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A Record is Broken
There is something in man that drives him to be the first, the fastest, to climb higher or dive deeper, to do something better than anyone else. Some of the greatest record-breakers of this century talk about how they did it-and why.
Written by Gordon Cruickshank
Narrated by Alexander Moyes
Produced by Denys Gueroult
(Recorded broadcast of July 30, 1959)

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Written By:
Gordon Cruickshank
Unknown:
Alexander Moyes
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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