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Great Moments Introduction

NB: These recordings are not issued on loan via the on-line ordering system, but can be reproduced specially for your use in school. Please see below for How to access ‘Great Moments’ recordings.

About 'Great Moments'

This collection contains over 190 recordings of historically and socially significant events, including notable inventions and scientific advances, tragedies and achievements, times of war, achievements in sport, aviation and space exploration, and many, many more. Click here to view the full list.

Volume 1 covers 1901 to 1953 and includes The New Century, the two World Wars and the Fragile Peace.

Volume 2 covers 1953 to 1969, including The Atomic Era, The Cold War and the social changes of the 60s.

Volume 3 covers 1970 to 1999 and includes the Equal Rights movement, Watergate, and ‘Glasnost’ and the New World Order.

Anyone over 80 will tell you exactly where they were when they heard of the King’s Abdication in 1936, the declaration of war in 1939, the Pearl Harbor assault in 1941. They may well recall the coming to prominence of Ghandi in India, the Hindenburg airship disaster, or George Bernard Shaw and the Pacifist movement.

Anyone over 50 will recall John F Kennedy’s speech at the Berlin Wall, and will tell you exactly where they were just a short time later when they heard he had been shot. Probably, they will also have memories of ‘Sputnik’, living through the ‘atomic age’, the first heart transplant, the Israeli-Arab ‘six-day war’, the early American space program and the moon landings.

Younger people will have similar recollections of events such as the Nixon resignation, the Clinton denial, the onset of Desert Storm, the death of Diana, the Falklands War, Nelson Mandela walking free, the ‘Challenger’ space shuttle disaster, the end of the Cold War and of the Soviet Union, and more.

All of these, and dozens of other historic events, are accessible to you and those you teach, through this amazing collection. We also recommend that you check through the ‘Great Speeches’ collection, listed separately, for relevant complementary material on your chosen topic.

How to access \'Great Moments\'

We cannot lend you our original CDs but, upon request, we will gladly supply a professional quality copy, in your preferred format, of the part(s) you wish to use. This copy will be yours to keep.

First, click here to go to the listings, and make a note of the numbers and titles of suitable items.

Go to ‘View Your Basket’ from the WSLR home page and use the message box to send us an email, via ‘Checkout’, detailing your selection and describing briefly how you plan to use the recordings.

Then, at your convenience, call us to discuss your exact needs more fully. The WSLR A-V team will then be able to produce a high quality cassette tape or CD with your choice of recordings, specifically tailored to your requirements.

All recordings supplied in this way are held copyright free by WSLR, and are supplied at no charge to WSLR member schools for use in accordance with the conditions set out in the next paragraph.

Important - please note: under the terms of our ERA recording licence, your cassette tape or CD may only be used at your school in connection with teaching, research, or for your project or production, and must not be copied, altered, or loaned to or used by any third party.

For more information please telephone us at the WSLR Edit Suite on 01225 713747.