Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, The Viscount Alamein | 1969 Radio Interview on Desert Island Discs

Roy Plomley interviews the national icon and hero of World War II, Field Marshal Bernard Law 'Monty' Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL.

At the age of 82, Viscount Montgomery reflects pensively on his historic military successes, his family and the poignance of reaching old age.

Pictured: The Viscount Montgomery stood in front of his official 1945 oil portrait, painted by Frank Salisbury, in 1968.

Originally broadcast: 20/12/1969

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