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1980s news clips - Margaret Thatcher on Brighton bombing (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
BBC reporter John Cole interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, following the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference (12/10/84). From a series of news clips from...
1980s news clips - Brighton bombing (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Ron Farley, Conservative leader of Bradford Council) on the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference (12/10/84). From a series of news...
1980s news clips - Violence at Sinn Fein rally (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on violence in Belfast where a man (Sean Downs from Lenadoon) died, and up to twenty people were injured, when the RUC moved into a three thousand-strong crowd wielding batons and firing plastic...
1980s news clips - Ronald Reagan victory speech (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by US President, Ronald Reagan following his victory over Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of...
1980s news clips - Ronald Reagan sound check (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Sound check by US President, Ronald Reagan, in which he says the bombing of Russia will begin in five minutes. His words are spoken playfully and the clip was not intended for broadcast! Includes laughter...
1980s news clips - Screams from hijacked plane (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Martin Frizell reports on the hijacked Kuwaiti plane (poss. Kuwait Airways Flight 221) stuck at Tehran, Iran (poss. December 1984). Includes the recording of the screams of a hostage on the plane and an...
1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Special; Speech
Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the...
1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi murdered (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Statement by Rajiv Gandhi on the assassination of his mother, Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, on 31/10/84. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of...
1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi funeral (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Music
Dave Loyn reports on the funeral of Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated on 31/10/84. Includes military trumpet salute. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...
1980s news clips - Bhopal disaster (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Suresh Joshi reports on the Bhopal industrial disaster in India, in which a Union Carbide pesticide plant released 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas killing approximately 3,800 people instantly (03/12/84)....