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Moscow Olympics boycott - President meets team (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on a meeting in Washington DC between US President Jimmy Carter and members of the US Olympic team following America’s threatened boycott of the 1980 Moscow games (over Soviet...
Moscow Olympics boycott - IOC meeting (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on a meeting at Lake Placid, USA, of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the decision of the United States Government to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow...
Olympics boycott and UN vote on Israel (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on a meeting in Washington DC between US President Jimmy Carter and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to discuss the threatened boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Also...
Iranian hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1980)
- Genre
- Speech; Press conference
Press statement by US President Jimmy Carter on 13/02/80 describing the current situation in Iran during the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran. He also speaks about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Nightline (1980)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Discussion; Jingle; News bulletin; News report; Parliamentary debate; Phone-in; Special; Speech; Talk show; Trailer
LBC Nightline â Special Edition on Northern Ireland, presented by Mike Dickin, with LBC Parliamentary editor Peter Allen, and satellite link-up with Peter Strauss on WMCA in New York. With guests...
Lord Carrington on nuclear deterrent (1980)
- Genre
- Speech; Special
Speech by UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to the United Nations Association in London where he stresses the need for arms control but emphasises the necessity of the Government...
Liberal Party Assembly opening debates (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the opening speeches in the Liberal Party annual assembly in Blackpool where debate focused on a possible coalition with centre parties and on the Conservative Government’s economic policy....
Thatcher defends economic policy (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Allen reports on a speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Now! magazine first anniversary dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London (10/09/80). She speaks about and defends the Government’s...
Michael Foot’s first question time as Labour leader (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Recording of Prime Minister’s Question Time on 11/11/80 featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Michael Foot in his first debate as Labour Party leader after being chosen as successor to James...
Michael Foot elected Labour leader- example of speaking style (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary speech on 29/10/80 by MP for Ebbw Vale Michael Foot, just before his appointment as Labour Party leader in succession to James Callaghan. He criticises Conservative Prime Minister Margaret...