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Carter visit after Mount St Helens eruption (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to Washington state following the Mount St Helens volcanic eruption. Include press statement by President Carter.
Operation Eagle Claw - response in US (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports back on the political reaction and fallout in the United States to Operation Eagle Claw - the abortive American raid on 24/04/80 in Iran to free US hostages, leading to the death...
Operation Eagle Claw fails (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by US Defence Secretary Harold Brown about Operation Eagle Claw - the abortive operation on 24/04/80 by US forces in Iran to rescue hostages in Tehran.
Operation Eagle Claw - Jimmy Carter speech (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Address to the nation by US President Jimmy Carter about Operation Eagle Claw - the abortive operation on 24/04/80 by US forces in Iran to rescue hostages in Tehran.
Lord Carrington on Death of a Princess TV film (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech (with excerpts) by UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) at a meeting of the Middle East Association in London where he apologises for offence caused to Saudi Arabia by...
Dennis Skinner ejected from Commons (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the ejection by the Speaker of Labour MP Dennis Skinner from the House of Commons during a debate on unemployment. Speaking are: Dennis Skinner; Labour Party leader Jim Callaghan; Employment...
Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the preparations for the enthoronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, including high security. Includes interview with Runcie and he is heard rehearsing. Male reporter not...
Robert Runcie in Scotland (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by the new Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie during a visit to the Church of Scotland Assembly in Edinburgh amid protests against alleged Anglican links with the Vatican. Runcie emphasises the...
Invasion of Afghanistan - Edward Heath speech (1980)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
Report on a speech (with excerpts) to the Royal United Services Institute in London, by former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath, about the recent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and usefulness of Western...
Callaghan criticises Conservative government policy (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary speech on 28/02/80 by Labour Party leader James Callaghan where he criticises the economic policies of the Conservative Government during its first year in power, and comments on the current...