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Red Lion Square demonstration police tactics (1974)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the police battles with National Front and left-wing protesters at Red Lion Square in London (15/06/74). It looks at the police tactics used and the demonstratorâs actions. A student...
King Faisal assassination (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Peter Hobday, editor of The Director, on the assassination of King Faisal on 25/03/75 and succession in Saudi Arabia. Male interviewer not identified.
Ross McWhirter shot dead (1975)
- Genre
- News report
Jon Snow reports on the shooting of publisher Ross McWhirter in London (27/11/75). Police believe the killing was an IRA assassination, due to McWhirter’s provocative statements regarding Republican...
Pit explosion announced (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Parliamentary speech by employment minister Albert Booth announcing an explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire, with unknown causes resulting in five deaths and one man with serious injuries....
Pit explosion discussed (1975)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Speech in the Commons by Dennis Skinner MP, on the explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire that has resulted in five deaths and one man with serious injuries. Asks that investigation takes...
War orphans killed in Vietnamese plane crash (1975)
- Genre
- News report
Julian Manyon reports on a plane crash near Saigon, Vietnam (04/04/75). The C-5A Galaxy aeroplane, piloted by the US Airforce, was taking part in Operation Babylift and most of those killed were Vietnamese...
Criminal’s guilt (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Steve Sailah interviews Herbert Stratton of Acomb, York, about a letter he has written to Detective Chief Superintendent Arthur Harrison of North Yorkshire CID, confessing to the death in a road accident of...
Montgomery speaking in 1942 (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary; Speech
Archival news report of British army commander General Montgomery’s visit to a munitions factory in 1942, including a speech by him on the war and the importance of the Home Front. Broadcast on LBC...
Man loses 3 children as result of Northern Ireland shooting (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Vivian White interviews John Maguire, three of whose children were run over and killed in Andersonstown, West Belfast when a (Provisional?) IRA driver was shot dead by the British Army. Maguire says that...
Maguire children’s funeral (1976)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Vivian White reports on the funeral of the three Maguire children, killed by a crashing car driven by a IRA man who had been shot by the British Army in West Belfast. Includes the address by Father...