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29 results found for '"Freight"' in Keywords.
Jimmy Carter on air fares (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on US President Jimmy Carter’s response to the air fair issue between British and US airlines. Seaboard World Airlines spokesperson Steve Moran discusses their proposal to offer the cheapest route...
Tachometers in lorries (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Hugh Featherstone of Freight Transport Association on legislation making tachometers compulsory in lorry cabs in the UK. Male interviewer not identified. Telephone interview.
Kenneth Clarke on road building programme (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with junior transport minister Kenneth Clarke about the UK Government’s announcement of a major road building programme focusing on redirecting industrial traffic away from towns and villages,...
Heavy lorries dangers and rail freight (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the problems and dangers of heavy lorries on British roads and how to solve them including the need to increase the level of freight carried by rail. Male speaker and female interviewer not...
Radioactive waste in London row (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews a male speaker (not identified â poss. Roy Matthews, CGB spokesman) on opposition to the transporting of radioactive fuels through heavily populated areas of London on ordinary...
Radioactive waste in London row (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the hazards of transporting radioactive fuels through heavily populated areas of London on ordinary British Rail goods trains and on a meeting with Roy Matthews of the Central Generating Board...
Concorde to carry parcels for Federal Express (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the plan of Roy Watts, Deputy Chairman of British Airways, to turn two Concorde aircraft into freighters and lease them to Federal Express. Includes interview with Watts. Male reporter not...
European Gateway wrecked (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Townsend Thorensen Managing Director Geoffrey Parker on the wrecking of the European Gateway vessel after a collision with Speedlink Vanguard in stormy seas off Harwich and possible causes....
ASLEF strike ends (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Rail Chairman Sir Peter Parker, on the resumption of services after industrial action by ASLEF and cost to the railways of the action over flexible rostering. Male interviewer not...
ASLEF rail strike - comparison with 1955 dispute (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Report looking back at an ASLEF rail strike in 1955, with a comparison made with the current dispute over the issue of flexible rostering. Female reporter not identified.