Nga Taonga Sound Archives - WWII sound recordings

New Zealand sound recordings made 80 years ago in the thick of World War II have been recognised as taonga of significant cultural value, On Monday the 1600 discs were entered in UNESCO's "Memory of the World " Register, at a ceremony in Wellington.  

Arch Curry of the Mobile Broadcasting Unit records a message home from Pat Newman of Timaru, Cassino, Italy 1944 [courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

John Proudfoot and Charles Lewis of the Mobile Unit recording messages of recently repatriated NZ prisoners of war, Egypt 1943. [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

Mobile Unit commentator Arch Curry standing on a jeep at Alamein, viewing a burning New Zealand jeep through binoculars [Alexander Turnbull Library]

Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is here to tells us more about the WWII Mobile Broadcasting Unit recordings  - and why they are so important.

Correction: In this interview the broadcaster Peter Harcourt is mistakenly named as Gordon Harcourt, which is the name of his son.