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UNICEF members arrested on child pornography charges (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the arrests of members of UNICEF, including its director in Belgium, on child pornography and child abuse charges. Looks at who was arrested, and where, what was found, and the UNICEF response....
40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. Includes excerpts from speeches by US Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, and Conservative Party Chairman, Norman Tebbit. Male reporter not identified.
News report on Fiji coup (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the coup in Fiji, and whether the Queen should and/or can step in to control the government. Deposed Prime Minister, Timoci Bavadra speaks to reporters at Heathrow Airport. Female reporter not...
Edward Chaplin returns to England from Iran (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Edward Chaplin’s arrival in England after being kidnapped and held by Revolutionary Guards in Iran. It looks at why Chaplin, Britain’s first Secretary in Tehran, was arrested; the action...
Oliver Northâs secretary, Fawn Hall, on shredding secret papers (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Two reports on how secretary Fawn Hall was ordered by Colonel Oliver North to alter and destroy secret documents. Hall tells senators (at a hearing of a joint Congressional committee?) of her feelings about...
Ronald Reaganâs Tear Down This Wall speech, Berlin (1987)
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- News report; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech from the Brandenburg Gate, calling on Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Also covers the demonstrations against Reagan’s coming to Berlin, how...
Sir Harry Livermore represents accused Liverpool fans in Belgium (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Attorney Sir Harry Livermore is representing 7 of the 26 Liverpool fans accused of football hooliganism in Belgium. He talks about the aim of his visit to Belgium: to argue against extradition proceedings...
First anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa (1987)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on the first anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa. A cathedral congregation (black and white) brings flowers, and a choir sings a political song. Excerpts from speeches by Frank...
Acquittal of subway gunman Bernhard Goetz (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the acquittal of Bernhard Goetz, dubbed the Subway Vigilante by the New York press, who shot four would-be robbers on a subway train in Mathattan in 1984. Curtis Sliwa, a Guardian Angel from New...
Britons accused of Malta fire released (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on three Britons eventually released after having been accused of starting a fire at a conference centre on Malta. Chris Forbes, one of the men who had been working on the new building before the fire...