Appeal of 18 June 1940

Key Information

Register:
International
Year of Inscription:
2005
Type of Heritage:
Audio Document
Nominating Institution:
Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) & British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

The Appeal of 18 June is one of the most remarkable pieces in the history of radio broadcasting.

The Appeal showed that radio was no longer just a means of entertainment or propaganda. Radio could also provide the technical means to enable an isolated individual (General de Gaulle) to launch a huge resistance movement from outside his own country, to urge his fellow citizens to oppose foreign rule and subservience and to fight for the restoration of freedoms. The power and universality of this medium require no further proof. Joint inscription between France and the United Kingdom.

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