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  • Third Columbia space shuttle mission (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the launch of the Columbia space shuttle on the longest NASA mission to date. Speaking are: launch director George Page; NASA spokesman Dick Young.

  • Illegal landing on South Georgia (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Interview on the illegal landing of a group of Argentine scrap merchants on the British dependency of South Georgia and the raising of an Argentine flag. Male speaker not identified. Female interviewer not...

  • Foreign prison experience (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on speaker’s son’s treatment in a foreign jail, the food he was given and treatment by the foreign guards and lack of information and help from the Foreign Office. Male British speaker and...

  • Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1982)

    Genre
    Speech; Special

    Archive recording of a speech by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith on the occasion of his country’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (11/11/65).

  • Ian Smith on conditions in Zimbabwe (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith on the standard of living for black citizens in the country (now Zimbabwe). He claims the conditions are better than in other African countries. Male...

  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 2nd anniversary (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male Afghan speaker (not identified) on the second anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the success of the Mujahideen resistance. Male interviewer identified (poss. Paul...

  • Soviet nuclear freeze offer (1982)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on a speech at a congress of trade unionists by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (on 17/03/82) announcing a nuclear weapons freeze offer to the USA and calling for the limiting of nuclear weapons in...

  • Martial law in Poland - social and political conditions (1982)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on social and political conditions in Poland after five months of martial law and following the government crackdown on the trade union Solidarity. Male reporter not identified.

  • Martial law in Poland - illegal broadcast (1982)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on an illegal underground radio broadcast on Radio Solidarity from an anonymous woman and man in Poland during the period of martial law in the country. Male reporter not identified.

  • US response to Soviet nuclear freeze offer (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report back on official US reaction to a speech by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (17/03/82) offering a nuclear weapons feeze in return for limiting of nuclear weapons in Europe, and halting of the deployment...