BBC Radio and Television broadcasts, 1947-54

Component identifier:

Series 6

Content Summary:

This series consists of scripts and associated material for Wilmot's BBC radio and television broadcasts, 1947-53. Wilmot commenced work as a television broadcaster on Grace Goldie's "Foreign Correspondent" program in 1949. The radio broadcasts in this series consist mainly of historical features on World War II. Also included in this series are newscuttings concerning Wilmot's death in the Comet air crash of January 1954.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was presented to the National Library by Edith Wilmot in 1991 and arrived in Canberra in January 1992. It consists primarily of Chester Wilmot's papers, but also includes material added by Edith Wilmot in the years since Chester's death. A further transfer was received from the Wilmot family in 2024.

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