| Main Performers | Rt. Hon. Lord Snell (Chairman of the London County Council),
Rt. Hon. L S Amery,
Rt. Hon. Earl De La Warr,
Sir Pirozkhan Noon (High Commsioner to India),
Rt. Hon. J A Lyons (Australian Prime Minster),
Stanley Baldwin (last public speech as Prime Minister),
Mr Alfred Noyes - speakers |
| Secondary Performers | Dr Ernest Bullock - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | Dagenham Girl Pipers' Band |
| Set List | Addresses
Organ Soli: 'Imperial March', Elgar, (Ernest Bullock),
'Solemn Melody', Walford Davies, (Ernest Bullock),
'Adagio and March' (Occasional Overture), Handel, (Ernest Bullock),
'Gavotte', S Wesley, (Ernest Bullock),
'The Children's Song' (Puck of Pook's Hill), R Kipling,
'Jerusalem', Parry
Recitation - 'Ode to Youth', A Noyes (Alfred Noyes)
National Anthem: 'God Save the King' |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Duke of Gloucester |
| Performance Notes | Mr Stanley Baldwin and Mr Alfred Noyes's speeches were broadcast to the nation on the National Radio station.
(The Times, 18 May 1937)
"At a Rally of Empire Youth at the Albert Hall to-morrow, Mr Baldwin will address 8,000 British young people, 1,5000 from overseas.
Representatives from every part of the Empire will include 90 scouts from Australia, four Red Indian boys and girls from Canada, 20 boys from the Special Areas in Durham, 215 from Scotland, 115 from Northern Ireland and 30 from the Irish Free State. In addition, young people from British communities in Belgium, Holland and Czechoslovakia will be present."
(The Daily Telegraph, 17 May 1937)
"MR BALDWIN'S STIRRING CALL TO YOUTH.
NEED OF LEADERSHIP IN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
"Europe at Armed Attention"
"For You to Protect Democracy"
EMPIRE'S VOICE RAISED AGAINST FALSE GODS OF WAR.
Mr Baldwin delivered a stirring call to youth when he addressed 8,000 young people, all aged between 16 and 19 and representing every nation in the British Commonwealth, at the Albert Hall last night.
He described the speech as the last he would deiver before a great audience as Prime Minister.
"You," he declared, "are the governors of the future. It will be for you to protect democracy, from without and from within."
A great tumult of cheering interrupted the speech when Mr Baldwin said
"Europe to-day is neither at war nor at peace, but stands at armed attention. Peace in some quarters is proclaimed as a bad dream and war glorified as an ideal for rational men. As long as the British Empire lasts we will raise our voices against these false gods."
The Duke of Gloucester surprised and delighted the audience by paying an unexpected visit to the Hall, reading a message of good wished from the King and Queen and making a short speech..."
(The Daily Telegraph, 19 May 1937)
The event was boradcast on National radio at 20:10. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1937/41),
Digital Photographs
Illustration (RAHE/1/1937/1) |