Audio Archive – 1978
May 1978
The death of Sir Robert Menzies
- May 15: Sir Robert Menzies died on May 15. This segment of PM is one of the first broadcasts of the news. It includes an interview with Sir William McMahon.
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- May 15: An unidentified radio station broadcast this announcement.
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- May 15: The 6.30pm Channel 7 news in Melbourne.
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- May 15: The 7.00pm ABC televisions news.
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- May 15: This Day Tonight, 7.30pm, ABC television covered the death of Menzies with file footage and interviews with Sir William McMahon and Frank Crean.
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- May 15: ABC television ran this tribute to Menzies on the evening of his death. This recording is incomplete. (25 mins)
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- May 15: Channel 7 ran this hour-long tribute to Menzies.
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- May 15: The former Labor leader, Arthur Calwell, spoke generously of Menzies at the time of his retirement in January 1966.
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- May 15: Sir Robert Menzies tells a story of a conversation he had with Sir Winston Churchill about history’s judgement.
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- May 15: An undated recording of Menzies dealing with hecklers at a public meeting.
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