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  • London pub bombing (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the bombing of the Biddy Milligan’s public house in Kilburn, London, which is frequented by Irish people. Looks at the impact of the bombing on the Irish community in London.

  • Labour anti-EEC movement (1975)

    Genre
    Music; News report

    Peter Allen reports on the anti-EEC division within the Labour Party prior to a UK referendum on Britain’s continuing membership. Includes song about the EEC, sung by seven Labour MPs, conducted by William...

  • Joint Catholic and Protestant carol service (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Coverage of the joint Catholic and Protestant carol service in Belfast. It looks at the violence of the last year and how the peace process has failed to prevent any deaths. Male reporter not identified.

  • End of Commons broadcasting experiment (1975)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report at the end of a 4-week experiment of IRN broadcasting from the House of Commons (by Ed Boyle?). Speaks to Leader of the House, Edward Short on how he felt the experiment went.

  • War orphans killed in Vietnamese plane crash (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Julian Manyon reports on a plane crash near Saigon, Vietnam (04/04/75). The C-5A Galaxy aeroplane, piloted by the US Airforce, was taking part in Operation Babylift and most of those killed were Vietnamese...

  • Viet Cong claim Saigon (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Julian Manyon presents an eyewitness report from Vietnam, on the capture of Saigon by Viet Cong troops (30/04/75). He tells how soldiers and photographers made a carefully choreographed entrance to the city...

  • Soldiers in Vietnam (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Interview with a male eyewitness on the desperate situation of troops in southern Vietnam, on the border with Cambodia. He spoke to four young soldiers who had been evacuated, still unpaid, from the besieged...

  • Apollo-Soyuz link-up (1975)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Live coverage of link-up between Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft. Includes flight commentary, docking countdown, news, and reflection on Soviet-US cooperation.

  • OPEC hostage crisis (1975)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Jon Snow reports on the end of the Austrian OPEC hostage crisis. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, having submitted to the kidnappers’ demands, defends his actions by quoting the agreement between Austria and...

  • Harold Wilson receives Freedom of the City (1975)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Ceremony and speech in which Prime Minister Harold Wilson receives the Freedom of the City of London. Ceremony includes Lord Chamberlain Charles Maclean of Duart welcoming Wilson as a citizen of London. Male...