Windsors' War
Timewatch · Season 1982 · Episode 1
In this edition, the continuing controversy surrounding the war-time role of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Victims of a bad press, they remained tactfully silent, but now answer back through Maitre Blum their lawyer, who gives her first television interview.Operation Hurricane, Britain's first atomic test, took place 30 years ago. Film of that secret explosion has been specially declassified by the Ministry of Defence for Timewatch.And Chatham Dockyard, now under threat of Government closure, the story of its contribution to naval history from the Armada to HMS Victory, to the Falklands.
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Season
1982
Episode
1
Air Date
29/Sep/1982
Air Time
20:00
Runtime
60 min
Overview
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In this edition, the continuing controversy surrounding the war-time role of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Victims of a bad press, they remained tactfully silent, but now answer back through Maitre Blum their lawyer, who gives her first television interview.Operation Hurricane, Britain's first atomic test, took place 30 years ago. Film of that secret explosion has been specially declassified by the Ministry of Defence for Timewatch.And Chatham Dockyard, now under threat of Government closure, the story of its contribution to naval history from the Armada to HMS Victory, to the Falklands.
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