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Indian community in Southall (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Feature; Interview; Music; Vox pop
Documentary feature on the ethnic make-up of the London borough of Southall. Monty Modlyn interviews prominent local figures including Vishnu Sharma of the Indian Workers’ Association and Councillor Sharma...
Nkomo house attacked in Zambia (1979)
- Genre
- News report; News bulletin
Zambian troops are on full alert after the house of Joshua Nkomo, co-leader of the Patriotic Front, was attacked in the Zambian capital, Lusaka. The troops from Rhodesia attacked only a few miles away from...
Events of Idi Amin regime coming to light in Uganda (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on events in Uganda, whence former President Idi Amin has fled. In Kampala, evidence of torture is being found and despite calls from interim President Yusuf Lule for peace, revenge killings against...
Plans of new Ugandan Government (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male representative of the new Ugandan Government following the end of the Tanzania-Uganda war. The government representative discusses exiled President Idi Amin’s crimes against the people of...
Earthquake hits Yugoslavia (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British Consul Roger Clark(?) describes how an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has hit Yugoslavia (15/04/79). He claims that at least 25 people have been killed in the town of Bar but that...
Botha expels US diplomats (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
South African Prime Minister, P.W. Botha has given US diplomatic officials a week to leave the country after accusing them of using a plane to spy on South Africa. Botha claims that embassy officials used...
Volcanic eruption in Barbados (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male volcano expert talks about working on active volcanoes after witnessing an eruption on Barbados. He comments on the discovery of vegetation and small animals living in the crater of some...
Children hired father’s killer (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A 17 year-old boy from the United States who paid a 19 year-old man to murder his father is to be tried as an adult. Unidentified male American speaker (identified as Bob ?) describes how the 17 year-old and...
Greece to enter European Community (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
It has been announced that Greece will join the European Community. Agne Pantalouri of the Greek Embassy in London describes how, with the fall of the dictatorship in Greece, the country was ready to join....
Explosion at Ramat Hasharon (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Report on two explosions at a military plant in Ramat Hasharon near Tel-Aviv, Israel. Description of the scene and the explosion of ammunition at the plant. Male reporter not identified.