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39,247 results found for all records.
US Presidential election- Reagan to stand (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Election broadcast
Andrew Manderstam reports on the announcement by former Governor of California Ronald Reagan that he is to stand for the Republican nomination in the 1980 US Presidential election with his age being an issue...
Desmond O’Hare prosecution in Ireland (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the possible prosecution in Ireland of suspected terrorist Desmond O’Hare as attempts to have him extradited from Dublin to Northern Ireland for questioning by the RUC were thought likely to...
Military coup in Bolivia (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about a military coup in Bolivia where Colonel Alberto Natusch Busch has siezed power from Walter Guevara Arze. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified. In 2 parts.
Red Cross nurse on Thailand posting (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a Scottish female nurse (not identified - poss. Helen Fraser) about her posting to Thailand by the Red Cross to deal with Kampuchean (Cambodian) refugees fleeing the regime imposed by the...
UK aid for Cambodia (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a UK Government spokesman about financial and food aid to Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime and on the Pol Pot regime and not recognising the current regime imposed by the...
Idi Amin film- on location report (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Drama; Interview
Report from Nairobi in Kenya during the filming of the Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, based on the life of the deposed Ugandan dictator. Includes interview with Associate Producer Christopher Sutton; excerpts...
Cambodian refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from the Cambodian-Thai border during a humanitarian refugee crisis following the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia (currently known as Kampuchea). With comment from a female Swedish...
US embassy burned in Islamabad (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a British diplomat (identified as Mr Fabian(?)) in the Pakistan capital Islamabad, where Muslim extremists have attacked and burned the American embassy (21/11/79). Male interviewer not...
US embassy burned in Islamabad (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker in the Pakistan capital Islamabad on the attack and burning yesterday of the American embassy by Muslim extremists (21/11/79). Follows an incident in Mecca. Male interviewer not...
Three Mile Island nuclear accident (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Discussion
Discussion with publisher and former Labour MP Robert Maxwell, and a male CEGB representative (not identified) about the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania...