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Launch of the new Ford Triumph (1981)

Genre

News report

Report on the new Ford Triumph Acclaim, part of Ford’s recovery plan. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Marriage dispute; Pat Ford’s marriage to a Broadmoor mental patient - nd [Sept 1982]

An interview with Pat Ford’s mother in which she explains how much she is upset to know that her daughter Pat Ford, only child, decided to marry a Broadmoor mental patient Alan Reeve. They married in...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Gerald Ford’s farewell speech (1976)

Genre

Election coverage; Speech

Gerald Ford’s farewell speech as President; his wife Betty reading the statement sent to president elect Jimmy Carter. Ends with applause.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ford’s Dagenham plant (1981)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male Ford company archivist on how Ford came to Dagenham, on the fiftieth anniversary of the plant. He also talks about the planned celebrations. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Henry Ford museum and Ford car history (1985)

Genre

Feature; Special

Andrew Jones presents the second part of a special programme, in which he visits the Henry Ford Museum and Henry Ford Village at Dearborn, Michigan and looks at the history and production of the cars made...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ford accepts presidential nomination (1976)

Genre

Election coverage; Speech

Speech by Gerald Ford accepting the Republican presidential nomination and announcing Senator Bob Dole as his running mate for vice-president. Much loud applause.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gerald Ford inaguration speech (1974)

Genre

Speech

Inauguration speech from US President Gerald Ford following his swearing-in to the Presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

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Terence Beckett on Ford strikes (1978)

Genre

Interview

Chairman of Ford, Sir Terence Beckett talks of the scheme offered to the striking Ford employees, and shows confidence in the outcome after a long and damaging strike. He claims it is not an inflationary...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

End of Ford Cortina at Dagenham (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on the demise of the Ford Cortina, and its replacement, the Sierra, at the Ford Dagenham plant in Essex. Includes interview with Bill Wade, paint shop operator; Connie Moore(?), paint shop supervisor;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ford speech after President Nixon resigns (1974)

Genre

Speech

Speech from Gerald Ford (speaking in Virginia) after Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the position of the President of the USA. Ford states he will take up the position in the pursuit of peace....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio