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15 results found for '"Communists"' in Keywords.
Mick McGahey on energy crisis (1974)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Scottish miners leader Mick McGahey (excerpts heard) at a Young Communist demonstration in Red Lion Square, London. Says policy of closing down coal industry was short-sighted as...
Gaia Servadio on Italian communists (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Italian journalist Gaia Servadio about the election of the Communist Party to Government in the country, and their ideas for political reform. Female interviewer not identified.
Obituary of Oswald Mosley (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary
Obituary of Sir Oswald Mosley (died on 03/12/80, aged 84), the former leader of the British Fascist movement who once belonged to both the Conservative and Labour Parties. Mosley was said to have supported...
Sir Charles Villiers on Tito (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Vivian White interviews Sir Charles Villiers, former Chairman of British Steel, on his experiences fighting with the Yugoslavia partisans under the command of General Josip Tito during the Second World War....
Resignation of Alexei Kosygin as Soviet premier (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the resignation of Alexei Kosygin as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union after 16 years in office. Includes a reading of his resignation letter, and Kosygin himself speaking about the Russian...
Movietone newsreel on Cuban Missile Crisis (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Archive Movietone newsreel on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, presented by Leslie Mitchell. He describes how Cuban exiles attempted a sabotage mission in Cuba in 1962 amid concern that Fidel Castro had...
Italian politicians exposed as members of P2 (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on Propaganda Due, or P2, a masonic lodge in Italy which formed a shadow government and plotted to return the country to authoritarian rule. Top parliamentary leaders have been exposed as members of...
Direct Action documentary (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Documentary; Interview
Report on a radio documentary made by the French communist terrorist organisation Direct Action. Includes excerpts from the documentary featuring one of the leaders, Jean-Marc Rouillan, and an unidentified...
Annual V day in Poland (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the annual Polish ceremony by Poland’s communist leaders of V Day to celebrate victory over the Nazis with high security to foil an anticipated Solidarity demonstration against martial law in the...
Moscow Communist Party conference (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes the Communist Party conference in Moscow will accept changes to make perestroika unstoppable (excerpt of speech- through interpreter?). John Alcock reports on whether...