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Gulf War POWs in Iraq being used as human shields (1991)

Genre

News report; Press conference; Interview

Sophie Dekker reports on Allied prisoners of war being used as propaganda and human shields by the Iraqis in contravention of the Geneva Convention as the Gulf War continues. Includes clip of Iraqi...

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Preparations in the Gulf for war (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Paul Maurice reporting on the preparations in the Gulf for war, in the event Iraq does not meet the January 15th deadline to withdraw its troops from Kuwait. Includes Commander of the Desert Rats, Brigadier...

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Boeing 737 crash on M1 (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

A Boeing 737-400, British Midland flight 92, crashed on 8 January 1989 on the M1, near Kegworth, Leicestershire. The inquest into the crash has returned a verdict of accidental death on the 47 victims....

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Gulf War air strikes success (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Philip Cottrell reports on the first Gulf War air strikes, success and casualties. Statement on success from UK Defence Secretary Tom King who praises the courage and skill of the pilots; British pilot Fight...

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Scotland Yard launches new policing measures (1989)

Genre

Interview

Scotland Yard is considering a scheme to launch an alternative civic volunteer force in London. It would be an alternative to the New York vigilante Guardian Angels, who patrolled the subway earlier in...

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Exxon Valdez disaster (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

Paul Woodley reports on the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill in Alaska- how pilot Frank Cousins was not authorised to steer the ship, captain Joe Hazelwood being relieved of his duty and not on deck when the...

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Memories of Douglas Bader from Air Vice Marshall Joe Cox (1982)

Wartime fighter pilot hero Sir Douglas Bader, who collapsed and died suddenly in London early today, aged 72, had many connections with Berkshire. He lived on a farm at Hermitage and, for many years, kept...

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HMS Gloucester home to UK after Gulf War (1991)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Chris Carnegy reports on the return to the UK of HMS Gloucester - the Royal Navy destroyer that survived Iraqi guided missile attacks in the Gulf War. Wives, families and friends turned out at Portsmouth to...

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Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Simon Marks reports on the marking of the fiftieth anniversary in the USA of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 by the US Air Force. Includes archive recording of...

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IRA explosives and attacks (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report

Ken Johnston reports from Northern Ireland on IRA attacks on the security forces and the discovery of 2 tons of explosives on a truck at the port of Heysham near Liverpool. Police believe the cache formed...

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