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Tornado crash during low-level exercises (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Aviation author Roger Freeman? comments on low-level flying exercises by the RAF and the recent collision of 2 Tornado jets during such an exercise in the Lake District killing four crew and calls for strobe...
Funeral of Lance Corporal Mickey Robbins (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Base Commandant Peter Westcott at the funeral of Lance Corporal Mickey Robbins, who was killed by an IRA bomb at the Inglis Barracks in North London. John Alcock reports from Mill Hill. (John McIntyre(?) was...
Birth of Princess Beatrice (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Vox pop
The first public appearance of baby Princess Beatrice, as she leaves hospital with parents Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York for the first time. Royal-watcher Margaret Jackson, 80 years...
9 year-old Tiffany Hoyles missing (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael Park, the grandfather of 9 year-old Tiffany Hoyles who has gone missing from her home town of Blandford, Dorset, speaks of the impact of her disappearance on her family. Search volunteer William...
Child’s body found, presumed Tiffany Hoyles (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
It is believed that a young girl’s body, found in dense undergrowth in Blandford, Dorset, is that of missing 9 year-old Tiffany Hoyles. Volunteer searcher William Dennis and schoolmate of missing girl,...
Calls to ban UK forces number plates (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Following the death of Regimental Sergeant Major Michael Heakin, his father Richard Heakin calls for the scrapping of UK forces car number plates. Michael Heakin had been identified by such plates and shot...
Ronald Reagan rallies support for George Bush (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
US President, Ronald Reagan rallies support for his choice of Republican presidential candidate, Vice-President George Bush, at the Republican Party Convention in New Orleans. Interviews with Bush campaign...
George Bush accepts US presidential candidacy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
George Bush addresses the Republican Party in New Orleans after accepting the nomination as presidential candidate. Craig Fuller, Bush’s Chief of Staff, and vice-presidential running mate James Danforth...
Jordan pulls out of West Bank (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Allen-Frost reports on the effect of the Jordanian King Hussein’s decision to cut financial and administrative aid to the West Bank in Israel leaving the PLO to negotiate with Israel. Includes...
Dan Quayle nominated Bush running mate (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Andrew Manderstam reports from New Orleans where the Republican Party convention is taking place, on the surprise announcement by George H.W. Bush of Senator Dan Quayle as his running mate in the...