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Beirut barracks bombing aftermath in US (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop
Report on the rising US death toll after the Beirut barracks bombing, and the debate over whether US Marines from the multilateral peacekeeping force should now be withdrawn from the Lebanon. Speaking are:...
British forces after Beirut barracks bombing (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on British forces in the Lebanon including UK Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe’s admission, following the Beirut barracks bombing, that the British contingent in the multilateral peacekeeping force...
Stephen Waldorf shooting - Public confidence in Police (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on public confidence in the police following the acquittal of London Metropolitan Police officers John Jardine and Peter Finch for the attempted murder and wounding of Stephen Waldorf (shot 14/01/83...
David Martin sentenced for shooting of policeman (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Background report on David Martin, who has been given a 25-year prison sentence for the shooting of PC Nicholas Carr and possession of a firearm when resisting arrest. Martin, who had earlier spoken of...
David Martin trial - Reaction to sentence (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Post-trial reaction to the 25-year prison sentence imposed on David Martin for the shooting of PC Nicholas Carr and possession of a firearm when resisting arrest. Includes comment from Martin’s father...
David Martin trial - Background report after sentencing (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook presents a background report on David Martin, who has been given a 25-year prison sentence for the shooting of PC Nicholas Carr and possession of a firearm when resisting arrest. Includes archive...
Margaret Thatcher defends deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Guildhall speech justifying the planned deployment of US cruise missiles at the RAF Greenham Common airbase as part of the NATO deterrent against the Soviet...
Greenham protest action against UK deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the day of direct action by women at the Greenham Common peace camp, who have blockaded roads in protest at the planned deployment of US cruise missiles at the airbase. Includes interviews with...
Campus protest at UK deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Report on the campus protest (in Merseyside?) and disruption of a meeting organised by Conservative students with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine on the planned deployment of US cruise missiles in...
London women protest action against UK deployment of cruise missiles (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the London protest action by Lambeth Women for Peace outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, and by Greenham women outside the US Marines’ barracks in St Johns Wood, in protest at the planned...