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TWA Flight 847 hijack - hostage press conference in Lebanon (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Speech
Rowdy press conference at Beirut Airport featuring Allyn Conwell, spokesman for and one of the hostages being held in Beirut from TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85. He...
Powell’s Embryo Bill filibustered (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate on a bill proposed by Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell, intended to block Government proposals for overseeing research on early human embryos. The report focuses on the...
Government welfare policy attacked (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on an address by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock at a gala in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh (with excerpts), where he attacks Government welfare policy and social security review. Also includes speech...
Debate following Brecon and Radnor by-election (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate following the result of Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the Conservative Party were pushed into third place by the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance. With Commons...
Brecon & Radnor by-election results (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Election coverage
Report on the result of the Brecon and Radnor by-election on 04/07/85 where the win by SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate, Richard Livsey pushed the Conservative Party into third place. Speaking are Livsey...
TWA Flight 847 hijack -Bush welcomes hostages (1985)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Speech by Vice-President George H.W. Bush welcoming freed hostages from TWA Flight 847 as they arrive in Frankfurt, Germany.
TWA Flight 847 hijack - Damascus press conference (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Speech
Press conference in Damascus, Syria, featuring the hostages on TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85, following their release in Beirut, the Lebanon. The main speaker is...
Labour Party charter for youth (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on the launch of the Labour Party’s Charter for Youth campaign with contributions from Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter, on role of music in politics; John Sessions, actor, doing a...
Perspective (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech
Perspective, regular programme produced by the international staff of United Nations Radio in New York on matters of international interest. In this edition, Entertainers Against Apartheid, presented by...
Entertainers against apartheid (1985)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Speech by American singer Stevie Wonder to the UN General Assembly, for the Entertainers against Apartheid campaign at a ceremony celebrating his input, on his birthday. Followed by a press conference by...