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US-Iraqi talks on Gulf crisis (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Report on US Secretary of State James Baker’s visit to Geneva, Switzerland to meet with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz over the Gulf crisis. Includes excerpt of nationwide radio broadcast by US...
RAF Auxiliary 4626 squadron called up for Gulf (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the first RAF Auxiliary squadron to be called up since the Second World War as preparations for a Gulf war are underway. 4626 Squadron based in Wiltshire will provide medical back up in the Gulf....
Kenneth Clarke on UK education system (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
New Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke answers press questions about the educational system in the UK, his planned reforms including encouraging grant maintained schools, and how public spending should be...
Tony Mule on Pan Am plan (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Pan America World Airways Executive Vice- President Anthony Mule tells Alan Dickey(?) over the telephone that it’s business as usual as the airline has filed a reorganisation plan in the USA.
Pilot scheme for red routes in London (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Emma Howard reports on the introduction of a pilot scheme running in North London to reduce congestion but also feared to impact on local shops. Motorists that stop or park along the Red Routes through...
Cannon Street rail crash (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Survivor of the Cannon Street train crash, Shane Wheeler(?), explains what happened. He says there was a warning from the guard that there were no brakes but there was no time for panic. 247 people were...
Cannon Street rail crash (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Minister for Public Transport, Roger Freeman says the cause of the Cannon Street rail crash was not necessarily the fault of old trains after criticism from rail passenger groups. He says British Rail is...
John Prescot on rail accident figures (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott says the number of collisions into buffers has increased by nearly forty per cent over a period of ten years. Following the Cannon Street rail accident he says...
Cannon Street rail crash (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Emma Howard reports on the events surrounding the rail crash at Cannon Street station in London, caused by failed brakes. Chief Superintendent Daniel O’Brian(?) reveals one person died and 247 were...
Iraqi pilots surrender as UN deadline draws closer (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the crews of six Iraqi helicopters deserting to ask for asylum in Saudi Arabia as the UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait draws closer. US Defence Department spokesman, Pete Williams says...