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28,816 results found for all records.
French unrest (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on arguments in French politics over economic affairs and budget management. Opposition leader Jacques Chirac and his Gaullists are heavily critical of President Raymond Barre’s methods. Male...
Afghanistan fights USSR (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on success by Afghanistan’s rebel forces in military operations against the might of the Russian army and this only adding to pressure on the already unstable Soviet leadership. Male speaker and...
Tehran hostage interview (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Hostage Sergeant William Gallegos, Marine Guard, answering questions from an unidentified (Iranian?) woman about the US Embassy hostage situation in Tehran. Apparently an interview recorded by Iranian...
Man City assault (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified speaker talks of his concern for his 52 or 53 year-old father, working in the football profession, who was apparently beaten up by Manchester City football fans. Male interviewer not identified.
Saudi Arabia unrest (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about two recent major events in Saudi Arabia: the attack on Mecca, and Shi’ite demonstrations in the eastern provinces and warning if the Saudi royal family (who are Sunni Muslims) were to be...
Ayatollah Khomeini (1979)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview
Two (apparently continuous) clips from LBC News Radio, in which Clark Todd? (in Iran) talks to Brian Hayes about the Ayatollah Khomeini’s success in becoming Iran’s ultimate authority; the enormous...
Iran embassy hostages (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
2 interview clips, apparently consecutive, on a telephone conversation (by NBC?) with Bruce Laingen, US Charge d’Affaires, held hostage at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Office in Tehran; lack of...
Iran hostage crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified American speaker on the possibility of unspecific military action by the USA in response to the US embassy hostage-taking in Tehran. Male interviewer not identified.
Iran hostage crisis boosts Carter’s popularity (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on Jimmy Carter’s declaration of candidacy for re-election to the Presidency. Carter and Edward Kennedy are now running neck-and-neck in the opinion polls, largely due to Carter’s ‘firm’...
American-British-Iranian relations (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male American on American-British-Iranian relations including Iranians considering economic blockades against them ineffective; the visit of a Kentucky couple to Iran, allegedly to visit...