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Road building programme (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the UK Government’s announcement of a major road building programme aimed at redirecting traffic away from towns and villages. Male speaker and interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
Prostitution legislation proposals (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male spokesman (not identified) for an unidentified association, about their proposals for tougher sentencing and criminalisation of activities related to prostitution and soliciting....
Recording released of French gangster Jacques Mesrine (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
Martin Ransom reports from Paris following the release by French police of a recording of the voice of Jacques Mesrine - a gangster shot dead in a police ambush in 11/79. Includes excerpts of recording (in...
French lamb war (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Richard Butler reports on an advert in the French newspaper Le Monde by French producers protesting EEC agricultural prices and policy in a lamb war with the UK and imports from New Zealand. Prior to the EEC...
Ivory Coast military coup (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a press conference featuring French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing where he reponded to questions regarding the military coup in the Ivory Coast which removed former French ally Emperor...
Chairman Hua in London (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (in English, poss. via an interpreter) at the Guildhall in London by Chinese leader Chairman Hua Guofeng, on Anglo-Chinese relations.
Dublin EEC summit proceedings (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prue Keely reports back on proceedings at the EEC Dublin summit during a meeting of European leaders, with debate on economic policy and on Britain’s budget rebate. Female studio reporter not identified....
Michael O’Rourke extradition (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Andrew Manderstam interviews a male American attorney (not identified - poss. Charles Glackin) about the attempt by the Irish authorities to extradite suspected IRA terrorist Michael O’Rourke to Dublin...
US Presidential election- Edward Kennedy to stand (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy announcing he will stand as a Democratic nominee against President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 US Presidential election.
Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch visits US (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports on an official visit by Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch to the United States for talks with President Jimmy Carter where talks focused on terrorist problems involving the US and Northern...