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Gerry Adams against necessity for weapons decommissioning prior to talks (1995)
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams speech at Nationalist parade in Belfast saying commitment for peace should not have to undergo a test (referring to condition of weapons decommissioning by IRA prior to...
Peace talks for NI urgent (1995)
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John Hume, leader of the Nationalist SDLP believes the rioting over the route of an Orange march underlines the urgent need for all-party peace talks.
Black soldier makes history (1995)
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Mother of Mark Campbell, the first black soldier ever to join the elite Household Cavalry speaks out about her pride in seeing her son don the Queens uniform.
Fifty years after Japanese surrender in WWII (1995)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Wood reports on the Japanese surrender fifty years ago that brought the Second World War to an end. Includes speeches by President Harry Truman calling for Japan to surrender and announcing surrender;...
POW’s await apology from Japan for mistreatment (1995)
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Ann Levick, who was a prisoner at the hands of the Japanese fifty years ago is unhappy with the apology for treatment of allied POWs in the Second World War which was a personal one from the Prime Minister...
Tube drivers set for possible all out strike (1995)
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- Discussion; Interview; News report; Speech
Alison Hodgkins reports on deadlock in the tube drivers’ dispute over wages and reduction in working week with strikes set by tube drivers for next week. Includes interview with Lew Adams of ASLEF.
British soldiers die in Croatian helicopter crash (1995)
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A British helicopter, part of the new UN Rapid Reaction Force, crashed with five people aboard off Croatia’s southern Adriatic coast. One crewman was rescued and the others were found dead. The cause of...
VJ day anniversary - Speech by the Queen (1995)
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The Queen is leading the final celebrations in central London to mark victory in Japan fifty years ago at the end of the Second World War. Thousands of people, young and old, have packed Horse Guards Parade...
VJ day anniversary - Duke of Edinburgh speech (1995)
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh says veterans who suffered at the hands of the Japanese should not be expected to forgive and forget as the 50th anniversary of VJ Day celebrations continue. Prince Philip...
VJ day anniversary - George Carey sermon (1995)
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Sermon by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey in London, on the fiftieth anniversary of VJ day (the end of hostilities of with Japan at the end of the Second World War). Choir heard singing.