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133 results found for '"Sailors"' in Keywords.
Celebrity interview (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Duncan Campbell interviews solo round-the-world sailor Robin Knox-Johnston. Topics include his early life; building boats; going into the merchant navy; his round the world voyage; whether his background had...
Seamen’s successful pay claim (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified male seamen’s union representative (poss. Jim Slater), on substantial gains made in the areas of fall-back pay, travel allowances and captive time. Female interviewer not...
Sinking of Mary Weston (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Ian Murray reports on British seamen trapped in overturned coaster, Mary Weston, near Rouen, France. The vessel sank in the Seine after colliding with an Ivory Coast cargo ship, the Yacasse.
Sailor’s perspective on icebergs in Antarctica (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an male unidentified representative of the British Antarctic survey ship John Biscoe, about the hazards of icebergs in the region. Male interviewer not identified.
Women of the year awards (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Women of the Year 1978 awards. Includes interviews with organiser Lady Georgina Coleridge; winners actress Mollie Sugden from Are You Being Served; yachtswoman Naomi James; actress Penelope...
MOD on ability to cope with large oil spills (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker from the Ministry of Defence pays tribute to salvage workers on the Christos Bitas oil tanker. He says that no country can be prepared for a disaster on the scale of the Amoco...
Ted Anson on final voyage of Ark Royal (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview in Plymouth with Ted Anson, Captain of the Ark Royal warship, on his reaction to the vessel’s final voyage and to his own promotion. Male interviewer not identified.
Final voyage of Ark Royal (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Jim Dallmeyer reports from Plymouth on the final voyage of the Ark Royal warship.
Meet a Midshipman scheme (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified spokesman on Meet a Midshipman scheme for foreign sailors to meet British people and see English countryside. Male interviewer not identified.
Seaman detained in USSR (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the mother of Stephen Thomas, British merchant seaman detained in the USSR. Male interviewer not identified.