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356 results found for '"Car industry"' in Keywords.
Thatcher disagrees with Chrysler rescue (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes interviews Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher about the 162 million pound financial package agreed by the Labour Government in an attempt to rescue the failing Chrysler Motor Vehicle Company....
Chrysler rescue doubted by Select Committee (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Patrick Duffy MP, the chairman of the select committee on Chrysler car company rescue, doubts the wisdom of the Government’s rescue plan, claiming the plan may not have been thought out as it should have...
Brian Hayes interviews Margaret Thatcher (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Phone-in
Brian Hayes interviews Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party leader, about trade unions; economics and car industry; Labour Party government; possiblity of election. Includes public phone-in with questions...
British Leyland denies Rhodesia trade (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lorne Duncan of British Leyland, denying trade with Rhodesia since UDI was declared and economic sanctions put in place. They have plants in South Africa but have closed the one in Rhodesia....
Earls Court motor show (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Series of reports on the Earls Court Motor Show in London which opened on 20/10/76 and the state of the car industry. James Callaghan, UK Prime Minister opens exhibition; interviews with spokesman for...
Jimmy Carter on saving energy (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Ric Davies reports on a speech in Congress by President Jimmy Carter on his unpopular Save It energy policy including gasoline tax and tax on larger cars. Excerpt from speech heard. Senator Henry Jackson and...
British Leyland strike (1977)
- Genre
- Press conference
Hugh Scanlon, trade union leader gives a press conference on a meeting that failed to persuade British Leyland tool room workers to return to work. There are now fears for the future of British Leyland.
British Leyland strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Hugh Scanlon, engineering trade union leader describes a proposal for return to work of British Leyland tool room workers which will be put to men at a meeting later this week. Male interviewer not...
British Leyland strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Roy Fraser, tool room workers’ strike leader on how to end the strike at British Leyland, and his reaction to trade union leader Hugh Scanlon’s call for men to return to work. Future of British Leyland...
British Leyland strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ric Davies reports on talks between unions and management in the British Leyland tool room workers’ strike. Speaking are Hugh Scanlon, engineering trade union leader and Pat Lowry, personnel manager at BL....