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Liberal Party votes to maintain Lib-Lab pact (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report by Ed Boyle following the conclusion of the Liberal Party Assembly in Blackpool which decided on the continuation of the Lib-Lab pact despite factions in the party being against it. Contains speech by...
Michael Edwardes plans to save British Leyland (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on new Chairman Michael Edwardes addressing British Leyland’s shop stewards on how he hopes to save the company including losing jobs and restructuing the company. Includes a press conference by...
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...
Peaceful demonstration at National Front meeting (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the demonstrations against a National Front meeting by the Anti-Nazi League in an East London School and how there was none of the expected violence. Includes interviews with the Anti Nazi...
Child dies after attempt to run away (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the death of 8-year-old Lester Chapman following his attempt to run away from his home in Reading. Includes interviews with Superintendent Peter East; Detective Sergeant Bob Harrington; family...
Jack Jones retirement tribute (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the tribute at the Royal Festival Hall to Jack Jones who is retiring from his position as TGWU General Secretary. Includes speeches by General Secretary of the TUC, Len Murray and Prime Minister...
Violence in Tehran (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with correspondent in Tehran, Nick Cumming-Bruce, who describes troops opening fire on demonstrators in the city. Report comes during a revolution in Iran, the aim of which is to overthrow Shah...
Vietnamese refugees and Hong Kong (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Campaigner Elsie Elliott on the housing problems associated with Hong Kong’s influx of Vietnamese refugees. She claims that the Hong Kong Government is not responsible for Vietnamese refugees. Norman...
Attack on US Embassy in Taiwan (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Majendie reports on an attack on the US Embassy in Taiwan after the US opened negotiations with China. US President Jimmy Carter has insisted that the US would support Taiwan’s military needs, but a...
Update on Ugandan-Tanzanian War (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Stuart Sommerland reports on the conflict between Uganda and Tanzania. Uganda claims to have advanced deep inside Tanzania, a claim which has been denied by the Tanzanian Government. Ugandan President Idi...