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3,214 results found for all records.
Amoco Cadiz oil spill - Interviews (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Technical
In the wake of the Amoco Cadiz oil spill, two interviews: firstly with Pierre Meyer(?), tourism officer for the Brest area of Britanny; secondly with Harry Rinkema, chairman of the American oil company...
Jimmy Carter on US-Soviet relations (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
US President Jimmy Carter speaks of his concern over the actions of the Soviet Union, and the need for peace between the two nations and China. Interviewer not heard.
Mordechai Hod on El Al attack in London (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by Mordechai Hod, Managing Director of the Israeli airline, El Al, following a machine-gun and bomb attack on a staff bus in central London in which two people died and nine were seriously...
British Rhodesia mission (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference; News report
Report by Peter Sharp including British MP Cledwyn Hughes answering reporters’ questions after holding talks with Southern African representatives under his role as special envoy to Rhodesia to investigate...
Rhodesian oil depot attacked (1978)
- Genre
- Press conference
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith answers questions on the severity of a guerrilla attack on an oil depot in Salisbury and South African help in putting it out.
Len Murray on pay negotiations (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the Government’s plans for workers to be paid a five percent pay rise. Len Murray, General Secretary of the TUC, insists that prices and not workers’ pay must be controlled. Murray adds that in...
Steve Harvey on arrival of Vietnamese refugees (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Reporter Steve Harvey speaks to aid worker James Stewart(?) about the arrival of 346 Vietnamese refugees at Stansted Airport. Stewart says that many of the refugees had never been on an aeroplane before and...
Peugeot-Chrysler merger (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Jim Dallmeyer reports on Peugeot’s takeover of Chrysler. Trade union spokesman Grenville Hawley says there will be no closures of UK factories as a result. General Secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering...
Sir Terence Beckett attacks unions (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Sir Terence Beckett, Managing Director of the Ford motor company, criticises the unions’ refusal to discuss the efficiency of the workforce. Beckett claims that Ford is doing all it can to support the...
TUC rejects Government’s pay policy (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Peter Allen reports on the rejection of the Government’s pay policy by the Trades Union Congress. Len Murray, General Secretary of the TUC, explains why the General Council rejected the Government’s pay...