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Navy’s last Daring class destroyer to be scrapped (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the scrapping of the Royal Navy’s last destroyer in the Daring class - HMS Diamond. Includes an interview with Ken Fincken, whose firm in London won the contract to scrap the vessel.
HMS Invincible may be sold to Australia (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the planned sale of HMS Invincible to the Australian Government. Includes interview with Captain Mike Livesay, the ship’s commander. Captain Edward Clexton, commander of USS Eisenhower, recalls...
Young people come to London on Jobs Express protest train (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Jobs Express train journey from Bristol to Cardiff. The train has been travelling to major cities around Britain to raise awareness of youth unemployment. Includes interview with Labour MP,...
Trade union leaders greet Jobs Express protest train (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Music
Report on the arrival of the Jobs Express protest train at Paddington. Includes actuality of a rally; interview with an unidentified young male protester from Liverpool; interview with Len Murray, General...
Young people come to London on Jobs Express protest train (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Jobs Express train journey from Bristol to Cardiff. The train has been travelling to major cities around Britain to raise awareness of youth unemployment. Includes interviews with Labour MP,...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funerals of Trevelyan Richards and Nigel Brockman (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the funerals of two of the Penlee lifeboatmen who died on 19/12/81. One was Trevelyan Richards; the other was Nigel Brockman, whose son had not been allowed to board the doomed vessel because...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Del Johnson on men lost (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the aftermath of the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81, based around a telephone interview with Penlee lifeboat committee chairman Del Johnson who says the men who died will leave a big hole in...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Church service for men lost (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Unidentified male correspondent on the church service held for the men lost in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says there were around 600 people in the church. Male correspondent not identified;...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the double funeral of Charles Greenhaugh, who died in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), and his mother, who died of shock upon hearing the news. Tomorrow, crew member John Blewett will be...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Report on the funeral service for Charles Greenhaugh, a lifeboatman killed in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), and his mother Hilda, who died upon hearing the news of her son’s death. Begins with...