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39,247 results found for all records.
Failed air balloon world record attempt (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a failed attempt to break the long distance hot air balloon record. Includes interviews with the pilots Major Christopher Davey and Flight Lieutenant Crispin Williams. Female reporter not identified.
Mandy Rice-Davies on her life and book (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mandy Rice-Davies about her notorious life and new book, Mandy. She talks about the scandal which helped bring down the government of Harold MacMillan, the Profumo affair, and the...
Being a singing telegram (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Singing telegram Kara Noble talks about her experiences doing the job and her singing telegram staff, and finishes with a musical tribute to LBC. Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
Yorkshire Ripper claims 13th victim (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the author of a book on the Yorkshire Ripper about the murderer and who he might be, after the murder of a thirteenth victim. Male speaker and interviewer not identified. (Yorkshire Ripper was...
Lord Mayors parade (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report and interview with Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe about the process of becoming the new Lord Mayor of London and the Lord Mayors Parade. Male reporter not identified.
WW2 nurse recollects (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Brenda McBryde about being a nurse during the Second World War including working with inmates at a concentration camp after it was liberated. As her book Nurse’s War is published. Male...
Comet Airliner (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the early problems with the Comet Airliner which is due to take its final flight. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Moscow Olympics boycott - meeting in Washington (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Andrew Manderstam reports on a meeting in Washington DC between US President Jimmy Carter and members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following America’s threatened boycott of the 1980 Moscow...
Moscow Olympics boycott - German participation (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on whether West Germany will join a threatened boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic games over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Male reporter not identified.
Moscow Olympics boycott - German decision (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male spokesman for British athletics (not identified - poss. Denis Follows, chairman of the British Olympic Association) about the decision by West Germany to join the United States in...