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George Bush accepts US presidential candidacy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
George Bush addresses the Republican Party in New Orleans after accepting the nomination as presidential candidate. Craig Fuller, Bush’s Chief of Staff, and vice-presidential running mate James Danforth...
Dan Quayle nominated Bush running mate (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Andrew Manderstam reports from New Orleans where the Republican Party convention is taking place, on the surprise announcement by George H.W. Bush of Senator Dan Quayle as his running mate in the...
Mandela may be released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Bill Prince reports from Cape Town on a speech by South African President, P.W. Botha at the opening of the National Party congress in Durban, proposing the release of ANC leader Neson Mandela (who is now in...
Hungerford massacre first anniversary (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nicky Broyd reports on the first anniversary of the Hungerford massacre by Michael Ryan on which many people have left town to avoid painful memories. Names of the 16 killed are read out. Police counsellor...
Republican convention and Quayle controversy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The final day of the Republican convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the controversy over Senator Dan Quayle’s National Guard service during the Vietnam War. Speeches by presidential candidate George...
Conclusion of Vincennes accident report (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Crowe gives a statement about the report that followed the US Navy cruiser USS Vincennes’ shooting down civilian Iranian Air Flight 655. He admits...
Margaret Thatcher’s first public comments on Army bus bombing (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives her first public comments on the bombing of a bus carrying British servicemen in Northern Ireland in which eight soldiers died. 18 year-old Mark Norsworthy, one of the...
Ian Paisley on Northern Irish border controls (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
The Reverend Ian Paisley speaks about the borders of Northern Ireland being pulled back and barricaded for up to 12 miles from the actual border due to IRA activity. No Royal Ulster Constabulary police car...
Memorial service for IRA victims (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Almost two thousand people attended a memorial service for eight soldiers killed by the IRA. Local MP, William McCrea tells the congregation that the killings should only strengthen their resolve to overcome...
P. W. Botha visits Crossroads township (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Bill Prince reports on a visit by South African president, P. W. Botha, to the sprawling Crossroads township outside Capetown, to open a new job training centre aimed at cutting black unemployment in the...