kbps - 5.1MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 10.2MB]
[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB]
Read by: Carol Stripling - Speech on capital punishment, 1868 by John Stuart Mill – 23:41
[mp3@64kbps - 11.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 22.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 17MB]
Read by: Gary Gilberd - Speech on taxation in India, 1893 by Dadabhai Naoroji – 17:21
[mp3@64kbps - 8.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 16.6MB]
[ogg vorbis - 11MB]
Read by: Jason Mills - Speech on the effects of liquor for women and children, 1920 by Nancy Astor – 20:42
[mp3@64kbps - 9.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 19.8MB]
[ogg vorbis - 13MB]
Read by: Hannah Dowell - Speech on disarmament, 1923 by Stanley Baldwin – 18:03
[mp3@64kbps - 8.6MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 17.3MB]
[ogg vorbis - 12MB]
Read by: Sally Ann Cook - Speech on unemployment amongst women, 1924 by Margaret Bondfield – 13:10
[mp3@64kbps - 6.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 12.6MB]
[ogg vorbis - 8.7MB]
Read by: Hannah Dowell - The Bomber Will Always Get Through, 1932 by Stanley Baldwin – 16:19
[mp3@64kbps - 7.8MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 15.6MB]
[ogg vorbis - 10MB]
Read by: coops - Speech on the BBC, 1933 by Katharine Stewart-Murray – 6:48
[mp3@64kbps - 3.2MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 6.5MB]
[ogg vorbis - 4.54MB]
Read by: Rhonda Federman - Speech on the Abdication, 1936 by Stanley Baldwin – 29:54
[mp3@64kbps - 14.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 28.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 19MB]
Read by: Andy Minter - Speech on decolonisation, 1946 by Clement Attlee – 13:57
[mp3@64kbps - 6.7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 13.4MB]
[ogg vorbis - 8.9MB]
Read by: Patricia - Speech on the NHS Act, 1946 by Aneurin Bevan – 51:59
[mp3@64kbps - 24.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 49.9MB]
[ogg vorbis - 34MB]
Read by: Philippa - Speech on the Cold War, 1950 by Alec Douglas-Home – 14:37
[mp3@64kbps - 7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 14MB]
[ogg vorbis - 8.56MB]
Read by: nicknight - Speech on the Voice of Britain, 1956 by Tony Benn – 24:23
[mp3@64kbps - 11.7MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 23.4MB]
[ogg vorbis - 15MB]
Read by: Matthew Ward - Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956 by Anthony Eden – 10:30
[mp3@64kbps - 5.0MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 10.0MB]
[ogg vorbis - 6.87MB]
Read by: Rhonda Federman
Cataloged on November 08, 2009
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