First look at trailer for sold-out VE Day 75 memorial event hosted by Katherine Jenkins that will be broadcast live from Royal Albert Hall to 450 cinemas across the UK
- Commemorative event in Royal Albert Hall will be screened at 450 UK cinemas
- Exclusive trailer featuring the voice of Winston Churchill has been released
- Today marks the 75-day countdown to the end of WWII and VE Day 75
It is remembered as one of the most joyous days in history, with vast crowds filling central London and street parties across the land as Britain marked Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945.
Now, 75 years on, the whole country is preparing to celebrate all over again.
Such is the public demand for a commemorative event in the Royal Albert Hall on May 8 – supported by the Daily Mail – that plans were announced to screen the show live in 450 cinemas all over Britain.
The commemorative event of Victory of Europe Day on May 8, 1954, at the Royal Albert Hall (pictured) is to be broadcast at more than 400 cinemas across the UK. It features the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the Military Wives Choirs, special guests, VIPs, members of Sir Winston Churchill’s family and, above all and veterans
A trailer for the event has now been released, which features the stirring words of Winston Churchill as he announces victory.
He says: ‘We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing.’
A woman who was alive during the victory celebrations then says: ‘Trafalgar Square was alive with little people, looking like little ants, swimming in the water.’
Today marks the 75-day countdown to VE Day 75 and the exclusive trailer reveals that opera singer Katherine Jenkins will be performing at the memorial event alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Military Wives Choir.
Other VIPs, members of Sir Winston Churchill’s family and veteran soldiers will also be involved in the commemorative event.
Sir Andrew Gregory, of the armed forces charity SSAFA, said ‘bringing the nation together’ to commemorate the date in world history is ‘absolutely fitting’. Pictured is Prime Minister Winston Churchill being mobbed after his VE Day broadcast
Tickets sold out almost immediately after we announced our spectacular night at the concert hall.
However, you do not need to be in central London to enjoy an evening of fabulous music, wartime classics, historic readings and unalloyed patriotism in aid of our oldest Forces charity.
Crowds cheer as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret appear on the balcony on May 8, 1945. Now, 75 years on, the whole country is preparing to celebrate all over again
The evening will raise funds for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, which has been supporting service personnel of all ages and their families for 130 years.
The charity’s chief executive, Sir Andrew Gregory, welcomed the news that everyone can now be part of the action.
‘Bringing the nation together to commemorate this pivotal date in world history is absolutely fitting and we are delighted that this poignant concert will be accessible in cinemas for the public as a whole on VE Day,’ he said.
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