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3,214 results found for all records.
Pakistani President dies in plane crash (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Pakistani opposition People’s Party leader Benazhir Bhutto speaks to reporters in Karachi on the death of President General Zia in a suspicious plane crash and elections going ahead as planned in November....
Security meeting with Prime Minister following IRA bomb deaths (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Following a car bomb that killed 8 off-duty soldiers in Northern Ireland, a meeting of top-level security officials including UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King has...
Ian Paisley on Northern Irish border controls (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
The Reverend Ian Paisley speaks about the borders of Northern Ireland being pulled back and barricaded for up to 12 miles from the actual border due to IRA activity. No Royal Ulster Constabulary police car...
Tom King visits bus bombing survivors (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King visits the surviviors of an IRA bombing that killed 8 soldiers in County Tyrone. Peter Russell reports. Audio muffled.
Tom King visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference
Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King speaks to reporters as he visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland following the bombing of an Army bus which killed 8 British soldiers.
US election - Dan Quayle scandal (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Scandal is surrounding George Bush’s running mate, vice-presidential candidate Dan Quayle. He is accused of having pulled strings to join the Indiana National Guard and thus avoid being called up to...
Tom King on anti-terrorism measures (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King speaks guardedly to the press about his meeting with Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, during which they discussed different measures that could be used to...
Broadmoor patient dies during industrial action (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Industrial action by nurses at Broadmoor mental hospital has meant that some patients have been confined to their rooms and refused visitors. A patient died when he was administered a tranquiliser after a...
Amnesty International world tour (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Ahead of Amnesty International’s world tour for human rights, Lisa Hampele previews the first concert at Wembley Stadium. At the press conference to launch the tour, Bruce Springsteen speaks about being...
Tutu defies state of emergency (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has defiantly called for a boycott of next month’s elections in South Africa (heard at press conference). South Africa is currently in a state of emergency prohibiting anyone from...