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Dublin nighclub fire memorial service (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Service by the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Dermot Ryan at the memorial mass for those who died in the fire that ripped through the Stardust nightclub in Dublin on Valentines Day.
Shah of Iran archive clips (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
A series of ITN archive clips featuring the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, taken from the Foreign Press Association lunch in London in 1959 and from various interviews, press conferences and reports in...
Menachem Begin calling for early election (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the reasons for Israeli President Menachem Begin calling an early election following resignation of a number of ministers with their roles remaining empty. Male reporter not identified.
Menachem Begin calls early election (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Israeli President Menachem Begin press conference, with excerpts, announcing his plans to call an early election after several political crises. Also reports on likely election campaign issues of...
Tony Benn on Labour defections (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour MP Tony Benn gives a speech about the people that have defected from the Labour Party (listing those over the years) and how their departures failed to cause a split. In context of current defections...
Thatcher on Holland visit (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about her visit to The Hague in Holland and her talks with Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt over fishing, common market and US nuclear weapons on European...
Lord George Brown on why he joined the SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord George Brown about changes in the Labour Party over the last fifty years and why he felt he had to abandon it for the new Social Democratic Party (SDP), of which he is president. Male...
David Steel on the new SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with leader of the Liberal Party, David Steel, about the effect of the proposed new Social Democratic Party (SDP) on British politics and possibility of an alliance. Male interviewer not identified.
Shirley Williams on leaving Labour (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Shirley Williams, Labour Party National Executive Committee member, about her decision to resign her position and help form the new Social Democratic Party (SDP). Male interviewer not identified.
Betty Boothroyd on Labour defectors (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Betty Boothroyd urging members of the Labour Party to fight for changes within the party rather than defect after Shirley Williams and other members have left to form the Social...