LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech; Special

TX Date

Apr 1987

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

Leon Brittan; Antonia Higgs

Keywords

London; Terrorism; Police; UK; Political protests; Embassies and consulates; International relations; Demonstrations; Embassy buildings; Libya; Sieges; St James Square

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