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39,247 results found for all records.
Dennis Canavan ejected from House of Commons Chamber (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Ed Boyle reports on the ejection of Labour MP Dennis Canavan from the House of Commons Chamber, for his use of inappropriate language. Includes an excerpt from Commons coverage during which Canavan appears...
Collective bargaining (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe on the subject of collective bargaining. Speaker believes that this should be allowed to take place without government interference, e.g. sanctions...
Denis Healey on living standards (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey on inflation and living standards over the next 12 months. Unidentified male interviewer asks, what will happen to the country’s standard of living under a 5% pay...
Chrysler merger (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified AUEW spokesman (poss. Terry Duffy) on the proposed Peugeot-Citroen takeover of UK Chrysler, which he feels will be to the long-term detriment of the nation. The company has not...
Railway signal operators’ action (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Alan Twydale, railway signal operator at Bethnal Green station in London, who talks about his intention of taking 20-minute breaks despite the union’s refusal to make the action official....
US balloonists’ record Atlantic crossing (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified American male (presumably Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman or Max Anderson) on his team’s successful attempt to cross the Atlantic by hot air balloon (16/08/78). He also pays tribute...
Cross-Atlantic balloon record attempts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified British male (presumably Don Cameron or Christopher Davey) in the wake of the American team’s record crossing of the Atlantic by hot air balloon. The speaker talks about his own...
Birmingham smallpox outbreak (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified hospital spokesman (poss. Jim Clayton?) on the Birmingham smallpox outbreak. 40 year-old Janet Parker died early this morning (11/09/78), but 260 others have been cleared by the...
Trade union opposition to incomes policy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male trade union spokesman (poss. David Basnett) (at or after the TUC Conference?) on union support of opposition to incomes policy. However, he is keen to stress that the unions are not on a...
Menachem Begin speech (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin gives a speech in which he stresses Israeli efforts to cultivate the desert (Sinai?), and their determination not to give it up. He denies that it was ever taken from...