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3,214 results found for all records.
David Martell and Cecil Parkinson on the launch of Trafficmaster (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
In 2 parts. Following the launch of Trafficmaster - a new traffic system which monitors congestion and provides advanced warning to drivers - the man behind it, David Martell of General Logistics, takes Mark...
Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference
Howard Hughes reads the IRN 9am news bulletin, focusing on the release of 200 women and children hostages from Baghdad who have arrived back in to Heathrow Airport. Their menfolk remain behind. Includes...
Brian Keenan released (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Freed Beirut hostage, Brian Keenan, speaks at a press conference about his time in captivity and about his fellow hostage - John McCarthy â who is still being held. Tim Locke reports.
Bomb explosion at Derby recruitment centre (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Gary Moran reports on an explosion in a Derby military recruitment centre. Assistant Divisional Commander Alan Marshall of the fire service talks about Army and Navy efforts to put the fire out; eyewitness...
Iraqi troops raid homes of two western diplomats in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on a raid by Iraqi troops on two western diplomats’ homes in Kuwait. Includes comment by Foreign Office Minister William Waldegrave.
US Air Force chief fired (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC, where the head of the US Airforce has been fired after saying he’d bomb Baghdad and target Saddam Hussein if war broke out in the Gulf. The career of General Michael...
Thatcher in Czechoslovakia on Iraqi expulsions (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Excerpt from press conference by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on a visit to Czechoslovakia, where she says the expulsion of two senior Iraqi diplomats, their officials and 23 other Iraqis announced...
Margaret Thatcher in Czechoslovakia (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Des Fahy reports on a visit to Czechoslovakia by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At a press conference in Bratislava she tells reporters that now the old barriers between East and West Europe are...
Thatcher on Peter Terry shooting (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference in Budapest, Hungary, with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on the IRA revenge shooting of the former Governor of Gibraltar, Air Chief Marshall Sir Peter Terry. Sir Peter Terry was the...
Louis Robinson murder (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
David Stokes reports on the kidnap and murder of Detective Constable Louis Robinson in South Armagh, Northern Ireland on 16/09/90. Includes appeal by his wife, Anne Robinson, for his safe return, and...