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Wapping picket line violence (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on picket line violence at Wapping. Conservative MP, Terry Dicks condemns the striking printworkers, whilst Labour MP, Tony Benn defends them, and blames the Police for the violent scenes. Female...
Wapping demonstration turns violent (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
A report on picket line violence in Wapping. Labour MP, Tony Benn defends the demonstrators’ behaviour, and Brenda Dean of print union SOGAT condemns the behaviour of police. Chief Superintendent Gerry...
Wapping printers’ demonstration (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
A report on the printworkers’ demonstrations in Wapping, the violence having reached its peak earlier in the week. Police Chief Superintendent Gerry Goodall expresses satisfaction with the present...
Funeral of Manny Shinwell (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary; Speech; Tribute
Report on the funeral of Emanuel Shinwell (died 08/05/86), who became Baron Shinwell, familiarly known as Manny. Shinwell was born in Spitalfields, London, but moved with his Polish Jewish family to Glasgow,...
Margaret Thatcher meets Yelena Bonner to discuss husband’s exile (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Yelena Georgevna Bonner, a human rights activist in the USSR, whose husband Andrei Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been exiled internally in Russia. Bonner has met with UK Prime Minister,...
Anniversary of Heysel Stadium disaster (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from Liverpool on the anniversary of the disaster which occurred at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels (29/05/85) during a football match between Liverpool Football Club from England and Juventus Football...
Traveller convoy stops at Corfe Castle (1986)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a convoy of Travellers (referred to in the clip as hippies) currently stopped at Corfe Castle, Dorset, before being moved on. The movement of the Travellers, whose vehicles are mostly very old, has...
Travellers stop in the New Forest (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Members of a so-called hippy convoy which has stopped in the New Forest are discussing what will happen when the Police try to move them on. The Travellers claim they cannot move on, because their vehicles...
Fire at News International warehouse (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A fire has broken out in the Deptford warehouse which held news reels belonging to News International. Bruce Matthews, Managing Director of the company, is suspicious as to the cause of the fire, and...
Under-age girls and birth control (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the British Medical Association (BMA) conference at which the General Medical Council decided that doctors should notify the parents in any case where an under-age girl requires birth control. Dr...