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News Flashes from Round the World: Karachi: Conference and Demonstration

Date released

5 Dec 1955

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2287

NoS ID

072970

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Sarah Ansari - At the Crossroads? Exploring Sindh’s Recent Past from a Spatial Perspective (2015)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Audio. Inaugural lecture delivered by Professor Sarah Ansari at the Windsor Auditorium, Royal Holloway, University of London on 17 February 2015. From a ‘sleepy backwater’ under the British Raj to the...

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Karachi hijacking (1986)

Genre

Interview

A British survivor of the Karachi hijacking describes what happened on the plane, his feelings and how one of the terrorists posed as a passenger following the end of the hijackingbefore being spotted....

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Karachi hijack (1986)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Statement by Pakistani spokesman (not identified) on the identity of the groups claiming responsibility for the Karachi plane hijacking and questions put to Colonel Gaddafi of Libya on possible involvement...

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Karachi plane hijack ends (1986)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the relieved girlfriend of Mike Thexton who was singled out by the Karachi, Pakistan plane hijackers as a bargaining tool but who is now returning home safely.

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Rajiv Gandhi on Karachi plane hijack (1986)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi on the Karachi plane hijack. He says Pakistani security forces bungled the operation and are encouraging hijackers by failing to bring their trials to a conclusion.

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KARACHI FLIGHT

Date other

13 Jan 1927

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

385838

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Imperial Airways DH66 Hercules G-EBMX airplanes in first survey flight from London to Karachi.

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Mr Attlee in Pakistan

Date released

8 Jan 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1231A

NoS ID

018296

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Attlee in Pakistan. DESCRIPTION: One of Mr Attlee’s first acts on his visit to Pakistan was to pay tribute at the grave of the late Mr Jinnah in Karachi. Later, a garden party was...

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General Zia on Karachi plane hijacking (1986)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on a press conference by Pakistani President, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, on the terrorists that hijacked an aeroplane in Karachi. They have now been revealed as Palestinians and not Libyans, and he...

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Aftermath of Pan Am Flight 73 hijack in Pakistan (1986)

Genre

News report; Technical

Kevin Murphy reports from Karachi on the condition of British citizen Catherine Hill, who was injured in the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi (05/09/86). Also on the hijackers being charged with...

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