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UK and USA leaders discuss Beirut terrorism (1985)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a meeting between UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan dominated by the hostages taken by terrorists in Beirut, the Lebanon. Female reporter not identified.
UK and USA ban flights to Beirut (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the UK and USA ban on all flights between America and Beirut following the terrorism within the Lebanon and hostages taken. Speaking are UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US Vice-President...
UK protests US SDI project (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Maurice reports on the US government Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or Star Wars project) using artificial intelligence computers and UK protests against it. Protesters including CND and Greenpeace...
US defence policy (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Two linked clips of an interview with General Edward Rowny, a special advisor to US President Ronald Reagan, on arms control, arms reduction and the Star Wars (SDI or Strategic Defense Initiative) plans. The...
Andrei Gromyko appointed Soviet leader (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party defence spokesman Denis Healey about the appointment of former minister of foreign affairs, Andrei Gromyko, to Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in the USSR and implications for...
Adolf Hitler diaries forgeries (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Two linked archive clips on the discovery and later found to be fraudulent diaries of Adolf Hitler in 1983. (The forger and the journalist who published them in Stern are now standing trial). 1. Interview on...
US bans flights to Lebanon (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the US embargo on all commercial and cargo flights by Middle East Airlines to Beirut following the terrorist activities and hostages taken in the region and them urging allies to...
USA to fight terrorism (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by US Vice-President George H.W. Bush about terrorism and what measures the USA will employ to defeat terrorism following his visits to other nations to discuss international cooperation on the matter.
Rainbow Warrior sinking (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Greenpeace spokesman (probably Chairman Ben Metcalfe) about the bombing and sinking of the flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, New Zealand where it was due to go to Mururoa Atoll to protest...
Notts breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on the ramifications and reactions resulting from the decision of the Nottinghamshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers to leave the NUM and form the Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM)...