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1,149 results found for all records.
1980s news clips - Space shuttle Columbia launched (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Special
Recording of the launch of the US space shuttle Columbia on 12/04/81. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.
1980s news clips - Cruise missiles arrive at Greenham (1989)
- Genre
- Special
Recording of female peace protesters following the arrival of US cruise missiles at the Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire (14/11/83). Includes police shouting orders. From a series of news clips from the...
1980s news clips - Korean airliner shot down (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Special
Radio messages released by the White House which show how the pilot of a Soviet fighter jet was in constant communication with a ground station during his pursuit and destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight...
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...
Review of the decade - The Thatcher years (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Special; Speech
Peter Spencer presents Review of the Decade, namely, the Thatcher years. Includes speeches by Margaret Thatcher, a review of her leadership qualities, and the criticism she received for what opposition...
Tiananmen Square protests (1989)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special; Vox pop
A documentary, presented by Brian Anderson, which tells the story of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre, referred to in China as the June Fourth Incident....
Alexander Fleming special (1989)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Sean Street presents a programme documenting the discovery of penicillin, and which explores the life and career of the man who discovered it, Sir Alexander Fleming. Street talks to Sir Stanley Peart,...
End of border controls following opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Report on the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Live coverage by an unidentified female reporter who drives through Wall as...
Chaos at checkpoint following opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on the decision by the East German Government to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall freely into West Germany. Live coverage by an unidentified female reporter on the chaos at one East German...
Celebrations in East and West Berlin (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Special
The opening up of the Berlin Wall. Live coverage by an unidentified female reporter on the celebrations in both East and West Berlin as Berliners cross the wall unhindered for the first time since it was...