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  • West Yorkshire Police on Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    Series of excerpts from interviews (and press conferences?) with unidentified male officers from West Yorkshire Police, beginning with Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield, all of whom comment on the...

  • Police appeal after latest Yorkshire Ripper murder (1979)

    Genre
    Press conference; Interview

    Press statement and answering of questions by Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, George Oldfield, appealing to the public for information relating to the Yorkshire Ripper following the death...

  • General Haig on Belgium landmine attack (1979)

    Genre
    Press conference

    US General Alexander Haig on a landmine attack on the highway along which he was travelling in Mons, Belgium, which severely damaged the trailing car carrying two Belgian gendarmes and his US security man....

  • General Haig on Belgium landmine attack (1979)

    Genre
    Press conference

    US General Alexander Haig on the improbability of the landmine attack in Belgium which damaged the trailing car carrying two Belgian gendarmes and his US security man being linked to the assassination of the...

  • US cabinet reshuffle (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the major cabinet reshuffle by US President Jimmy Carter following mass resignations and dismissals. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Joseph Califano, makes a...

  • Jimmy Carter on energy crisis, economy and reshuffle (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Press conference

    Andrew Manderstam reports on a press conference (with excerpts) by US President Jimmy Carter on the energy crisis faced by the USA, the recent cabinet re-shuffle and the economy.

  • Civil servants airport strike (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    Press interview with an Institution of Professional Civil Servants spokesman on the airport strike the organisation called over a pay dispute. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

  • Ivory Coast military coup (1979)

    Genre
    Speech; Press conference

    Excerpt from a press conference (in French) featuring French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing repsonding to questions regarding the military coup in the Ivory Coast which removed former French ally...

  • State of emergency in UK? (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    Press interview with Prime Minister James Callaghan during his return from holiday abroad, where he claims there is no point in calling a state of emergency despite a wave of labour disputes in the country....

  • Warning of national rail strikes (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    Ray Buckton, ASLEF General Secretary, confirms no progress has been made in the talks over the pay dispute for railway workers, and so strikes will be taking place that very week- in an interview followed by...