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1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special; Speech
Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the...
1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi murdered (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Statement by Rajiv Gandhi on the assassination of his mother, Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, on 31/10/84. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of...
1980s news clips - Carter speech on Iran rescue mission (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Extract from press statement by US President Jimmy Carter about the failed Iran hostage rescue mission at the Desert One re-fuelling stop (25/04/80). From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...
EEC summit on Eastern Europe reforms (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Simon Bowden reports on an EEC summit in Paris on reform in Eastern Europe called by France’s President Francois Mitterrand and a press conference afterwards by UK PM Margaret Thatcher. She gives reaction...
Hostage pays tribute to Terry Waite (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
An American male hostage released from Libya describes the work of Terry Waite to try and release him and his fellow hostages, and the hope he brought them during the dark times.
NI government dialogue possible (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
2 linked clips on Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke’s speech to Northern Irish businessmen yesterday on possibility of dialogue on a devolved Ulster government and implications for the Anglo-Irish...
Mother appeals for baby’s return (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Dawn Griffiths, mother of baby Alexandra Griffiths, who was abducted from St Thomas Hospital by a woman claiming to be a health worker makes an emotional plea to the kidnapper to bring her baby back. Nick...
Sebastian Coe retires (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Tim Abraham reports on the retirement of British athlete, Sebastian Coe, following a disappointing performance at the Auckland Commonwealth Games and looks back at his career and health problems. Includes...
Rebel cricket tour of South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Technical
Gareth Furby reports from Bloemfontein (date of report: 31/01/90) on a controversial tour of South Africa by an unofficial England cricket team captained by Mike Gatting; reports on demonstrations against...
Jesse Jackson on South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference in London featuring US Presidential candidate and civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, where he urged the South African Government to release ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, from jail,...