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Scargill at last minutes of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview just before midnight on the last day of the miners’ strike with NUM President Arthur Scargill at Cortonwood Pit’s Alamo picket hut where the strike began. On the achievements of the dispute,...
Miners strike ends- future of coal industry (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Energy Secretary Peter Walker at the end of the miners’ strike on the future of the coal industry after the dispute and the potential long term objective of worker participation and...
South Wales NCB amnesty talks at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with NCB South Wales Area Director Philip Weekes at the end of the miners’ strike on talks with NUM leaders over an amnesty for those dismissed during the dispute. Male interviewer not identified.
Picketing at Cortonwood at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the continuing picket line action at the end of the miners’ strike at Cortonwood Colliery in Yorkshire, where the dispute began, and where picketing Kent miners are preventing the return to work....
Picketing at Kent pits at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Interview
Report on the continuing picket line action at Kent pits at the end of the miners’ strike, over the NCB’s failure to guarantee an amnesty and reinstate those dismissed during the dispute. Includes...
Thatcher denies amnesty at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Commons statement at the end of the miners’ strike that there should be no amnesty for those dismissed during the dispute who committed serious offences.
South Wales NCB talks at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with NCB South Wales Area Director, Philip Weekes, at the end of the miners’ strike, on talks with NUM leaders over an amnesty for those dismissed during the dispute, and on pit closures. Male...
Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music
Report on the return to work at Mardy Colliery in the Rhondda valley, Wales at the end of the miners’ strike. Includes brass band music, applause and views from miners returning to work, who speak in...
Scargill at end of miners strike (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview just before midnight on the last day of the miners’ strike with NUM President Arthur Scargill at Cortonwood Colliery’s Alamo picket hut where the strike began. On the achievements of the...
Israeli troops in Lebanon (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report after a car bomb attack on Israeli troops in the Lebanon and Israeli action in response to the suicide bombing. Includes actuality of an Israeli memorial service and comment from an Israeli Labour...