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Kegworth air disaster - British Midland chairman on possible causes (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Kegworth air disaster. Chairman of British Midland Airways, Michael Bishop responds to suggestions at a press conference that the pilot may have closed down the wrong engine before the crash. On it being...
Kegworth air disaster - Progress of survivors (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Kegworth air disaster. Professor Angus Wallace, fracture specialist at the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, announces a reduction in the numbers of patients on the critical list but also that some...
Ronald Reagan farewell speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Three interrelated clips on US President Ronald Reagan’s final public performance as president. 1: Nick Peters reports from Washington. 2: Excerpt of Reagan’s self-scripted farewell address to the...
Achille Lauro - hijackers arrested (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Presidential speech on US action after four members of the Palestine Liberation Front who hijacked the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro on 07/10/85 were taken under arrest to Italy after American fighter...
Coal miners escape after pit tunnel collapse (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
A pit boss is being hailed a hero this morning after risking his life to help save ten of his men. They were trapped for six hours after a tunnel caved in at High Moor Colliery in North Derbyshire. All...
Position of Lockerbie bomb identified (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Detectives investigating the Pan Am jumbo jet crash at Lockerbie say they know where the explosive device was placed on Flight 103 and have found the luggage container which held the bag containing the...
Guardian Angels arrive in London (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Members of the New York based vigilante group, The Guardian Angels, were held at Gatwick Airport for questioning under the instructions of Home Secretary Douglas Hurd but have now been allowed into the...
Guardian Angels arrive in UK (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
The American vigilante group, The Guardian Angels, today begin an intensive campaign to recruit Londoners to patrol the Underground to make it safer. Shadow Transport Secretary Joan Ruddock doesn’t believe...
Death on the Rock documentary cleared in inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
This Week TV documentary Death on the Rock, about the killing of three IRA members on Gibraltar, has provoked a backlash from Government politicians. Thames Television’s programme director David Elstein...
Robin Cook leaks NHS plans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Des Fahy reports on a news conference called by Labour Party health spokesman, Robin Cook, where he reveals the contents of a leaked Government White Paper which he suggests, shows the NHS is being primed...