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  • Girls’ school hit by strike action (1979)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    John Perkins talks to pupils at Hornsey School for Girls during a caretakers’ dispute. The girls discuss the problems facing them in the run-up to their exams.

  • Times dispute - Vox pop with workers (1979)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Vox pop with Times workers during the dispute at the newspaper over the introduction of new technology and possible redundancies. Male reporter not identified.

  • Rhodesian opinions on Conservative policies (1979)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Peter Sharp asks people in Rhodesia whether a Conservative government would be better than the incumbent Labour Party. He also asks whether Francis Pym would be a better foreign secretary than David Owen....

  • Bishop Muzorewa on campaign trail in Rhodesia (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Special; Vox pop

    Report following Bishop Abel Muzowera on the election campaign trail as he tries to win the support of white voters in Rhodesia. Includes vox pop with potential electorate. Male reporter not identified.

  • Rhodesians on Thatcher government (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    Peter Sharp interviews Rhodesians about their reaction to the election of Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Government in the UK in the 1979 General Election. They express their dislike of the former...

  • New government in Rhodesia (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    Peter Sharp interviews Ishmael Adams, Deputy Minister in the new Rhodesian Government following the first one-person-one-vote elections in the country, and the election of Bishop Abel Muzorewa as Prime...

  • Rhodesians on new government (1979)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Peter Sharp interviews black Rhodesians following the first one-person-one-vote elections in the country and the election of Bishop Abel Muzorewa as Prime Minister; on the change they believe will happen...

  • Southall residents views on riots (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Mike Gardiner(?) reports on, and interviews local residents in Southall, west London, about their reaction to riots, following clashes between Anti-Nazi League protesters and police.

  • Blair Peach funeral after death in Southall riots (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    John Greenwood interviews mourners at the funeral of teacher Blair Peach, following his death in the Southall riots in West London after violence flared between Anti-Nazi League protesters and police. Sound...

  • DC-10 plane ban lifted - Passengers boarding (1979)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Vox pop with British passengers about to board a DC-10 plane following the lifting of the British Government ban on DC-10s (imposed following the Flight 191 disaster at the Chicago O’Hare International...