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  1. First transatlantic jet service-Movietone report (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Movietone newsreel report presented by Geoffrey Sumner, on the inaugural transatlantic jet service (prob. 04/10/58).

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  2. Mexican plane crash (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified eyewitness to a plane crash on a highway in Mexico which killed 42 people. interviewer not identified.

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  3. Cable & Wireless profits (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on Cable and Wireless doubling its pre-tax profits for 1976-77 to a record £58.2 million (12/10/77); Therese Birch interviews Peter McCunn, Chief Executive.

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  4. Massey’s Chop House menu found (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the manager (not identified) of Massey’s Chop House in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge, London, after recent building works uncovered an original restaurant menu from 1958. The establishment...

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  5. Alec Jones MP dies (1983)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Telephone interview with former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, James Callaghan, paying tribute to the Rhondda West MP Alec Jones following his death at the age of 58. Male interviewer not identified.

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  6. Record lottery jackpot (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Last night’s record lottery jackpot was 42 million pounds. Camelot spokeswoman Louise White is staggered by the ticket sales and pleased with how the computer system coped with demand.

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  7. Tennessee prison fire (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on fire in Murray County Jail, Columbia, Tennessee where 42 people died on 26/6/77. The fire was started by 16-year-old Andy Zimmer. Includes interview. Reporter not identified.

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  8. Record lottery jackpot (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Three people are to share this week’s bumper lottery jackpot of over 42 million pounds. Each one receives over 14 million, but the size of the payout has come in for criticism from church groups. The...

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  9. Aboard first regular transatlantic flight (1958) (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Archive 1958 recording. Chairman of BOAC Sir Gerard d’Erlanger is interviewed aboard the BOAC Comet 4 jet liner on its maiden transatlantic regular passenger flight (04/10/58) before landing in Idlewild...

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  10. A tramp abroad (1985)

    Genre
    Serial; Non-fiction

    Reading from Mark Twain’s travel book, A Tramp Abroad, based on his travels in central and southern Europe and published in 1880. Chapters 42-48. Male reader not identified.

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