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Towards 2000 - Future of the military (1977)
- Genre
- Special
Towards 2000 with former Field Marshal Michael Carver looking at the past 25 years of military history and looking forward at the next 23 years. Including who may cause a threat, who our allies will be and...
Norman Issberner to visit missionaries in Africa (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
The Reverend Norman Issberner of Wallington, (London?), Chairman of the British Home Council which is affiliated to Africa Inland Mission International, is interviewed about his expeditions to seven African...
Carolyn Oxton on all-woman swamp expedition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Carolyn Oxton, a member of the All-Woman Swamp Expedition, tells how the group is about to journey through the Atrato Swamp of Columbia, South America, on Avon inflatable motor boats. They plan to document...
Columbia rainforest expedition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Captain John Saunders is interviewed about an expedition (beginning June 1977) rafting down the Rio Caqueta, a tributary of the Amazon, to conduct scientific projects in the border area of Columbia and...
Jack Temple on Columbia rainforest expedition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Jack Temple is interviewed about his forthcoming Columbia rainforest expedition and its archaeological, ecological and medical aims. The interviewer is Chris Hourmouzious.
Tony Fahey on world water speed record attempt (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Fahey is interviewed about the boat in which he hopes to break the official world water speed record. Reference is made to the late Donald Campbell, who died trying to break his own record, and to...
Bernard Betts on Sierra Leone scorpion expedition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Bernard Betts talks about his planned expedition to search for scorpions in Sierra Leone, having gone on a reconnaissance mission searching the British Museum collection. His team plans to use UV lamps to...
Sussex University students on pilgrimage to Kashmir (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Sussex University anthropology students are interviewed about their plan to study pilgrimages by doing a real pilgrimage - in this case, the annual journey to the Amarnath cave in Kashmir to see the...
Glacier Retreat expedition (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified member of Chelsea College about a planned hydro-biological expedition to look at life in areas left by retreating glaciers in Glacier Bay, Alaska. The speaker describes the...
Training for round the world expedition (1977)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Sir Ranulph Fiennes) on Arctic and Greenland expeditions his team has completed as part of their training for their attempt to go around the world via both poles. He...