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Columbia shuttle delay explained (1981)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
Report on the explanation for the delay with take-off for space shuttle Columbia at Cape Canaveral. A spokesman (not identified) for the Johnson Space Center and Mission Director Neil Hutchinson explain....
Kurt Waldheim on UN Secretary General role (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Kurt Waldheim about the position and role of Secretary General of the United Nations (a role he has/will take on- archive material, date not given). Waldheim’s period of office as UN Secretary...
Kurt Waldheim on UN Security Council role (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Kurt Waldheim about the role and success of the United Nations Security Council. Archive material, date not supplied. Waldheim’s period of office as UN Secretary General ended in 1981.
Kurt Waldheim on aims of UN (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Kurt Waldheim about the aims of the UN. Archive material, date not supplied. Waldheim’s period of office as UN Secretary General ended in 1981.
Prince Charles on his wedding (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speech about the days leading up to his wedding to Diana Spencer and on the Great in Great Britain. Speaking after the wedding. Location and audience not identified.
Any more self-confessed traitors? (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Interview
Report on calls for clarification of the number of people found spying for the USSR and security procedures in the intelligence service following the confession of Leo Long and a written answer to Parliament...
Police complaints procedures (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
House of Commons speech by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw on the need for change in the system of dealing with complaints against the police and possible changes in police powers, following a Royal...
Prince Charles speech to IMechE (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Includes excerpts of the speech, in which the Prince talks about the prospects for small...
Reaction to prison governor’s letter (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the reaction to a letter to The Times newspaper (19/11/81) by John McCarthy, Governor of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in London, in which he described the prison as being like a penal dustbin. Speakers...
Duke of Edinburgh Awards auction (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on a Duke of Edinburgh Awards charity auction at Sotheby’s, during the twenty-fifth year of the scheme. Includes actuality of auction; speech by Prince Philip; interviews with Julian...