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Jet crashes at air show (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Alan Turner reports on a vintage jet fighter plane crash at an air show at Coventry Airport yesterday. Flight Lieutenant Peter Stacey who died in the crash may have fought with the controls of the Meteor...
Church anti-apartheid rally in Soweto (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nigel Wrench reports from a mass rally in Soweto where church leaders gave fiery anti-apartheid speeches. Follows a 2-day meeting by South African church leaders deciding to form a national committee to work...
Billy Graham in London and USSR (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Mike Percy reports on a service at Westminster’s Methodist Central Hall by evangelist Billy Graham, who called for prayer for Christian awakening under glasnost in the USSR (excerpts of speech heard). He...
Ernest Saunders can’t meet lawyers bills (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nick Skeens reports on ex-chairman of Guinness, Ernest Saunders, sacked after his alleged involvement in the pay-off conspiracy during a takeover, representing himself in court today. His solicitor...
Soviet academic on end to Cold War (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Georgi Arbatov, Director of the Soviet Academy of US and Canadian Studies played a significant role in arms talks between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. John Alcock...
Press face Soviet bureaucracy at summit (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Soviet Union welcomes 6,000 journalists and much needed foreign currency while they report on the Moscow summit, John Alcock reports. Includes interview with CBS Executive Producer Lane Bernados(?)...
KGB prevents Jewish refuseniks meeting Reagan (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Eve Conway reports on the KGB allegedly stopping Jewish dissidents in Leningrad meeting US President Ronald Reagan during his visit for the Moscow summit despite them receiving a personal invitation....
Reagan calls for human rights for Soviets (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President Ronald Reagan reinforces his campaign for greater human rights for Soviet citizens during the Moscow superpower summit, John Alcock reports. Includes excerpts of speeches by Reagan at Danilov...
Soviet dissident speaks of harassment (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Sergei Losov(?), an editor of Russia’s only dissident weekly paper the Express Chronicle, meets reporter John Alcock for an interview that may result in his job loss, as the superpower summit in Moscow is...
USA-USSR summit (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Alcock reports on the Moscow superpower summit resulting in 2 agreements on nuclear weapons and on Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev touring the Kremlin together and on a speech by US President...