Alec Askew on Land’s End school trip accident
- Title
- Alec Askew on Land’s End school trip accident
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
- TX Date
- 8 May 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:03:37
- Description
- Report on press conference (with excerpts) with headmaster Alec Askew about the freak wave which swept five of his students into the sea while they were on a school visit to Land’s End, killing four. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Alec Askew
- Keywords
- Accidents; Deaths; Children (age group); Children (family); Cornwall; Safety; Students; Rescue work; Schoolchildren; School visits; Land’s End; Heather Price
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LBC/IRN, "Alec Askew on Land’s End school trip accident". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006600150001 (Accessed 07 Sep 2025)