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The Battle of the Bands

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A film of the 1969 Military Musical Pageant at the Empire Stadium, Wembley
1,200 musicians, pipers, buglers and drummers representing virtually every regiment and corps of the British Army with The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery

Pageant staged by Captain M. J. Parker, MBE (The Queen's Own Hussars)
Produced by Roger Watkins for Midem Productions

Contributors

Staged by:
Captain M.J. Parker
Musical director:
Lt Col C. H. Jaeger, OBE (Irish Guards)
Narrator:
General Sir Brian Horrocks, KCB, KBE
Director:
Michael Bakewell
Producer for Midem Productions:
Roger Watkins
Presented for BBCtv by:
Ken Griffin
Source: Radio Times

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