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2,693 results found for '"Deaths"' in Keywords.
Maguire children’s funeral (1976)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Vivian White reports on the funeral of the three Maguire children, killed by a crashing car driven by a IRA man who had been shot by the British Army in West Belfast. Includes the address by Father...
Ambassador’s widow gives speech (1976)
- Genre
- Speech
Address to the Irish people by Jane Ewart-Biggs, broadcast after her husband’s memorial service in Dublin. The late Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador to Ireland, was killed by an IRA landmine...
London peace rally (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Speech
Jane Ewart-Biggs speaks in an interview about her late husband’s (UK ambassador to Ireland killed by IRA landmine) hopes for peace in Ireland, and how she hopes she can turn the waste of his death into...
Earthquake in Peking (1976)
- Genre
- News report
Report on an earthquake that rocked Peking, but was mild, and caused minimal damage. People were evacuated from their homes, but most of Peking was allowed to remain, as the quake was not big enough to cause...
Death of Mao Tse-Tung (1976)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Griffiths(?) of Reuters reports on mourners filing past Mao Tse-Tung’s body in the Great Hall of the People, Peking and of other marks of mourning in the city following his death (09/09/76). It is...
Mao Tse-Tung’s life (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Obituary
David Rogers reports from Peking with an obituary of Mao Tse-Tung, following his death (09/09/76), with reference to his four marriages and children and changes in China over his lifetime.
Edward Heath on Mao and China (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Interview with former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath on the political future of China following the death of the country’s leader Mao Tse-Tung (09/09/76). Heath’s belief that the leadership is committed...
Ivor Montagu on Mao Tse Tung (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Obituary of Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-Tung by Honourable Ivor Montagu, film-maker and writer, following Mao’s death on 09/09/76. A resume of Mao’s political and personal life, including discussion...
Roderick MacFarquhar on Mao Tse Tung (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
MP Roderick MacFarquhar on Mao Tse-Tung following his death (09/09/76). MacFarquhar’s belief that Mao was one of the greatest Chinese rulers who took China into the modern industrialised world....
Christopher Hourmouzious review of 1976 (1976)
- Genre
- Discussion; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech
Review of the Year 1976, Christopher Hourmouzious discusses events with following correspondents. Ed Boyle on British Parliament (includes excerpt of opening ceremony) and politics under prime ministers...