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4 results found for '"Illinois"' in Keywords.
Mayoral election in Chicago (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on a poll of the people of Chicago, Illinois to determine who should be mayor of the city. Candidates include Congressman Harold Washington, who could become the city’s first black mayor. Speakers...
President Reagan’s 73rd birthday (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s 73rd birthday. Reagan, the oldest-ever US president, is flying to Dixon, his birthplace, today. He jokes about his age in a speech. David Gergen,...
Yankee Jones (1985)
- Genre
- Feature; Special
Special programme. Andrew Jones presents Yankee Jones, the story of Sidney Jones Jnr, also known as Sidney Vincent Jones. Andrew Jones traces his father’s upbringing in the USA before he moved to Wales. He...
Flight recorders recovered from Chicago crash site (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the recovery of two black box flight recorders following the crash of a US passenger plane near Chicago, USA in which 68 people died, 7 of them Britons. Includes comment from Chairman of the...