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223 results found for '"Trains"' in Keywords.
Moorgate Tube Disaster - survivor describes ordeal (1975)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Male survivor of the Moorgate Tube Disaster describes his escape from an underground train carriage following the crash at Moorgate Station on the Northern Line (28/02/75).
Reporters try out new trains (1976)
- Genre
- Press conference
On board a new train, Peter Parker, Chairman of British Railways, answers questions from a number of reporters about the new railway rolling stock just put into operation. Reporters not identified.
Taunton train fire (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which a number of rail passengers died, some of them locked into their carriages. Unidentified male reporter speaks to Nigel Musselwhite, Chief...
Taunton residents help train fire victims (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female tells how she and other local residents ministered to survivors of the Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78. She recounts how they took people into their homes, and describes their...
Taunton train fire (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which 11 rail passengers (at this point) died. We hear from the House of Commons, where Bill Rodgers offers condolences to the families of the...
Taunton woman tells of train fire rescue (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified Taunton woman tells how, after being woken by thumping noises and seeing flames, she helped neighbours to rescue fire survivors from train carriages. She talks of the fear and shock of the...
Michelle Booth case (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Detective Inspector Michael McAdam on progress in the case of Michelle Booth, who was assaulted and pushed off a train in Brentford, London on 18/03/78. Interviewer not identified.
Roy Orbison message to Michelle Booth (1978)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Get well message by American singer Roy Orbison to Michelle Booth who was attacked and thrown from a train in London on 18/03/78.
Bob Newlyn on Southern Region trains (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Newlyn on being appointed the new head of Southern Region trains. Newlyn says that he wants to improve the service and make trains run on time. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
Bentley Colliery disaster (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Jack Wood, National Coal Board area manager, on the scrutiny of underground transport systems prior to the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster. Seven miners were killed in...