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  • Death and burial of Rudolf Hess (1987)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the death and burial of Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, who had requested a burial in his home town of Wunsiedel but was buried in secret amid fears that his grave may be desecrated or turned...

  • Geoffrey Howe on reflagging ships (1987)

    Genre
    Speech

    UK Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe gives a press statement on what he calls the misnomer of re-flagging Kuwaiti ships, allowing them to sail through the Strait of Hormuz under the protection of the...

  • Training exercise aboard a British minesweeper (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from onboard a British minesweeper during a training exercise in its preparation for the Iran-Iraq War. Includes interviews with Chief Diver, Anthony Lawrence(?), First Lieutenant David Hilton(?),...

  • President Reagan calls on Iran to end the war with Iraq (1987)

    Genre
    Speech

    On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, US President Ronald Reagan publicly calls upon Iran to end the war with Iraq.

  • Jean-Marie Le Pen denies he is a racist (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    French far-right nationalist politician, Jean-Marie Le Pen defends accusations that he is a racist following his statement that the Nazi gas chambers were a detail of history. Includes Le Pen speaking at a...

  • South African press restrictions (1987)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on South African Government restrictions on the anti-government so-called alternative press; includes an interview with editor of the defunct Rand Daily Mail, Raymond Lowe. Male reporter not identified.

  • Gold mine disaster (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on an explosion at the St Helena gold mine in South Africa with five miners found alive but more still trapped and hope of finding them alive running out. Includes an interview with Jean LeJeure(?), a...

  • FBI arrests terrorist suspect in international waters (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    The FBI has arrested a suspected terrorist in international waters in the Mediterranean. Fawaz Younis, a Lebanese, is suspected of hijacking a Jordanian airliner in Beirut in 1985 and has appeared in court...

  • United States-Soviet Union discussions (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    A report on the outcome of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union; includes statements from US President, Ronald Reagan, American Secretary of State, George Shultz, Soviet Foreign Minister,...

  • Reaction to US-Soviet treaty (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Reaction to the treaty drawn up between the United States and the Soviet Union, with statements from NATO’s former Commander in Chief, Bernard Rogers, US Assistant Secretary of State, Rozanne Ridgway,...