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Margaret Thatcher on Soviet troop reductions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher welcomes Mikhail Gorbachev’s announcement at the UN in New York that he is cutting 500,000 troops from the Red Army. She also comments on the Armenian earthquake, which...
Margaret Thatcher on Armenian earthquake (1988)
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- Interview
A devastating earthquake has left tens of thousands dead in Armenia. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had been due to visit Britain, but was forced to return home. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speaks...
London fire fighters to help after Armenian earthquake (1988)
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- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on a team of London fire fighters who are to travel to Armenia in the USSR to help rescue survivors of a recent earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale. The unit are to take special...
Armenian earthquake causes massive destruction (1988)
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- Interview
14 British rescue workers from International Rescue Corps this morning returned from Spitak in Armenia where a massive earthquake has devastated the area. George Matheson interviews Group leader Willie...
British specialist on Armenian earthquake (1988)
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- Interview
Interview with Dr Tony Redmond, leader of a team of British specialists just back from Armenia, following the Spitak earthquake (07/12/88). He says Britain should be able to organise a coordinated response...
British rescue workers return from Armenia (1988)
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- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports from Heathrow Airport, London, on the return of more than 20 British firefighters following the earthquake in Spitak, Armenia (07/12/88), which killed at least 25,000 people. Includes...
Independent Radio News review of 1988 (1988)
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- Interview; Music; News report; Obituary; Special
Independent Radio News Review of 1988, presented by Bill Bingham. With archive pieces by different reporters (including Douglas Cameron, Ben Brown, James Bays and Peter Murphy) on the Piper Alpha explosion,...
Spitak earthquake (1989)
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- Interview
Rescue workers describe the Spitak earthquake which occurred in 1988, destroying practically the whole of the Armenian town. (These 4 short clips apparently preceded and followed by items on what appears to...