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Witness account of Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

Genre

Interview

Witness account by yachtsman of the freak storm during the Fastnet yacht race which has led to the largest ever peacetime rescue operation. Also on whether the Royal Ocean Racing Club was at fault in...

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Advertisement No.11 - nd [July-Aug 1978]

Track 1- Leigh Park Garage [0:31 sec]. Track 2- Plessey [0:31 sec]. Track 3- Beech and Son [reference Gem Fair AD10 track 29];[0:32 sec]. Track 4- Microwflow Pathfinder [0:30 sec]. Track 5- Starlight...

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Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...

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The Queen Mother at 85 (1985)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Speech

Biography of the Queen Mother on her 85th birthday based on an ITV programme. Covers her life including the war, her husband’s death, Scotland, farming, gardening, horse racing and her royal duties....

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Eve Bonham on Two Star Transatlantic Yacht Race (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report by Eve Bonham from Hello World, one of the yachts in the two-handed transatlantic race. She explains how she diverted to the Scilly Isles after experiencing problems with the rudder and is now 12...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.42: Programme 42 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 42 Programme 42 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 9 August 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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