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Opening of Post Office Tower - Archive recording (1987)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
Archive recording of the opening of the GPO (or Post Office) Tower on 08/10/65. The voices of Post-Master General, Tony Benn; Prime Minister Harold Wilson; Lord Mayor of Birmingham (poss. George Corbyn...
First International police exhibition and conference (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the first International Police Exhibition and Conference at the Barbican in London where UK Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, announces new fingerprinting methods and claims new laws/confiscating...
Dewsbury schools row (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the Dewsbury school race row where parents have removed their children from Headfield Middle School, where 93 percent of the pupils are of Asian descent, and are trying to move them to nearby...
Geoffrey Howe on reflagging ships (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe gives a press statement on what he calls the misnomer of re-flagging Kuwaiti ships, allowing them to sail through the Strait of Hormuz under the protection of the...
President Reagan calls on Iran to end the war with Iraq (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, US President Ronald Reagan publicly calls upon Iran to end the war with Iraq.
United States-Soviet Union discussions (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
A report on the outcome of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union; includes statements from US President, Ronald Reagan, American Secretary of State, George Shultz, Soviet Foreign Minister,...
TUC conference - Opening debates (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on TUC congress opening in Blackpool with opening address by Fred Jarvis, Trade Union Congress President and General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers on role and image of unions in the...
TUC conference - Vote on EETPU (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the decision of the TUC congress in Blackpool to reject the General Council’s decision not to discipline the EETPU (Electrical Electronic Telecommunications and Plumbing Union) over their...
TUC conference - Nuclear debate (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the debate on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons at the TUC congress in Blackpool which voted against a referendum on the issue. Includes interview with Scargill on defending himself against an...
Brian Mulroney opens Commonwealth Conference (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
The Commonwealth Conference is opened by Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. He warns of the problems facing the Commonwealth, particularly apartheid.