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CND Burghfield demonstration (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Monsignor Bruce Kent, CND, on the organisation’s demonstration to blockade the secret Burghfield Armaments base in Berkshire that makes nuclear warheads. Female interviewer not identified...

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Broadmoor ban on visitors (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview protesting about a ban on visiting patients at Broadmoor special hospital in Berkshire. Male speaker not identified - poss. Peter Thompson, head of the Matthews Trust and former patient. Female...

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Elevated Tractor

Date released

12 Oct 1959

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

250

NoS ID

120792

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The problem of how to weed cultivated areas of tall, delicate flowers has been solved at Twyford, Berkshire, by the use of the "elevated tractor" - which travels above the blooms and, with...

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Aristocrat Bike

Date released

5 Aug 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

554

NoS ID

121673

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A new push-bike - unrecognisable alongside the one we’ve known for half-a-century since the penny farthing was replaced - has made its debut at Pangbourne, Berkshire. This is a streamlined...

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Streatley letter bomb (1979)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a letter bomb in Streatley, Berkshire. Includes interviews with postman Peter Collingbourne; Detective Superintendent Brian Romain and Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Meffen.

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Missing boy Lester Chapman (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on divers being brought in to help search for a body in the case of missing boy Lester Chapman,8, from Reading in Berkshire. His body was later found on a rubbish tip and he was found to have died...

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1980s news clips - Cruise missiles arrive at Greenham (1989)

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

House of Commons speech by Defence Secretary, Michael Heseltine, about the arrival of Cruise missiles at the Greenham Common RAF base in Berkshire. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a...

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Aviation: the "Flying Mattress"

Date released

22 Aug 1955

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2257

NoS ID

072723

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Alan Reeve - Escape and arrest (1982)

Genre

Interview; News report

Roger Rees reports on the escape of convicted killer Alan Reeve from high security Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire, and his arrest and impending trial in Amsterdam. Includes interview with Alan Reeve in...

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Windsor free festival evictions (1974)

Genre

News report; Special; Vox pop

Report on violent scenes at the Windsor free festival in Berkshire, where Thames Valley Police forcibly evicted festival goers from the venue at Windsor Great Park. Includes vox pop with festival goers and...

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