Title

1980s news clips - Cruise missiles arrive at Greenham

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

14 Nov 1983

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:18

Description

House of Commons speech by Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, about the arrival of Cruise missiles at the Greenham Common RAF base in Berkshire. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine

Keywords

USA; UK; Great Britain; Berkshire; Nuclear weapons; Air force; Missiles; Greenham Common; Cabinet ministers

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