Results
28,816 results found for all records.
Olympic fundraising despite boycott (1980)
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- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (poss. Labour MP and former sports minister Denis Howell) about raising funds for British athletes to enable them to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics in defiance of the...
Edmund Muskie appointed Secretary of State (1980)
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- Interview
Interview about the appointment of Edmund Muskie as US Secretary of State following the resignation of Cyrus Vance. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Unemployment figures may hit 2 million (1980)
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- Interview
Interview about the possibility of the levels of UK unemployment reaching the two million mark. Male speaker and interview not identified.
Government’s economic policy (1980)
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- Interview
Interview about (and criticising) the UK Government’s economic policy. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Official documents show WWII gas plans (1980)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the release of official documents showing the proposed use of poisoned gas in the Second World War by the allied forces. Female interviewer not identified.
Afghan athletes ambushed (1980)
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- Interview
Interview about a request from Afghan forces for the supply of weapons from the West to help in the fight against Soviet troops in the country and following the ambush and killing of Olympic Afghan athletes...
Nigel Lawson on Government cuts (1980)
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- Interview
Interview with Nigel Lawson, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, about Government economic policy and cuts in public services. Male interviewer not identified.
Denis Healey on Government economic policy (1980)
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- Interview
Former Labour Chancellor, Denis Healey criticises the Conservative Government’s monetarist economic policies prior to Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Budget speech. He also comments on British budget...
Olympic Games boycott - MP’s view (1980)
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- Interview
Unidentified male opposition MP (poss. former UK sports minister Denis Howell) criticises the attempts of some sports bodies to set up events in competition to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games following a...
Michael Foot on Government economic policy (1980)
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- Interview
Labour MP Michael Foot criticises the monetarist economic policies of the Conservative Government and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).