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  • Ronald Reagan address to European parliament (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s address to the European Parliament, where he had a mixed reception over views on Soviet Union and future for Europe. Includes excerpts of speech and MEP Barbara...

  • New military airport for Falklands (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Maurice reports on the building of the costly Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, which will provide a new base there for the RAF and allow troops to be withdrawn to save costs. With comment...

  • British schoolchildren in coach crash (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a coach accident in the South of France involving schoolchildren from Beaumont School in St Albans. Parents are preparing to fly out, but little information about survivors has been released so...

  • Body of Josef Mengele found? (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from Brazil about the discovery of a grave believed to be that of Josef Mengele, the German doctor guilty of war crimes during the Second World War, and removal of the body for forensic tests. Female...

  • Search for war criminal Josef Mengele (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from Jerusalem about the renewed attempt to find Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, and speculation on whether he is still alive or not. Israeli police officer Menachem Rusak(?) is on his way to Brazil...

  • British schoolchildren in coach crash (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a coach crash in the South of France in which several schoolchildren from St Albans died. Harry Hughes, the coach driver, had been taken ill at the wheel. John Meeson(?) recounts his son Peter’s...

  • Reagan at the Bonn summit (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the Bonn Summit and visit of US President Ronald Reagan with issues including US and European economies, security levels due to terrorist threat, visit to a Second World War cemetery. Roger Thurow,...

  • Reagan controversial visit to war cemetery (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Report about US President Ronald Reagan’s controversial visit to Kolmeshohe Cemetery near Bitburg in Germany, where several SS officers are buried. Includes excerpts from Reagan’s speech at the cemetery....

  • Margaret Thatcher at Bonn summit (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Press conference

    Report on the press statement by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Bonn Summit, with excerpts, on economics, developing countries, protectionism in international trade. A German reporter tells...

  • Mount Pleasant Airport opened in Falklands (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the building of Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, the engineering feats, and its opening by Prince Andrew. Speaking are: Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Chief of Staff, Air Commodore...