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  1. Mary Rose sailors burial (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the Provost of Portsmouth, Reverend David Stancliffe on burying the remains of 200 sailors from the shipwrecked Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, in a special vault and the form the service will...

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  2. Meet a Midshipman scheme (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified spokesman on Meet a Midshipman scheme for foreign sailors to meet British people and see English countryside. Male interviewer not identified.

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  3. USS Stark dead remembered (1987)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by US President Ronald Reagan, remembering the victims of an attack on the USS Stark, hit by two Iraqi exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf (17/05/87) at a memorial service. Thirty-seven sailors were...

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  4. Home Front constable on duties (archive recording) (1987)

    Genre
    Special

    A Special Constable (not identified) on the Home Front during the Second World War describes his duties such as being on fire watch and assisting shipwrecked sailors. He lives in a seaside town but does not...

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  5. Gulf rescue of British sailors (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not...

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  6. USS Iowa memorial service (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Tribute; Music

    Nick Peters reports on the memorial service for the sailors who died in the explosion on the USS Iowa. The battleship’s commanding officer, Fred Mosally, pays tribute to those who died; President George...

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  7. Battleship Iowa’s gun turret explodes (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on yesterday’s explosion of the US battleship, Iowa’s gun turret, which killed 47 sailors on board and injured many others. President George Bush mourns the...

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  8. Falklands war ends - SS Canberra return (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop; Interview; Special

    Report on the return of requisitioned Falklands troop ship SS Canberra to Southampton following the end of hostilities in the war between Britain and Argentina. Includes vox pop with sailors and crowd; noise...

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  9. Marques sinking (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    A survivor (poss. Philip Sefton) from the Marques describes the scene when the boat sank rapidly during the tall ships race on 03/06/84 due to a freak squall. Male speaker and interviewer not identified....

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  10. Round the world attempt (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Jim Carritt(?) on his attempt to sail around the world, with the intention of reaching Australia. Male interviewer not identified.

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