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1980s news clips - Falklands War (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Kim Sabido reports from Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands during the British-Argentine conflict. Includes sounds of machine gun fire. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective...
1980s news clips - Lebanese ceasefire ends (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Simmons and Phil Longman report on the end of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Palestinian guerillas in Lebanon. Includes statements by Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister and Palestinian...
1980s news clips - Slaughter in Palestinian camps (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Peggy Riley(?) reports on a massacre in Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut following the end of the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian forces. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...
1980s news clips - Mary Rose lifted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Greenwood reports on the recovery of the Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, from the Solent in 1982. Includes interview with historian, Alexander McKee. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...
1980s news clips - Grenada invaded (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Antonia Higgs reports on the invasion of Grenada by US forces (25/10/83). Includes voices of US troops. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.
1980s news clips - Miners’ strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the beginning of the miners’ strike in 1984, with a recording of violence on the picket line. Male reporter not identified. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective...
1980s news clips - Violence at Sinn Fein rally (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on violence in Belfast where a man (Sean Downs from Lenadoon) died, and up to twenty people were injured, when the RUC moved into a three thousand-strong crowd wielding batons and firing plastic...
1980s news clips - Screams from hijacked plane (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Martin Frizell reports on the hijacked Kuwaiti plane (poss. Kuwait Airways Flight 221) stuck at Tehran, Iran (poss. December 1984). Includes the recording of the screams of a hostage on the plane and an...
1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special; Speech
Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the...
1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi funeral (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Music
Dave Loyn reports on the funeral of Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated on 31/10/84. Includes military trumpet salute. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...