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All America is as Sorry as We Are

Date released

25 Sep 1930

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

30/34

NoS ID

088670

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

That gallant old Sir Thomas failed to realize his life’s ambition to ‘lift’ the America’s Cup.

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Inside America: The Quiet Persuader (2011)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

First transmitted in 1965, this programme looks at Steve Frankfurt, a New York advertising executive working in an industry worth 14 billion dollars in the US alone. Used to spending thousands at a time with...

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James Shapiro on Shakespeare in America (2023 Audio)

Series

Everyday Shakespeare

Producer

Jill Ruby

Podcast in which hosts Professor Michelle Ephraim (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts) and Professor Caroline Bicks (University of Maine) discuss everyday issues through a Shakespearean lens. In...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions Online

Ronald Reagan TV broadcast on Central America (1983)

Genre

News report; Press conference; Special; Speech

Andrew Manderstam reports on a television appearance by US President Ronald Reagan to explain his controversial policy towards Central America. Reagan also comments on the political situation in the Middle...

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Breakfast Club live from America - nd [1990]

In the first part of the programme, we find the Breakfast Club, a programme transmitted live from Baltimore, America. In the second part, we listen the 7:00 Oclock news in England with Bob Morrison. [Box 3]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

It’s a small world (1989)

A documentary about four tribes of native indians in Mosquitia, the largest wilderness area in Central America, which spreads from Eastern Honduras to Nicaragua. These tribes are in a desparate fight for...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Harold Cudmore on America’s Cup sabotage attempt (1985)

Genre

Interview

Captain of the British team in the America’s Cup, Harold Cudmore, thanks their rivals, the Americans, for foiling a bid to sabotage the British entry. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Pope’s vist to South America (1979)

Genre

News report

Bruce Pavey previews Pope John Paul II’s scheduled trip to South America, and speculates on speeches, and the possibility of clashes of opinion due to military dictatorships in certain Southern American...

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Peter de Savary on America’s Cup loss (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with British entrepreneur and yachtsman Peter de Savary after Britain was unsuccessful in its challenge for the America’s Cup after the Australia team won the sailing contest. Male interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US policy on Central America (1984)

Genre

News report; Speech

US ambassador to the UN, Jeane Kirkpatrick, speech on the impoverished countries in Central America, during which she criticises the Soviet treatment of vulnerable states, defending US foreign policy. With...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio