LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The 6th of October

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Speech; Tribute; Obituary; Music

TX Date

10 Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:53:47

Description

The 6th of October. LBC/IRN special programme paying tribute to the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, following his recent assassination. Includes recording of the President’s funeral, and contains an in-depth history of his life and political career, political policies, the Egyptian relationship with Israel, and Sadat’s condemnation of the United States. Includes discussion of the murder itself and the group behind it. Speakers include: Anwar El Sadat; US President Ronald Reagan; Colonel Peter Rosser; UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Egyptian exile Saad El-Shazly; former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger; Vice-President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak; Egyptian Minister, Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Michelle Cousins(?), 8 Days magazine; David Bolton, Royal United Services Institute. Male reporter not identified (poss. Des Fahy?). Breaks in recording where commercial breaks edited out.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Ronald Reagan; Henry Kissinger; Walter Cronkite; Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Hosni Mubarak; Alun Gwynne Jones; Des Fahy?; Peter Rosser; Saad El-Shazly; Michelle Cousins(?); David Bolton

Keywords

Deaths; Egypt; Israel; Middle East; Jewish-Arab relations; Terrorism; International relations; Homicide; Peacemaking; Presidents; Anwar Sadat; Arab states

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