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Yorkshire oil rig fire (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Texan troubleshooter, Boots Hansen, about preparing to bring an oil rig fire in Yorkshire under control, a process known as capping. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Village Life: Kintbury (1986)

This week, Mike Matthews visits Kintbury, a village that lies in West Berkshire, between Newbury and Hungerford, and is one mile off the A4. His first interview is with a lady that tells the story of the...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Rhodesian oil depot attacked (1978)

Genre

Interview

Salisbury (Rhodesia) senior fire officer John Zaktraeger(?) explains how his force tackled an oil depot blaze after a guerrilla attack with help from the army, police and South African fire services. Peter...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fire on North Sea oil platform? (1989)

Genre

Interview

2 clips, possibly about the Piper Alpha oil platform fire of July 1988. Unidentified (Scottish?) male speaker tells of his escape from a fire by jumping; another unidentified (Scottish?) male speaker tells...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Piper Alpha oil rig fire (1989)

Genre

Vox pop

Relatives of men killed in the Piper Alpha oil rig fire speak emotionally about their meeting with Energy Secretary Cecil Parkinson, where he said he could not do anything to bring the bodies back before the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Kuwait oil slick in Gulf war (1991)

Genre

Press conference

General Norman Schwarzkopf press statement about the attempt to limit the damage done by an oil spill created by Iraq in the Gulf, with the source now on fire and the flow of oil also cut off. It was a fine...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tanker collision in the Channel (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

A Liberian tanker, the Skylon, collided with a Polish freighter in the Channel sparking fears of a large oil slick. French, Belgian and British boats controlled the slick and the blaze which had started on...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Violence in Tehran (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Interview with correspondent in Tehran, Nick Cumming-Bruce, who describes troops opening fire on demonstrators in the city. Report comes during a revolution in Iran, the aim of which is to overthrow Shah...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gulf War bombing continues (1991)

Genre

News report

Report on oil refineries on fire after being bombed by the allies in the Gulf War and how the bombing is continuing between Basra in Iraq and Kuwait. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Widow accepts George Medal for husband (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Audrey Vernon, widow of Robert Vernon, who died trying to tackle the fire on the Piper Alpha oil production platform. She is delighted his and many others’ bravery is finally getting...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio