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Hospital statement on Stephen Waldorf after shooting (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Hospital statement on the condition of 26-year-old Stephen Waldorf, who was shot by Metropolitan Police officers in mistake for escaped prisoner David Martin. Male spokesman not identified.
Snap Australia election (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the dissolution of Parliament and snap general election called by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, preceded by the resignation of Labour opposition leader Bill Hayden. Includes statements...
George Bush nuclear arms trip (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US Vice-President George H W Bush’s Belgium stop during his campaign trip to convince Western Europe of US resolve in reaching a nuclear arms reduction settlement with the Soviet Union. Includes...
Reagan offers Soviet nuclear arms control talks (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s offer of talks with Soviet President Yuri Andropov over banning of medium range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, as a reinstatement of NATO’s zero option....
Hitler 50th anniversary (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Special
Report on the 50th anniversary of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s rise to power as German Chancellor on the leader and his political manoeuvres to get into power. Includes interviews with then dissident German...
Macmillan 1961 UN speech on disarmament (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
United Nations speech made on 14/01/61 by then UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on the need to reach agreement over arms inspection and control, despite opposition from countries including the Soviet...
Algarve tourist Beverley Cooper inquest verdict (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the British inquest verdict of misadventure on Beverley Cooper, one of the British tourists who died in the Algarve last year, which confirmed she died of carbon monoxide poisoning but did not...
Bush nuclear weapons tour (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by US Vice-President George H W Bush during stop in Britain as part of his West Europe nuclear defence campaign tour, on the deployment of US medium range nuclear missiles in Europe as a deterrent by...
Thatcher on nation’s finances (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech in Glasgow on the nation’s finances claiming they are in a good state. Mentions small budget deficit, reduced inflation, improvement in the trade...
PM Question Time disorder (1983)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Speaker George Thomas reporting to the House of Commons on last night’s all party discussions on unreasonable noise and dominance of the open question at Prime Minister’s Question Time.