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Ronald Reagan announces his re-election campaign (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s announcement that he will be seeking a second term in the White House. Reagan was asked about the circumstances of his decision to stand in the...
President Reagan’s 73rd birthday (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on US President Ronald Reagan’s 73rd birthday. Reagan, the oldest-ever US president, is flying to Dixon, his birthplace, today. He jokes about his age in a speech. David Gergen,...
10th flight of Challenger Space Shuttle (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Andrew Manderstam reports on the launch of the 10th flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle, beginning with the countdown. Commander Vance Brand controlled the flight into the Florida sky. The shuttle has a...
Margaret Thatcher on arms control (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher makes a speech in Budapest, urging the Soviets to resume their place at the Geneva arms talks. She speaks of searching for stability, security and peace. She calls for the...
Margaret Thatcher on her visit to Hungary (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following her return from a visit to Hungary. She feels her trip was a great success and that she has had very valuable and open talks with Bela Kadar,...
George Shultz on Stockholm Conference (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the Stockholm Conference. US Secretary of State, George Shultz gives a press conference in London. Shultz remains cautious because he does not want to prejudice US President Ronald Reagan’s...
George Bush visits Moscow for Andropov’s funeral (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on US Vice-President George Bush’s visit to Moscow for Soviet leader Yuri Andropov’s funeral, on the way to which he stopped off in London. He says that he is travelling with an open mind and...
George Bush on US-Soviet relations (1984)
- Genre
- Press conference
US Vice-President George Bush on US relations with the USSR. He thinks they might be at a turning point. Regrettably, Soviet leader Yuri Andropov is extremely ill even though the world has been told his...
Charles Price on US-Soviet relations (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech given by the US Ambassador to London, Charles Price, to the American Chamber of Commerce in London. The Ambassador said Europeans and Americans were still friends but there were...
Gill Pyrah and guests programme (1984)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in
Gill Pyrah (on her Gill Pyrah and Guests programme) interviews Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on the conviction of terrorists from supergrass evidence from accomplices...