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Escape from Maze Prison (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the mass breakout of political prisoners from the Maze Prison, with information about murdered prison guard James Ferris who was stabbed as the prisoners escaped. Speakers are Secretary of State...
Robert Lean recaptured (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the recapture of Irish republican and alleged supergrass Robert Lean. With comment by Tom Hadden, a law lecturer at Queen’s University, Belfast. Male interviewer not identified.
Soviets attack Korean plane (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on an attack on an unarmed South Korean civilian aircraft (Korean Air Lines Flight 007) by the Soviet Union after it accidentally entered Soviet airspace (01/09/83). Speakers are US President Ronald...
US reaction to Korean airliner attack (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on US reaction to the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors, killing all 269 people on board. Speakers are US State Department spokesman John Hughes; US President...
Events before and after South Korean airliner shot down (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on a speech (with excerpt) by US Secretary of State, George Shultz on the events leading up to the Soviet attack on a South Korean airliner after it strayed into Soviet airspace. Speakers are Shultz;...
South Korean airliner shot down - Soviet reaction (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors, and the Soviet reaction to US claims. Female reporter not identified.
US reaction to Korean airliner attack (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s reaction to the Soviet shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Includes actuality of Soviet jet interceptor approaching the civilian aircraft. Also speaking are...
Geoffrey Howe on South Korean airliner disaster (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Report on UK Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe’s drawing of comparisons between George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the Soviet shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Male reporter not...
The Week at the United Nations (1983)
- Genre
- Documentary; News report; Speech
John Tanton(?) presents The Week at the United Nations?, on the United Nations handling of the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors after it strayed into Soviet airspace....
Soviet pilots defend airliner shooting (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the actions of the Soviet jet interceptor pilots who shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007. They explain (on Soviet television?) that they followed all the regulation procedures, and were only...