Results

George Bush first budget as President (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Nick Peter reports from Washington on the first budget speech to Congress by new President George H. W. Bush (includes excerpts). The President first spoke about wanting to create a stronger America, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Audio of the Decade - nd [1980-1984 ]

IRN Audio of the Decade 1980-1984. Events of 1980: Ronald Reagan winning the Presidential race. Jimmy Carter losing. Princess Diana been followed by the Press. End of the Iranian Embassy seige/Malcolm...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

President Reagan’s first year in office (1982)

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

Andrew Manderstam assesses US President Ronald Reagan’s first year in office.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

George Bush first budget as President (1989)

Genre

Speech

Excerpt from new US President George H.W. Bush’s first budget speech to Congress. He quotes British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, saying give us the tools and we will do the job, and says the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

George Bush first budget as President (1989)

Genre

Speech

Excerpt from new US President George H.W. Bush’s first budget speech to Congress. He wants to keep the country great despite the problems it faces and quotes British wartime prime minister Winston...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reagan first press conference as President (1981)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on President Ronald Reagan’s first press conference as President where he talks about the release of US hostages from Iran and arms treaties with the Soviet Union. Andrew Manderstam? reports, with...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

President Reagan’s first State of the Union address (1982)

Genre

News report; Speech

Andrew Manderstam reports on the first State of the Union address by US President Ronald Reagan. The speech focuses on the Government’s economic and foreign policies. Includes speech excerpts.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sir Henry Plumb first British President of European Parliament (1986)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on Sir Henry Plumb’s election to the post of President of the European Parliament. He will be the first Briton to hold the post. In his introductory address, Plumb talks about the Parliament’s...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gorbachev appointed new Soviet Executive President (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Mikhail Gorbachev has consolidated his power with his election as the Soviet Union’s first Executive President, but the first session of the new-style parliament left some deputies disappointed,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Banisadr expected to emerge as Iran’s first president (1980)

Genre

News report

Adrianos van Helfteren(?) reports on the Iranian election. It is expected that Abolhassan Banisadr will emerge as the country’s first president since the Islamic Revolution. Banisadr is already a respected...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio