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Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Alistair McGhie reports on the fiftieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US Air Force. Includes archive recordings of the dropping of the bomb and...
Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Alistair McGhie reports on Japanese commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US Air Force and Japanese refusal to apologise...
Queen Mothers’ 95th birthday (1995)
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- News report; Interview; Speech; Vox pop; Poetry
Jeff Collins reports on the Queen Mother’s ninety-fifth birthday. Wellwishers gathered outside her official residence at Clarence House to celebrate the occasion. Includes vox pop with crowd; interview...
Doctors to whistleblow on colleagues (1995)
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- News report; Interview
Brian Ging reports on proposals released by the Department of Health which are intended to improve NHS standards. Controversy has arisen from accusations doctors are being encouraged to report on incompetent...
London Fire Brigade tests helicopter (1995)
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- News report; Interview
Paul Chapman reports on the possible acquisition of a helicopter by the London fire service. The Fire Brigade is running tests at a site in Hayes in Middlesex and using it on real alarm calls this week....
Buckingham Palace opens to public for third year (1995)
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- Interview; News report
Nick Wood reports on the opening of the Queen’s London residence, Buckingham Palace, to the public for the third year. Includes interviews with Dickie Arbiter, Royal Collections spokesman; Christopher...
Custody battle mother flies to Greece (1995)
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- News report; Interview
Paul Chapman reports on a legal case in which British mother-of-four Sue O’Brien has flown back to Greece from Heathrow Airport to fight her estranged husband, Nikolaos Balassinas, for child custody. Under...
Mumia Abu-Jamal reprieve (1995)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
London News Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on a temporary reprieve in the United States for a convicted murderer who was due to be executed on 17/08/95. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on...
Custody battle mother flies to Greece (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Chapman reports on a legal case in which British mother of four, Sue O’Brien, has flown back to Greece from Heathrow to fight her estranged husband, Nikolaos Balassinas, for child custody. Under the...
Globe Theatre opens - Actors’ reaction (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Drama; Interview
Jeff Collins reports on the opening of the reconstructed Globe Theatre in Southwark, south London. The first performance is due to coincide with the birthday of American actor, the late Sam Wanamaker, who...