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  • Adam Thomson on transatlantic air travel (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Adam Thomson, Chairman of British Caledonian Airways, who explains (in the context of a possible US ban on BC flights to Houston) that Houston is a booming part of the United States and that...

  • Policing US sport events (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview at the ground with Texan Police Sergeant, Bill Ford, on policing the Astrodome in Houston during baseball and American football games with far less hooliganism than in the UK. Female interviewer...

  • Actuality of space shuttle Columbia (1981)

    Genre
    Special

    Recording of NASA mission control’s radio communication with the Columbia space shuttle as it takes off for its maiden flight into space from Houston. Speaking are crew members Commander John W. Young;...

  • Columbia space shuttle - Successful launch (1981)

    Genre
    Special; Speech

    Actuality of the launch of the NASA Columbia space shuttle (from Mission Control at Houston, Texas?). Speakers include: Dan Brandenstein, NASA; Neil Hutchinson, NASA; John W. Young and/or Bob Crippen,...

  • Columbia space shuttle launch successful (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Report on the successful launch of the Columbia space shuttle. Includes actuality of the countdown to the launch. Further comment from Gerald Wheeler of Rockwell International, the manufacturer of the...

  • Columbia space shuttle - Successful landing (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the re-entry of Earth’s atmosphere and landing of the space shuttle Columbia after its first successful mission. Speakers include: astronauts John W. Young and Bob Crippen;...

  • Actuality of space shuttle Columbia (1981)

    Genre
    Special

    Recording of NASA mission control’s radio communication from Houston with the Columbia space shuttle as it prepares to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after its maiden flight into space. Speaking...

  • Francis Pym to speak in USA on nuclear disarmament (1983)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the speech in Houston, Texas tonight by UK Foreign Secretary Francis Pym, which will stress the need for the USA and its Western allies to cooperate over nuclear arms reduction negotiations with...

  • Challenger astronauts’ memorial service (1986)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    US President Ronald Reagan gives a eulogy at a memorial service (held in the grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston) for the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster...

  • John Major on Europe and economy (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Washington correspondent Nick Peters interviews Chancellor John Major at a summit on trade in Houston on splits over the EEC Common Agricultural Policy; then on talks with Jacques Delors on single European...