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3,214 results found for all records.
Scargill and MacGregor meet (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report back on the cordial meeting between new National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor and NUM President Arthur Scargill with mine closures on the agenda. Speaking are: MacGregor and Scargill. Male...
Scargill colliery visit after comments on Solidarity (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s visit to Ollerton Colliery in Nottinghamshire prior to wages talks with the NCB, after his comments opposing Polish trade union Solidarity. Scargill talks to a...
Michael Foot last public appearance as Labour leader (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Michael Foot’s last public appearance as leader of the Labour Party as he delivered a speech in tribute to political radical Charles Bradlaw. Foot speaks angrily to press then on Bradlaw. Male...
Geoffrey Howe on South Korean airliner disaster (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Report on UK Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe’s drawing of comparisons between George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the Soviet shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Male reporter not...
US reaction to Korean airliner attack (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on US reaction to the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors, killing all 269 people on board. Speakers are US State Department spokesman John Hughes; US President...
Re-arrest of Robert Lean (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the re-arrest of Irish republican and alleged supergrass Robert Lean, who escaped from RUC protective custody. Includes Lean speaking at a press conference. Male reporter not identified (poss....
John Hume appeals for US investment in Northern Ireland (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference
John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), appeals to US companies to invest in Northern Ireland to secure the economy of the province, irrespective of their political views. The...
Margaret Thatcher has retina surgery (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s surgery to repair a tear in her right retina, and her recovery. Eye specialist Richard Packard, Thatcher’s personal physician John Henderson, and Thatcher...
Arthur Scargill reacts to shooting down of airliner (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, expresses sympathy for the families of those who died in the shooting down of a civilian airliner, but says he wants to know the facts of the...
Arthur Scargill fights to save pits (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the fight of Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, against the National Coal Board’s plan to close less profitable plants. Scargill says the plants have a contribution...