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General election - Thatcher campaign visits (1983)

Genre

Election coverage; Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech

Report on visits by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Scotland, RAF Lossiemouth, Manchester, Bolton, Leicester and to Birmingham on 02/06/83 during campaigning in the 1983...

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Reach for the Sky (2006)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 40 minutes), £14.00

A documentary exploring the growing activism against the governmen’s plans to expand nearly all British airports despite the growing threat of climate change. Includes images of activists blocking a runway...

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Recollections of Munich air disaster (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male journalist (poss. Frank Taylor?) on his recollections of the Munich air disaster on 06/02/58 when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed at Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany. On...

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News in a Nutshell: Manchester’s New Airport

Date released

2 Dec 1935

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

35/96

NoS ID

092934

Story no

7 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

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Digging for Victory (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Asks whether direct-action protest can ever be morally justifiable, in light of the anti-road campaign in which protesters occupied tunnels near the A30, the animal export protesters and the camp in protest...

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The Sad Return

Date released

13 Feb 1958

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

58/13

NoS ID

108053

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 assignment sheet, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

The public in London and Manchester pay tribute to the dead and survivors on arrival in Britain.

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Pressure on Paul Channon for full public inquiry into Lockerbie (1989)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

Elena Curti reports from Westminster on the calls for Transport Secretary Paul Channon to order a public inquiry on the Lockerbie bombing and queries over warnings they gave before the attack. Includes...

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Aircrash: The Burning Issue (1987 Video)

Producer

Alec Nisbett

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Report on the need for improved safety features on aircraft, in particular the desirability of smoke hoods. Includes an interview with a survivor of the August 1985 Manchester Airport disaster in which 55...

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Taped statement of Viraj Mendis (1989)

Genre

Speech

Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...

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Eliza Hermitage, aged 101, goes down a coalmine (1979)

Genre

News report; Interview

Interview with Eliza Hermitage, who is 101 years old and has just been down the world’s first underground mining museum, Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. Museum director Jonathan...

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