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Pathe report on end of sweet rationing (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Special
British Pathe news report from Spring 1949 on the end of sweet rationing in the UK.
Ronald Reagan’s last State of the Union address (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Advertisement; Special
NBC News Special Report on US President, Ronald Reagan’s last State of the Union address (25/01/88). He comments on the achievements of his time in office and stresses the need for further change in the...
Violence erupts in Hebron (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Report by Peter Allen-Frost from Hebron, on the West Bank, Israel where he is caught in cross fire from demonstrators against Israeli troops during a burial. He paints the scene, recounting events over...
Eddie The Eagle arrives home (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Davina Payne reports on the reception for ski jumper Eddie the Eagle Edwards (born Michael Edwards) returning from the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada after breaking the British record. Including...
Parade in Gibraltar unaffected by bomb threats (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Ben Brown reports on the unaffected Changing of the Guard ceremony in Gibraltar by the Royal Anglian Regiment that was the supposed target of IRA terrorists. Includes actuality of the parade; interviews with...
Attack on IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- Special
Actuality recording from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast on a gun and grenade attack at the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88). Includes speaker talking to...
Attack on IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Special
Michael O’Neill reports from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast on a gun and grenade attack on the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88). Includes actuality of...
Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- Special
Announcement made by the hijackers of a Kuwaiti Airlines jet following their murder of a second hostage at Larnaca airport, where the plane had landed for refuelling and was being refused more fuel.
Sound clips from the Oscar winning film The Last Emperor (1988)
- Genre
- Music; Special
Sound clips, including theme music, from the film The Last Emperor, a biopic about the life of Pu yi, the last Emperor of China. Starring John Lone and Peter O’Toole, the film won nine Oscars including...
Sound clips from the Oscar nominated film Cry Freedom (1988)
- Genre
- Special
Sound clips from the film Cry Freedom, a biopic set during the apartheid era in South Africa and based on the story of Steve Biko, a black activist killed while in police custody, and Donald Woods, a white...