Gillard, Frank (Oral history)

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British civilian broadcaster with British Broadcasting Corporation in GB, 1939-1941; war correspondent with British Broadcasting Corporation in GB, during Operation Jubilee the raid on Dieppe, France, North Africa, Italy and North West Europe, 1941-1945

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REEL 1 Aspects of period as civilian broadcaster with British Broadcasting Corporation in GB, 1939-1941: background to becoming broadcaster during 1930s; his work for British Broadcasting Corporation on outbreak of Second World War, 9/1939. Recollections of period as war correspondent with British Broadcasting Corporation in GB and during Operation Jubilee the raid on Dieppe, France, 1941-1942: background to becoming war correspondent; work in Southern Command; participation Operation Jubilee the raid on Dieppe, France, 19/8/1942; security situation and briefing prior to Operation Jubilee; his role during Operation Jubilee, 19/8/1942; question of security prior to raid and his discomfort at being initially taken to Bristol where he had previously worked; embarkation on landing craft at Newhaven; reaction to lack of bombardment; return to GB and reaction to address by Lord Louis Mountbatten; reporting restrictions imposed about Operation Jubilee REEL 2 Continues: his despatch about air battle over Dieppe; his return to Dieppe, 1944. Recollections of period as war correspondent with British Broadcasting Corporation in North Africa, 1942-1943: problems of reporting from army headquarters; background to joining Eighth Army; description of flight from GB to Egypt; handling news gathered for dissemination to GB; method of censorship in Cairo, Egypt; transfer to front line during advance from Tripoli, Libya; covering Battle of Mareth Line, Tunisia; liberation of Tunisia, 5/1943. Recollections of period as war correspondent with British Broadcasting Corporation in Italy, 1943-1944: occupation of Pantellaria Island. REEL 3 Continues: bombardment of Pantellaria Island; Anglo-American rivalry in Sicily; background to his allocation to landings at Salerno, 9/1943 character of his sea crossing in landing craft to Salerno, 9/1943; first hints of Italian surrender, 9/1943; German opposition at Salerno and use of infiltrators; problems of getting despatches out of Salerno; problem with destruction of the monestry at Monte Cassino. REEL 4 Continues: Recollections of period as war correspondent with British Broadcasting Corporation in GB and North West Europe, 1944-1945: General Bernard Montgomery's appreciation of importance of broadcasting; British Broadcasting Corporation's gearing up for Normandy Landings, 6/1944; landing of transmitter in Normandy, France, 19/6/1944; transmission of field service from Normandy, France to GB; importance of radio transmissions; his own progress along English Channel coastline; reaction of civilian populations to being liberated; anxieties of Belgian civilians at time of Battle of Bulge, 12/1944; misunderstandings arising from General Bernard Montgomery's press conference at time of Battle of Bulge, 12/1944. REEL 5 Continues: his transfer to General Omar Bradley's United States Twelfth Army Headquarters; relations with American generals particularly General Omar Bradley; visit to Regensburg Subcamp, Flossenbürg Concentration Camp, Germany, 4/1945; memories of the meeting of American and Soviet forces at Torgau, Germany, 25/4/1945; reasons for delay in broadcasting Torgau meeting, 4/1945; question of public reaction to eyewitness accounts during Second World War; role played by war correspondents; question of validly of wartime broadcasts; memories of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. REEL 6 Continues: request by Field Marshal Montgomery for him to attend signing of German surrender in Berlin, Germany, 5/1945.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Gillard, Frank (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1989-01-10
Dimensions: whole: Duration 165, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 10589

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