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  1. Battersea tower block fire (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Jim Dallmeyer reports from the Castlemaine Tower block of flats in Culvert Street, Battersea after the building was gutted by fire. Female studio reporter not identified. (75-year-old Florence Fyfe died in...

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  2. Tower block demolished (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Report as Highworth Point, a tower block of flats in Hackney, is demolished (sirens, explosions and cheering heard) and interview with Susan, the woman who pushed the button to demolish the block. Reporter...

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  3. Armed siege in London tower block (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a police spokesman on a siege, and subsequent getaway, by two armed robbers at a tower block in West London following a theft at a sub-post office in Isleworth. Male speaker and interviewer...

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  4. Natwest Tower blaze (1996)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    An investigation is underway into the cause of a blaze at one of London’s major landmarks, the NatWest Tower in the City of London. About five hundred workmen renovating Britain’s second highest office...

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  5. NatWest Tower blaze (1996)

    Genre
    News report

    A cleaning up operation is underway after the top of the NatWest Tower in the City caught fire. Building workers had to be brought down the side of the 52-storey office block to safety by fire fighters....

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  6. John Tower pledges to give up alcohol (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Television pledge by John Tower, promising to give up drinking alcohol if he gets the position of US Secretary of State for Defense. President George H. W. Bush would like to appoint him but the Senate Armed...

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  7. NatWest Tower blaze (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    An investigation has been launched into a fire at one of the capital’s major landmarks, the NatWest Tower in the City of London. About five hundred workmen renovating Britain’s second highest office...

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  8. Failure to demolish Hackney tower block (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the failure to fully demolish one of the tower blocks on the Trowbridge Estate, Hackney which the GLC and Hackney Council are planning to replace with low rise traditional social housing. Includes...

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  9. Ronan Point tower block (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the decision of Newham Council to evacuate and eventually demolish the Ronan Point tower block in east London. The design of the structure is considered unsafe after part of it collapsed following...

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  10. Earthquake destroys building (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the after-effects of an earthquake, the rubble of which buried thousands of bodies. Unidentified male resident describes the collapse of his tower block. Male reporter not identified.

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