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22 results found for '"Civil emergencies"' in Keywords.

  • South Africa declares state of emergency (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the South African state of emergency and how it came to be. With reaction from African National Congress spokesman Francis Meli; law and order spokesperson from the Progressive Federal Party Helen...

  • South Africa declares state of emergency (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with South Africa ambassador Denis Worrall in London about the reasons behind the declaration of a state of emergency in South Africa. Male interviewer not identified.

  • South Africa declares state of emergency (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the declaration of the state of emergency in South Africa following ongoing violence. Speaking are Prime Minister P.W. Botha (announcement on national television) and Bishop Desmond Tutu. Male...

  • Sir Geoffrey Howe and African leaders (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    News report on relations between African political leaders. Includes excerpts of Zambian press interview with UK Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, who talks about Presidents Kaunda and Botha, and his...

  • South African state of emergency (1986)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report

    South African newsflash announcing that the country is in an official state of emergency, and that a full statement will be issued later today by the President, P.W. Botha. Female newsreader not identified.

  • First anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa (1987)

    Genre
    Music; News report; Speech

    Report on the first anniversary of the state of emergency in South Africa. A cathedral congregation (black and white) brings flowers, and a choir sings a political song. Excerpts from speeches by Frank...

  • South African state of emergency renewed (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg on the renewal of the South African state of emergency for a third year; comments of President P. W. Botha; speech by Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, on BBC...

  • Massive hurricane batters Southern England (1989)

    Genre
    News report; News bulletin

    Four people have died in various environmental disasters as the result of a hurricane that struck the South of England. Douglas Cameron reads a news bulletin; an unidentified male reporter describes from the...

  • Inside an emergency control centre (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    An emergency control centre in South London has been opened to the media. The bunker, which is below a block of council flats near Crystal Palace, is intended to house up to 50 council and police...

  • Riots in Washington DC (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    On 05/05/91, during a Cinco de Mayo street celebration, a black female Washington DC Metropolitan Police officer tried to arrest a Salvadoran man for disorderly conduct in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of...