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  • Iranian Embassy siege - Sim Harris on rescue operation (1980)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press interview with Sim Harris, BBC cameraman (sound man?), about the rescue operation by the SAS in the Iranian Embassy siege, in which he was being held hostage. In two parts, divided by break in audio.

  • End of Iranian Embassy siege in London (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Report following the end of the Iranian Embassy siege in London after SAS soldiers stormed the building. The gunmen, who killed one of the hostages, had been demanding the release of political prisoners in...

  • Funeral of Iranian Embassy siege SAS soldier (1981)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the funeral of Sergeant Leslie Barker, one of the SAS soldiers involved in ending the Iranian Embassy siege. Barker was killed on a training exercise in Oman when his parachute failed to open. He...

  • Car bomb explodes in Bayswater (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on an explosion in Connaught Square, Bayswater, London. A white Datsun Cherry was blown up as it drove away at 2.35 pm. Includes interviews with Adam Watson-Brown, who was in a nearby house, and...