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Reaction to Polish strikes (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on reaction in countries in Eastern Europe including Yugoslavia and Romania to the general strike organised by the free trade union Solidarity in Poland and now settled, and whether strikes are...
New Hebrides unrest - commissioner interviewed (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Andrew Stuart, British Commissioner, on the arrival of British and French troops to the Anglo-French colony of the New Hebrides after political and military unrest on Espiritu Santo. The...
Afghan athletes asylum request (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report back on the request for political asylum in the United States by a group of Afghan athletes during the Olympic Games in Moscow- following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Male reporter in Moscow...
Earthquake in Algeria (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an earthquake in the Algerian city of El Asnam, which has destroyed eighty percent of the town and killed thousands of civilians (10/10/80). Includes interview with British ambassador Dick...
West German terrorists (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report examining the background to the main terrorist groups in West Germany â including the Baader-Meinhof gang. Includes archive report from 1977 on the suicides of Andreas Baader, Jan-Carl Raspe and...
Munich Oktoberfest bomb attack (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a bomb explosion at the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival in West Germany. Includes interview with eyewitness Robert Tilley(?). Female reporter not identified.
Gulf rescue of British sailors (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not...
Iran-Iraq war - effect on Kurds (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with journalist Roger Cooper, on how the Iran-Iraq war is affecting the Kurdish population within Iran and Iraq, and on the current military strength of both countries. Male interviewer not...
Iran-Iraq war - Abadan siege (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Davies reports back from Bahrain on mounting pressure on Iranian forces in the Iran-Iraq war after the siege of Abadan - Iran’s key oil refining centre. Male studio reporter not identified.
Iran-Iraq war - British workers killed in Basra (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male British worker (not identified) on his arrival back in England, after witnessing an attack near Basra, Iraq, by Iranian aircraft during the Iran-Iraq war. The explosion at a...