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War crimes bill rejected by Lords (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Dominique Harvie reports for LBC Newstalk 97.3 on the War Crimes Bill being rejected by the House of Lords, it would have allowed trials of suspected Second World War criminals living in the UK. It will now...
Gulf War memorial service (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Music
Report on a Gulf War memorial service in Scotland, attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister John Major and the families of soldiers who died fighting in the Gulf. The fallen troops are...
George Bush heart condition update (1991)
- Genre
- Debate; Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the heart condition of US President, George Bush. An unidentified male White House doctor describes the illness, and the medication prescribed. An unidentified male political analyst claims Dan...
Montage of Dan Quayle clips (1991)
- Genre
- Debate; Music; Speech
News montage centred around US Vice-President, Dan Quayle. Includes Quayle’s introduction (by President George H.W. Bush?) as Vice-President, a satirical song (I Spent the War in Indiana) by Bob and Tom,...
Neil Kinnock on welfare policy (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s speech, A Modern State of Welfare, at the annual lecture for the Community Care journal, in which he outlines his party’s policies on welfare. He criticises the...
Pilot loses job after runway mistake (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on a pilot who almost crashed his jet, carrying 273 people, on the A4 trunk road when he mistook street lights for landing lights. After a court hearing, Captain Stewart thanks everyone who supported...
F. W. de Klerk on South African law and order (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Unidentified South African male speaker (poss. President F. W. de Klerk) on the maintenance of law and order in the country with minimum use of force.
John Major speech on an inclusive Britain (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Prime Minister, John Major addresses an appreciative (Conservative Party?) audience, criticising Labour’s tax policy and saying that he wants a Britain in which no one is left out. He claims that...
General Schwarzkopf thanks Americans for their loyalty (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
General Norman Schwarzkopf thanks the people of the United States for sticking by the US military throughout the Gulf War, and says they did not let the forces down.
Queen Elizabeth on British-US relations (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
The Queen delivers a speech (to an American audience?) in which she mentions changes in Eastern Europe and the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqis, and the British-American role in both, and says the...