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10 results found for '"Saigon"' in Keywords.
Report on fall of Saigon (1975)
- Genre
- News report
After the fall of Saigon, the North Vietnamese celebrate their victory in war. As yet, there are no reports of the bloodshed and reprisals that the US Government warned would happen when the communist regime...
Diplomatic response to the surrender of Saigon (1975)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on reaction to the victory of the North Vietnamese army in Saigon (30/04/75). Includes reaction from Vietnamese diplomats in London and an interview with the South Vietnamese Ambassador. Male reporter...
War orphans killed in Vietnamese plane crash (1975)
- Genre
- News report
Julian Manyon reports on a plane crash near Saigon, Vietnam (04/04/75). The C-5A Galaxy aeroplane, piloted by the US Airforce, was taking part in Operation Babylift and most of those killed were Vietnamese...
Viet Cong claim Saigon (1975)
- Genre
- News report
Julian Manyon presents an eyewitness report from Vietnam, on the capture of Saigon by Viet Cong troops (30/04/75). He tells how soldiers and photographers made a carefully choreographed entrance to the city...
Miss Saigon opens-Simon Bowman interview (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with actor, Simon Bowman, about his role as a young GI in the new musical, Miss Saigon, which has just opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. It tells the dramatic story of love and...
Plans to transfer Miss Saigon to New York scrapped (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reporting on producer Cameron Mackintosh’s scrapping of plans to transfer the musical Miss Saigon from London to New York following the refusal by the American Actors’ Equity Association to...
Actors’ union lifts Jonathan Pryce ban (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the lifting of an Equity actors’ union ban on British actor Jonathan Pryce’s playing a Eurasian pimp in the Broadway production of the musical, Miss Saigon. After a six-hour-long...
Michael Parkinson interviews Eartha Kitt (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Phone-in
Actress and singer Eartha Kitt talks to Michael Parkinson about the dispute in America over the race of an actor (Jonathan Pryce) in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon; whether she herself has lost out...
Miss Saigon opens to protests in New York (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Paul Woodley reports from New York for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on the opening of the controversial musical Miss Saigon in New York, and on the anti-racist protests it has generated. Includes comments from...
Tony awards ceremony (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Jonathan Pryce accepts the Tony award for best leading actor in a musical (Miss Saigon), and gives an acceptance speech. Lea Solonga also gives a speech after winning best actress for the same show. Nigel...