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  1. Falklands war - use of merchant ships (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Stan Holness, Department of Trade’s Shipping and Policy Division, about the use of UK civilian and merchant ships including SS Canberra, as troop carriers in the Falklands war between...

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  2. James Slater receives CBE (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Jim Slater, former merchant seaman and General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen, about receiving a CBE.

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  3. Father and son to act together (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Actor James Ellis and his son Hugo on being in the Merchant of Venice together. On their roles, how well they know the play, if it is difficult to bring a new interpretation to Shakespeare and what it is...

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  4. Michael Layard on sinking of Atlantic Conveyor (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Captain Michael Layard on the bombing of the Merchant Navy ship, Atlantic Conveyor by Argentine forces off the Falkland Islands. Male interviewer not identified.

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  5. Wine merchant and wife kidnapped (1983)

    Genre
    Interview; Press conference

    Press conference after their release with Bromley wine merchant Emmanuel Xuereb and his wife, who were abducted and held for ransom by a four man kidnap gang, and with Xuereb’s father. Includes statement...

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  6. Iranian attack on British tanker (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    On the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, Paul Maurice reports on location from the Gulf on the continually volatile situation following yesterday’s attack on a British tanker by...

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  7. Falklands War - Seamen’s dispute (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male spokesman (poss. Jim Slater) for the seamen’s union (NUS) on a dispute over pay and conditions for staff aboard merchant ships still in the South Atlantic, despite the end of the...

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  8. Sir Geoffrey Howe on mines in the Persian Gulf (1987)

    Genre
    Speech

    In 2 parts. British Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, speaks to the UN assembly about Iran, with reference to the recent laying of mines by Iranian troops in the Persian Gulf, the closure of the Iranian...

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  9. John Smith and Paul Channon on redundancies in shipping industry (1986)

    Genre
    Interview

    Two interviews on redundancies in the shipping industry. Labour Trade and Industry spokesman John Smith attacks the Government over its reluctance to assist the merchant shipbuilding industry. Conservative...

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  10. Captain of the Gentle Breeze on his ship being attacked (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ben Brown speaks to the captain (surname poss. Soman) of the Gentle Breeze about the attack on his ship as it travelled through the Persian Gulf, and the lack of protection from the British Royal Navy.

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