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Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the airlift by the RAF of British peacekeeping troops and equipment arriving in Zimbabwe Rhodesia to monitor the ceasefire. Male reporter not identified.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the arrival of Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe’s ZIPRA guerilla forces and the supporters who have gathered at Salisbury Airport in Zimbabwe Rhodesia to meet them following the end of the...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report back on British and New Zealand peacekeeping troops arriving in Zimbabwe Rhodesia to monitor the ceasefire due to be signed later this week. They are currently in transit camps near Salisbury...
Shridath Ramphal and his role in Rhodesia peace talks (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report looking at the personal qualities and career of Shridath Ramphal, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, and in particular his role in the recent Zimbabwe Rhodesian talks in London. Includes Ramphal...
Release for Rudolf Hess? (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the start of proceedings at the International Court at the Hague to ask for the release of Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess from prison in Berlin by his lawyer Alfred Seidl. Campaigns to free the old...
NATO defence summit (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Victor Stevens(?) reports from Brussels on a meeting of the NATO Defence Planning Committee. Includes Joseph Luns, NATO Secretary-General, announcing plans for upgrading nuclear weapons which will take 3...
Canadian government defeated (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Canadian reporter reports back to the studio (neither male speakers identified) on the defeat of the Canadian Conservative Government in a vote on the Budget and on possibility of a winter election. There...
Thatcher in America (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
2 reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to President Jimmy Carter in America with Foreign Secretary Peter Carington (Lord Carrington) and daughter Carol Thatcher. Thatcher speaks on the...
Pope ready for unity discussions (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) saying he would be willing to visit England to discuss unity between Catholics and Anglicans. With reaction from future Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie;...
Plane crash in Antarctic (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the retrieval operation following the crash of an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing tour to volcanic Mount Erebus in Antarctica with no survivors. Conditions will make retrieval difficult. The...