Anthony Eden memorial service
- Title
- Anthony Eden memorial service
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute; Obituary
- TX Date
- Feb 1977
- Year of production
- 1977
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- Duration
- 00:03:47
- Description
- Christopher Hourmouzious reporting from the memorial service in Westminster Abbey for former UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Includes tributes from Eden’s colleague, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord (Rab) Butler, and Conservative MP Norman St John-Stevas, who discuss Eden’s contribution as Foreign Secretary, including his role in the Suez crisis, and his personal qualities.
- Contributors
- Rab Butler; Christopher Hourmouzious; Norman St John-Stevas
- Keywords
- Deaths; Politics; Conservative Party; Prime ministers; Funerals; Foreign policy; Anthony Eden; Suez Crisis (1956)
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