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7,185 results found for all records.
Irish PM steps down (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch anouncing he is to step down due to lack of support. Includes speech by Lynch announcing his resignation. Male reporter not identified.
Edward Kennedy on Iran (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Presidential election candidate Senator Edward Kennedy’s criticism of US foreign policy, which Kennedy considers responsible for the situation in Iran. The Shah, says Kennedy, ran a violent...
Iran hostage crisis boosts Carter’s popularity (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on Jimmy Carter’s declaration of candidacy for re-election to the Presidency. Carter and Edward Kennedy are now running neck-and-neck in the opinion polls, largely due to Carter’s ‘firm’...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement on the poor future of a ceasefire in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, while South African forces are in the country. Male speaker not identified.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement on the Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire being signed and the future for the country including upcoming elections. Calls for the Patriotic Front to comply with the ceasefire. Male speaker not...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia political reform (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on the return from the Lancaster House conference in London of Prime Minister Ian Smith to Zimbabwe Rhodesia and on his press conference at Salisbury (Rhodesia) Airport on the political reform agreed...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia ceasefire (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the statement read on Zimbabwe Rhodesia national television and radio address by Lord (Christopher) Soames, current governor until elections are held, announcing the ceasefire and lifting the ban...
Thatcher in America (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
2 reports on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to President Jimmy Carter in America with Foreign Secretary Peter Carington (Lord Carrington) and daughter Carol Thatcher. Thatcher speaks on the...
Kennedy remarks on Iranian hostage crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on Edward Kennedy’s remarks the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pehlavi, should not be granted permanent exile in the USA, criticism and why he may have made them. The presidential candidate also broke...
Thatcher in America (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on Margaret Thatcher’s visit to America to meet with President Jimmy Carter. Their entrance to a banquet in the White House is announced and a speech made by Carter on subjects they have been...