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Sadat peace talks (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the peace initiative of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, which suffered a setback over Israel’s refusal to negotiate over the settlement of occupied land. Sadat is keen to press on with talks, and...
Ian Hopwood on Vietnam aid (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Ian Hopwood of UNICEF talks about his visits to post-war Vietnam, and the scale of physical destruction and social damage that needs addressing. Female interviewer not identified.
Vietnam-US diplomatic rift (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Majendie reports on the recall of the Vietnamese Ambassador to the UN, blamed by Vietnam on the United States.
Kansas hotel fire (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a major fire at a Kansas City hotel (possibly the Coates House Hotel). Arson is suspected. At least 4 deaths have been recorded; more bodies are yet to be recovered from inside the building....
Snow in New York (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Interview with male New York resident, on heavy snowfall there. Supplies of fresh food are running low in the city, and outlying areas have been effectively cut off. However, power supplies have not been...
Blizzard in New York (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with reporter Bob Hoe about weather conditions in New York are described by a male resident as "horrendous"; further north, it is worse. Many people have been unable to leave the city since the...
Soviet satellite crash (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the crash of the Soviets’ Cosmos 954 satellite near Great Slave Lake, Canada (24/01/78). Despite US early assurances that there had been no nuclear matter on board, it was subsequently admitted...
Belize territorial dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified British male interviewed on the land claims made of Belize by Guatemala. He also refers to the ongoing Falkland Islands territorial dispute. Female interviewer not identified.
Increased demand for airports (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP, Alan Haselhurst describes proposals for British airports. Ideas include an increase in the size of Stansted Airport, and making ex-military airfields into working commercial airports....
Postal workers able to take industrial action (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
MP Norman Buchan describes his bill to grant postal workers the right to take industrial action. His main aim are to modernise the postal service and to execute freedoms that he claims are a postal...