The film won in four categories, including the final award of the evening, for best comedy or musical motion picture.

On 26 September 1960, Fidel Castro of Cuba remained on the rostrum for 269 minutes, making his address the longest timed speech in General Assembly history. Delivered just one year after the Cuban ...

Harman Grisewood speaking to Frank Gillard, founder of the BBC Oral History Collection, 1994 News that the speech would be made on the evening of Friday 11th December percolated through the BBC ...