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  1. Blackwall Tunnel

    Date released
    6 Aug 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/63
    NoS ID
    112704
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A big day by the Thames. Mr Desmond Plummer, Leader of the GLC, opened the new Blackwall Tunnel which will handle about 40,000 vehicles a day. Also the inaugurated work on the £8,000,000 Southern Approach...

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  2. Desmond Plummer on leaving GLC (1975)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Desmond Plummer, leader of the Greater London Council, has stepped down from his position to concentrate on other pastimes and projects. He describes his career in the capital, and the running of the GLC.

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  3. British Horseracing Authority (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Desmond Plummer of the Levy Board (currently collects and distributes money) on Royal Commission on Gambling’s recommendation for a new organisation for the horse racing industry to distribute money, the...

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  4. Lords vote to abolish GLC (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the House of Lords victory for the Government over their proposals to abolish the GLC and other elected metropolitan governing bodies. With comment from local government minister Kenneth Baker;...

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  5. House of Lords vote on GLC abolition (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative peer Lord Desmond Plummer of Marylebone, on the House of Lords decision to defeat the Government’s bill to abolish the GLC without holding elections. Male interviewer not...

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  6. Airport to Mini-Town

    Date released
    22 Jul 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2042
    NoS ID
    027465
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Airport to Mini-Town. DESCRIPTION: Croydon Airport - scene of those memorable early chapters in aviation - is disappearing beneath the bricks and concrete of a new development....

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  7. Concrete Community

    Date released
    29 Jan 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2017
    NoS ID
    027228
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concrete Community. DESCRIPTION: One of Europe’s most advanced factories is opened at Thamesmead near Woolwich. It will produce the pre-cast concrete units for building this...

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  8. Under Water Visitors

    Date released
    21 Nov 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2059A
    NoS ID
    027636
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underwater Visitors. DESCRIPTION: Have fish returned to the heart of London? Is the Thames really becoming cleaner? The GLC invites anglers to try their luck between Wandsworth and...

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  9. For the Future

    Date released
    10 Nov 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2110
    NoS ID
    028078
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: For the Future. DESCRIPTION: A dream for over a hundred and twenty years is becoming a reality. The first ceremonial spadefuls of concrete inaugurate the National Theatre on London’s...

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  10. Under the Thames

    Date released
    7 Aug 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1992
    NoS ID
    026993
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Under the Thames. DESCRIPTION: The new Blackwall Tunnel, costing eight and a half million pounds, is opened by the Chairman of the GLC. At a hospital near Maidstone, students are...

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