LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Falklands conflict - MPs want peace talks

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

5 May 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:04:12

Description

Report on the reaction of MPs to the news that HMS Sheffield has been sunk in the Falklands war including calls for a ceasefire and peace talks. With comment from: Labour MPs Eric Heffer and Frank Hooley; SDP founder David Owen; Conservative MPs, Sir Nigel Fisher and Winston Churchill. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Eric Heffer; David Owen; Winston Churchill (b. 1940); Frank Hooley; Nigel Fisher

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; Great Britain; UN; Sailors; Members of Parliament; Military personnel; Conflict resolution; Diplomacy; Peacebuilding; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Warships; Wars (events); War casualties; HMS Sheffield

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