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Superpowers summit planned for Washington (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the planned Washington superpowers summit with agreement to scrap intermediate range nuclear weapons to be signed by the USA and USSR. Includes excerpt of announcement of the summit by President...
26 die in Denver jet crash (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Report back to the studio (reporters not identified) on 26 people dying in a jet crash (Flight 1713, 15/11/87) in the US when the aircraft was taking off from Denver airport in poor conditions, and on the...
New York stock exchange crash (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Torrenzano, Vice-President of the New York Stock Exchange, is interviewed looking down at the trading floor on the recent financial crash in the world markets. Male interviewer not identified.
Superpower summit may not take place (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on possibility of a superpower meeting between the USA and USSR. Includes excerpt of NBC TV interview with Secretary of State George Shultz who is pessimistic. The Star Wars defence project is a...
Caspar Weinberger resignation - Ronald Reagan reaction (1987)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by US President Ronald Reagan upon the resignation of US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
Red Arrows crash (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on two of the Red Arrows jets crashing one near a house and the other into six homes, squadron leader Tim Mellor and another pilot were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Includes accounts by...
BA/B Cal merger can go ahead (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
The government says the merger between airlines British Airways (BA) and British Caledonian (B Cal) can go ahead. Lord Young, David Ivor Young, explains why and how their current routes will be opened to all...
First heart transplant (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Professor Christiaan Barnard talking about the first successful heart transplant. Audio faint and ends abruptly. Male interviewer not identified.
Baby ordered into care prior to birth is stillborn (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the baby of Lily and Philip Raynor, ordered into care before it was born, being born dead. Includes statement by Peter Clatworthy who was organising an appeal fund; Dr Michael Maresh, obstetrician...
Scargill to be judged in union elections (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Roy Lynk, President of the UDM (Union of Democratic Mineworkers) says if Arthur Scargill loses the NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) election there could eventually be one mining union in Britain. Male...