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Archbishop of Canterbury visits South African shanty town (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the visit to a South African shanty town by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, guided by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He speaks to reporters on his shock at the conditions there and issues a...
Enthronement of Desmond Tutu as Archbishop of Cape Town (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the enthronement of Desmond Tutu as the Archbishop of Cape Town. He is the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa. Includes excerpt of his sermon on apartheid; speech by Robert...
Reagans address USA on drug abuse (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Nancy and Ronald Reaganâs first joint televised address on drug taking. How it was broadcast from their private living quarters, Nancy’s charity work on drug rehabilitation, and the message...
Ronald Reagan on Soviet espionage situation (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
US President, Ronald Reagan’s address on the Soviet national arrested in the USA for espionage and the retaliatory wrongful arrest of US journalist Nicholas Daniloff in the USSR. Sound quality poor.
US Senate votes for sanctions against South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the vote of the US Senate against President Ronald Reagan to impose sanctions on South Africa. Includes Senate speeches from Senators Mitch McConnell and Larry Pressler. Male reporter not identified.
US State Department chief spokesman Bernard Kalb resigns (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the resignation of US State Department chief spokesman Bernard Kalb over allegations the Government misled the media to make Libya think it was about to be attacked again. Includes press conference...
General Zia on Karachi plane hijacking (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on a press conference by Pakistani President, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, on the terrorists that hijacked an aeroplane in Karachi. They have now been revealed as Palestinians and not Libyans, and he...
US-Soviet Reykjavik summit (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on the recent Reykjavik summit of US President, Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; Britain’s role in arms control discussions; Labour’s non-nuclear...
Opening of the 32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
The opening of the 32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference, in Westminster. President of the association, Bernard Weatherill gives a speech to the guests including Queen Elizabeth II. Also...
Prince Charles on enterprise schemes (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on business enterprise schemes which are funded from the private sector. Includes an address by their president Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to the BIC conference following his...