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54 results found for '"Museums"' in Keywords.
Tower Bridge walkway opened to public (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the opening to the public of the upper walkway of Tower Bridge in London. Includes interview with John Fielding, tourist manager with City of London. Starts quietly with theme tune from Onedin Line...
Donald Sinden on London Theatre Museum (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with actor Donald Sinden about his support for the London Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, its beginnings and campaign to save it. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen). Sound is in...
Museums secure future (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the announcement by arts minister Paul Channon that the London Theatre Museum in Covent Garden and Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green are to receive Government funding which will secure their...
National Gallery extension (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews Sir Michael Levey, director of the National Gallery, about proposed plans for an extension to the site in Trafalgar Square in London, with the architectural design being chosen via the...
Museum futures secured (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with arts minister Paul Channon following his announcement the London Theatre Museum in Covent Garden and Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green are to receive Government funding which will secure...
Holland 1 submarine resurfaces (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Compton-Hall, curator of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport in Hampshire, on the resurfacing of Britain’s oldest submarine, Holland 1. Male interviewer not identified.
HMS Belfast journeys up the Thames (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the museum ship, HMS Belfast, which is being towed up the river Thames after a long period of being in a dry dock. Admiral Philip Hyman(?) comments. Female reporter not identified.
Conserving the Mary Rose (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Richard Harrison, director of the Mary Rose Trust, on the operation to conserve the ship after it came out of the water and plans to display the objects retrieved and hull to the public....
VC sale and row over pensions (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the selling of a Victoria Cross awarded to late Second World War pilot James Nicholson, to raise money for his widow Muriel Nicholson, due to the paucity of service pensions. Includes interview on...
GLC archivist on transfer of London records (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Joan Coburn, Head Archivist of the Greater London Council, on the transfer of official London historical records from GLC headquarters at County Hall to Clerkenwell. Male interviewer not identified.