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1980s news clips - Ronald Reagan sound check (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Sound check by US President, Ronald Reagan, in which he says the bombing of Russia will begin in five minutes. His words are spoken playfully and the clip was not intended for broadcast! Includes laughter...
1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special; Speech
Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the...
1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi murdered (1989)
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- Press conference; Speech
Statement by Rajiv Gandhi on the assassination of his mother, Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, on 31/10/84. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of...
1980s news clips - Carter speech on Iran rescue mission (1989)
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- Press conference; Speech
Extract from press statement by US President Jimmy Carter about the failed Iran hostage rescue mission at the Desert One re-fuelling stop (25/04/80). From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...
Review of the decade - The Thatcher years (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Special; Speech
Peter Spencer presents Review of the Decade, namely, the Thatcher years. Includes speeches by Margaret Thatcher, a review of her leadership qualities, and the criticism she received for what opposition...
Western heads of state call for Berlin Wall to come down (1989)
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- Speech
Brief extracts from archive speeches. Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaking of an Iron Curtain descending over Europe at the end of World War II. Successive US Presidents - John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan...
US Government reaction to opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Unidentified (English?) male reporter on US Government reaction to the opening up of the Berlin Wall. Includes President George Bush welcoming the event but arguing that it does not mean the end of the Iron...
US defence policy and the Berlin Wall (1989)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Unidentified male reporter on possible changes in US defence policy following the opening up of the Berlin Wall. Includes reaction to the event from President George Bush. Defence Secretary, Dick Cheney on a...
Margaret Thatcher on German reunification (1989)
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- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports on Margaret Thatcher’s speech (excerpts heard) to the Lord Mayor’s banquet last night on re-unification of Germany and its ramifications for leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev....
Barry McGuigan victorious (1989)
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- Speech
Barry McGuigan finally got his world title try when the WBA world featherweight champion, Eusebio Pedroza of Panama, came to London to put his title on the line at Loftus Road football stadium. McGuigan...