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  • Barry McGuigan victorious (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Barry McGuigan finally got his world title try when the WBA world featherweight champion, Eusebio Pedroza of Panama, came to London to put his title on the line at Loftus Road football stadium. McGuigan...

  • President Bush in talks with Soviet Union (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Statement by US President, George Bush, in which he claims to have solidified America’s relationship with the Soviet Union in Geneva.

  • The War of the Worlds (1989)

    Genre
    Drama

    Brief excerpt from the H. G. Wells story (1898), The War of the Worlds. Part of narrator read by Orson Welles. From the 1938 radio production directed by Welles?

  • Ronald Reagan speech (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    US President, Ronald Reagan addressing the American public, announces that the US has commenced military operations against the headquarters and military assets of those who support Colonel Gaddafi in Libya....

  • Hostage pays tribute to Terry Waite (1989)

    Genre
    Press conference

    An American male hostage released from Libya describes the work of Terry Waite to try and release him and his fellow hostages, and the hope he brought them during the dark times.

  • Chernobyl disaster (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Report charting the course of the nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl accident, which is creeping across Russia and into Scandinavia from its origins in the Ukraine. Male reporter not identified.

  • Ronald Reagan on US nuclear defence policy (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    US President, Ronald Reagan speech in which he says he dismissed the Soviet proposal for the US to cease work on any nuclear defence system for up to ten years.

  • Space shuttle disaster (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    2 clips, 3 parts. NASA mission control commentary during the lift-off of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded on its tenth mission, followed by US President, Ronald Reagan paying tribute to its crew.

  • Maradona scores his Hand of God goal (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Live commentary of the famous Hand of God goal scored by Argentina against England in the football world cup quarter-final in Mexico, 1986.

  • Bob Geldof describes his knighthood (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Bob Geldof describes the moment he was told he had been elected to receive an honorary knighthood.