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Battleship Iowa’s gun turret explodes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on yesterday’s explosion of the US battleship, Iowa’s gun turret, which killed 47 sailors on board and injured many others. President George Bush mourns the...
Douglas Hurd addresses Police conference on drug trafficking (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Selina(?) Hanif(?) reports on Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd addressing the Chief Police Officers’ annual drugs conference about tackling drug trafficking in Europe. Conference chairman, David Owen responds...
USS Iowa memorial service (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Tribute; Music
Nick Peters reports on the memorial service for the sailors who died in the explosion on the USS Iowa. The battleship’s commanding officer, Fred Mosally, pays tribute to those who died; President George...
Messages for John McCarthy (1989)
- Genre
- Special; Speech
British journalist John Patrick McCarthy was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad terrorists in Lebanon in April 1986. Here, his mother, father and friends deliver a series of messages to John, wishing him good health...
Margaret Thatcher profile (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report documenting the career as Prime Minister of Margaret Thatcher, and touching on the highs and lows of ten years of Conservative leadership. Includes a consideration of how Thatcher’s voice and manner...
Margaret Thatcher on ten years of Tory leadership (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a Downing Street press conference, marking ten years of Conservative leadership.
Thatcher and Kohl hold talks on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on talks between UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl on short-range nuclear weapons. Kohl, speaking via a translator, talks about how the...
Iran-Contra affair - Oliver North convicted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the conviction of former US marine, Colonel Oliver North over the Iran-Contra affair (Irangate), and the mania surrounding the scandal. North talks about his fight to clear his name....
10 years as premiere for Margaret Thatcher (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
A decade after coming to power, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been reflecting on her ten years in office and the effect she has had on the country. Speaking just outside 10 Downing Street this...
Neil Kinnock on nuclear defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
In his first major speech since Labour’s National Executive backed his multilateral policy of negotiating away nuclear weapons, Neil Kinnock told his audience at the Welsh Labour Conference in Llandudno...