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Heseltine on USSR shooting down Korean plane (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s reaction to the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Airlines Flight 007. In an interview he says he doesn’t think the incident will escalate tension...
Heseltine meets Weinberger for defence talks (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine visiting US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger at the Pentagon to discuss deployment of Cruise nuclear missiles in Britain, Geneva arms talks, and Lebanon...
Michael Heseltine visits USA (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s visit to the USA and his speech urging NATO countries to not retaliate in answer to the shooting down by the Soviet Union of Korean Airlines flight 007....
David Steel at Scottish Liberal conference (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the speech given by Liberal Party leader David Steel at the Scottish Liberal conference in Perth, Scotland following his sabbatical. With excerpts of speech. Male reporter not identified.
Thatcher on Korean flight 007 atrocity (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s first public statement on the shooting down of Korean Airlines flight 007 by the Soviet Union and Western response to it, on Dutch television station AVRO ahead...
Thatcher visit to Holland (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the visit to the European Space Centre as part of her Holland trip by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and on issues on the agenda for talks in Holland. Male reporter not identified.
Tony Benn on unification of Ireland (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the speech at the West London Labour Committee on Ireland given by Labour MP Tony Benn calling for the Labour Party to take steps towards a policy of the reunification of Ireland. With speech...
Thatcher visits British troops in Germany (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to the British army in Germany as she watches a military exercise. She speaks to the troops and thanks them for their efforts- they reply with 3...
Michael Foot last public appearance as Labour leader (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Michael Foot’s last public appearance as leader of the Labour Party as he delivered a speech in tribute to political radical Charles Bradlaw. Foot speaks angrily to press then on Bradlaw. Male...
Arthur Scargill opposition to Solidarity (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s letter to left wing paper Newsline on his opposition to Polish trade union Solidarity as he believes it an anti-socialist organisation and reaction to his position....