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Coal prices speech (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech on rising coal prices in a period of high inflation and how this could restrict growth and possibly lead to unemployment in the coal mining industry. Speaker not identified (poss. Derek Ezra, head of...
Conservative views on EEC membership (1975)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Speech and interview by an unidentified Conservative member (poss. Edward du Cann) on his party’s attitude to the continued membership of the EEC. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
Pit explosion announced (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Parliamentary speech by employment minister Albert Booth announcing an explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire, with unknown causes resulting in five deaths and one man with serious injuries....
Australian Prime Minister on new government (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Broadcast by the new Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, following the Liberal Party’s victory in the country’s general election. He says he is happy to be judged on his government’s...
Testimony of torture survivor Sheila Cassidy (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Testimony of doctor Sheila Cassidy, who was held and tortured in the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos prison camps in Chile after treating a political opponent of the regime. She speaks of her misgivings about...
Chrysler agreement with UK (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Unidentified Chrysler spokesman reads a statement on the agreement between Chrysler and the British Government.
OPEC hostage crisis (1975)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Jon Snow reports on the end of the Austrian OPEC hostage crisis. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, having submitted to the kidnappers’ demands, defends his actions by quoting the agreement between Austria and...
Donald Coggan sermon after enthronement (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Sermon delivered by Dr Donald Coggan after his enthronement as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
Michael Foot on world economic crisis (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Employment Secretary, Michael Foot philosophises on the world economic crisis, suggesting new strategies that Britain must adopt in order to face it.
Harold Wilson on North Irish internment (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Harold Wilson gives a speech about the remaining political detainees in Northern Ireland, commenting on the varying points of view on the subject and concluding that the Cabinet had to make an...