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84 results found for '"Equipment"' in Keywords.
Skateboards expensive (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Bruce George MP on the enormous profits being made on skateboards and protective gear for the new sport.
Towards 2000 (1977)
- Genre
- Speech
Towards 2000. Field Marshal Michael Carver soliloquises on the future defence of Europe and various possible scenarios for the remainder of the 20th Century. Carver discusses Britain’s role in European...
Harry Overidge on strike action and Royal Free Hospital (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Harry Overidge(?) about the risks to equipment at the Royal Free Hospital, London, and on the possible closure of the hospital, as a result of strike action by maintenance workers. Male...
British links with Chinese military (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Major-General Nigel Gribbon on new links and co-operation between the British and Chinese military now they have a common enemy in the USSR. China is also looking to purchase latest military...
US Air force tanker base needed in UK (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Secretary of State for Defence Fred Mulley explains the need for the US Air Force giant tanker base in the UK, the proposed sites for the US equipment and possible protests. Greenham Common amongst others,...
John Potter describes fire at House of Commons (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Assistant Divisional Fire Officer John Potter on being called to the House of Commons to deal with a fire cause by an electrical switch panel. He says it is not unusual to be called to Parliament to deal...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the airlift by the RAF of British peacekeeping troops and equipment arriving in Zimbabwe Rhodesia to monitor the ceasefire. Male reporter not identified.
Explosion at Ramat Hasharon (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on two explosions at a military plant in Ramat Hasharon near Tel-Aviv, Israel. Description of the scene and the explosion of ammunition at the plant. Male reporter not identified.
Down to earth (1979)
- Genre
- Feature
Independent Radio presents Down to Earth: A Story of Coal and Colliers, the last of a series written and produced by Ralph Bernard, narrated by Frank Windsor, researched by Tim Whyatt and Julie Fletcher;...
Pye supplied telecommunications equipment to Amin (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
US journalist Ed Harriman on evidence that Pye’s official distributors in East Africa, Wilkin Telecommunications, supplied British equipment to former Zambian President Idi Amin’s state research centre...