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Galveston explosion (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Roy Flores reports from the USA to Peter Sharp at IRN on an explosion in Galveston, Texas, where people were trapped inside a grain elevator. 10 people are reported dead and a further 23 injured. Emergency...
Concorde’s first New York flight (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Daniel Dorian of Air France reacts to the Concorde’s first passenger flight to New York, and comments on allegations that test flights were rigged to minimize noise levels. Male interviewer not identified.
Fire service strikes (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
A series of clips about the firemen’s strike which occurred as a result of a pay dispute. The clips include information about why the strikes have occurred; we hear from the firemen’s union about the...
British troops leaving for Bermuda (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on British troops leaving for Bermuda to help quell riots that broke out following hanging of 2 black Bermudans for murder of white victims. Speaks to Lieutenant-Colonel David Betley on the job they...
Bermuda hangings racist? (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jo Richardson MP on the two Bermudans that were hanged. She said that if the criminals were white and not the victims the killers would have been reprieved from the death sentence. She also...
Arthur Bottomley on UKs responsibility to Bermuda. (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Arthur Bottomley on internal affairs in Bermuda and Britainâs responsibility to the nation. Why we are sending troops to Bermuda and in effect helping them with the death penalty when we...
German terrorists commit suicide in prison (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jillian Becker on the suicide of the Baader Meinhof guerillas in prison in West Germany. On rumours that the state murdered them, how pistols got into the prison, the suicide plan, and hopes that this will...
German terrorists commit suicide in prison (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Phil Kelly, leader of British protesters who claim the Baader-Meinhof guerillas who committed suicide in prison were actually murdered by the West German government. Interviewer not identified.
Search for Schleyer’s killers (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Hans Roota(?) West German ambassador to the UK on his government’s determination to catch the killers of Hanns-Martin Schleyer who was kidnapped and later killed by the red Army Faction terrorists. Also on...
King Hussein on Middle East peace (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with King Hussein of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) on what Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt are doing for peace in the Middle East.