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Marcel Ouimet from London

Black and white headshot of Marcel Ouimet holding a microphone reporting for the CBC from the frontline of World War II.

audio: radio100.moeb.ca; image (cropped): Marcel Ouimet broadcasting for the CBC, circa 1943, Radio-Canada

[Audio Transcript translated from French]

This is Marcel Ouimet from London.

A black moonless night, great calm hangs over London. The city is quiet, inactive, except for the defense services and war vigils. Asleep, millions of citizens each enjoy the hours of rest they deserve. Then suddenly…

(alarm)

The roar of the sirens last night, like many times in recent weeks, tore into the sky. This was followed by another impressive silence, until in the distance we hear the rumble of the anti-aircraft guns, which grew in intensity as the “Raiders” approached the city.

(noise of airplanes and anti-aircraft guns)