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3,214 results found for all records.
Ronald Regan on NATO summit and Middle East peace efforts (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
US President Ronald Reagan speaking to press on the first day of the NATO summit in Brussels on the areas of discussion including arms reduction and need for improvement in human rights in the USSR; and on...
Peter Coleridge release (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press interview with British Oxfam worker, Peter Coleridge, as he arrives back at Heathrow Airport following his release from captivity in Beirut after being kidnapped by Fatah revolutionary gunmen. IRN...
Oliver North charged over Irangate (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press interview with Colonel Oliver North, about charges relating to the Irangate or Iran-Contra affair over plotting to defraud the US Government, illegally funding the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, theft,...
Irangate verdict on Robert McFarlane (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Washington correspondent Andrew Manderstam reports on the trial of former White House security advisor Robert McFarlane who has pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the Irangate (Iran-Contra affair)...
Attack on IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Special
Michael O’Neill reports from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast on a gun and grenade attack on the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88). Includes actuality of...
Neil Kinnock on NHS (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock, on Government underfunding in the NHS. Coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the National Health Service.
US troops into Honduras (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report by Washington correspondent Andrew Manderstam that President Ronald Reagan’s government is sending 4 battalions to Honduras as a military deployment exercise. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater...
Ford decide against Dundee project (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Andrew Manderstam reports from Detroit on the last ditch attempt by a team of British trade unionists to convince the Ford Motor Company to go ahead with its proposed Dundee electronics plant, which has...
Melanie Appleby diagnosed with cancer (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Gareth Furby reports on confirmation that Melanie Appleby, one half of the popular musical duo, Mel and Kim, has been diagnosed with cancer. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Pete Waterman, who...
Young woman stabbed to death on train (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Jo Withers reports on the murder of 26-year-old Deborah Linsey, who was brutally knifed to death on a London commuter train. A police spokesman says she got onto the only carriage with separate compartments...