LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Greenpeace Big Ben demo

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jun 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:13

Description

Report on the scaling of the Big Ben clock tower in central London by Greenpeace activists Renato Ruf and Ron Taylor as part of a demonstration against nuclear testing. Includes interview with Greenpeace spokesman Nick Gallie; Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham (Quintin Hogg). Female reporter not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs).

Contributors

Quintin Hogg; Antonia Higgs?; Nick Gallie

Keywords

London; Demonstrations; Protest movements; Nuclear weapons; Anti-nuclear movements; Security; Greenpeace; Nuclear weapons testing; Big Ben; Renato Ruf; Ron Taylor

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