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28,816 results found for all records.
Concorde noise levels controversy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on controversy over the noise levels created by the supersonic aircraft Concorde at Kennedy Airport in New York. The Concorde does not have any special flight patterns or regulations in place to...
Joyce McKinney and Keith May flee UK (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the disappearance of Joyce McKinney and Keith May (12/04/78), shortly before their trial for kidnapping. They were last seen travelling through Toronto Airport and the Canadian authorities have...
Emergency landing (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Two unidentified British male survivors of an emergency landing talk about their experience, and praise the pilot responsible for bringing the plane down safely. [This may have been the Korean Airlines...
McKinney nude photographs (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with suspected kidnapper, Joyce McKinney, on some nude photographs of her that are to be published in a book. She complains that the photos were stolen from her home, sold to a newspaper and...
Finance bill defeat (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Denis Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks about his concerns for the economy in the light of a government defeat on an amendment in the House of Commons. Geoffrey Howe had called for the government to...
Finance bill defeat (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe on the second Government defeat on an amendment to their finance bill in the House of Commons. He proposes that the top rates of income tax should be...
Atrocities in Zaire (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Series of reports on atrocities carried out in Zaire by Katangan rebels. Includes interviews with refugees. Reporters not identified.
David Steel on Lib-Lab pact (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Street interview with Liberal leader David Steel, about the demise of the Lib-Lab pact and the possibility of an October general election. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Ed Boyle).
Sale of Robert von Hirsch collection at Sotheby’s (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with David Viller of Sotheby’s, on the pre-sale exhibition of the late Robert von Hirsch’s art collection, at the company’s auction house in London. Male interviewer not identified.
Dung flung in House of Commons (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified male MP about a breach of security at the House of Commons, as a result of which protesters were able to throw horse dung from the Strangers’ Gallery (06/07/78). The dung struck...