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Leonid Slepak released in USSR (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Interview
Report on the release in the USSR of Jewish dissident, Leonid Slepak. Includes archive recording of and interview with Leonid Slepak; interview with Labour MP Peter Archer. Male reporter not identified.
Skylab landing (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from the Appleton Laboratories in Slough which tracks the position of the Skylab satellite in space. Pierre Neirinck, the Frenchman in charge of the monitoring, forecasts the landing of Skylab. Male...
Whaling protest in Trafalgar Square (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from a whaling protest rally in Trafalgar Square. Includes comment from celebrity supporters conservationist Sir Peter Scott, comedian Spike Milligan and actress Joanna Lumley. Male reporter not...
Vietnamese refugees arrive in Hong Kong (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Eyewitness report by Norman Wingrove as 2500 Vietnamese refugees arrive in Hong Kong.
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the response of the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Murray MacLehose, to the arrival of thousands of Vietnamese refugees into the country. Includes excerpt from press statement by MacLehose. Male...
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Davies reports on the arrival of Vietnamese refugees to the UK after their flight from Hong Kong. Includes interview with Foreign Office minister Timothy Raison.
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate on the international Vietnamese refugee crisis including the tough stance taken by Malaysia and British policy on taking in refugees. Speaking are: David Ennals, Labour home...
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the international Vietnamese refugee crisis including UK Government plans to convene a UN conference and the tough stance to the refugees taken by Malaysia. Includes Commons statement by Foreign...
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Davies reports from Sopley Reception Centre in Dorset, following the arrival of Vietnamese boat people refugees from Hong Kong. Includes interviews with male refugees; local demonstrators; Robert Hood...
Chinese illegal immigrants to Hong Kong (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on dramatic increase in illegal Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, reporter joins a repatriation with the Gurkha Field Forces with one of the refugees attempting to escape. Includes press conference...