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6 results found for '"Leonard Cheshire"' in Contributors.
Leonard Cheshire foundation (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Douglas Cameron reports on the role of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation providing support to and housing disabled people. The homes and the running of the homes is described. Speaking are: Christopher...
Dambusters 40th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Paul Maurice reports on flyovers by the Royal Air Force (heard) to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the so-called Dambusters raid by the RAF 617 Squadron, on the industrial Ruhr region of Germany...
Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, official British observer to the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 remembering what he saw and why the decision to use the bombs was...
Atomic bombs 40th anniversary (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Series of clips (some archival) used for Dave Loyn’s programme on the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 (40 years ago) entitled The Force of the Sun. Contributors...
1991 honours list (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 1991 honours list. Includes WW2 RAF veteran Leonard Cheshire on being given a life peerage; Tory MP Teddy Taylor on his knighthood; interviews with others receiving honours England Rugby Coach...
Memorial pens from scrapped missiles (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Leonard Cheshire on metal from scrapped missiles from Russia (SS20) and the USA (Pershing) being fused together to make remembrance pens known as World Memorial Pens. The proceeds will go to his memorial...