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First sitting of European Parliament (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Allen reports on the historic first sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where proceedings were interrupted by Northern Ireland DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley who protested that the Irish...
European Parliament first sitting (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Roy Jenkins, President of the Common Market’s executive commission, during the the first sitting of the newly elected European Parliament in Strasbourg, on the problem of energy resources within...
European Parliament first sitting (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Allen reports on proceedings during the first sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. With excerpt of opening address from Chair Louise Weiss, 82-year-old Gaullist (in French); interruption...
Democratic Presidential nomination (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports from the United States on the Democrat nomination for the 1980 Presidential election following a television interview with Senator Henry Jackson, and on the possibility of Senator...
Moon landing 10th anniversary (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the tenth anniversary of the Apollo II mission and the first moon landing on 16/07/69. Includes archive recording of the landing featuring the voice of Neil Armstrong; speech by...
Kissinger on SALT II (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on the views of former United States Secretary of State, Dr Henry Kissinger, on the SALT II treaty on nuclear arms controls between America and the Soviet Union. Includes excerpts...
Robert Strauss visits Middle East for peace negotiations (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Peter Allen-Frost reports on US Trade Representative Robert Strauss’s visit to the Middle East for talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in an attempt to bring the Palestinians to the...
Kurt Waldheim on Vietnamese refugees (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim where he makes an appeal on behalf of the Vietnamese refugees (or boat people).
Labour EEC MP on Vietnamese refugees (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Alf Lomas?, Labour EEC MP (to the European Parliament in Strasbourg?), calling for new measures to help the Vietnamese refugees.
Metropolitan Police exhibition (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the opening of an exhibition by Home Secretary William Whitelaw as the Metropolitan Police celebrate 150 years anniversary, featuring photographs of Jack the Ripper victims. With speech by Willie...