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  1. Guinness Records Party

    Date released
    21 Dec 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2168
    NoS ID
    028626
    Story no
    2 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guinness Records Party. DESCRIPTION: More than one record holder at this party of achievement given by the Guinness Book of Records for the people who feature in its pages. SHOTLIST: CU...

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  2. Ross McWhirter shot dead (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Jon Snow reports on the shooting of publisher Ross McWhirter in London (27/11/75). Police believe the killing was an IRA assassination, due to McWhirter’s provocative statements regarding Republican...

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  3. Matthews Meets: Norris McWhirter (1985)

    Mike Matthews meets Norris McWhirter, world famous editor and publisher of The Guinness Book of World Records. Born on 12 August 1925, he talks about his life and career and his Scottish origins and how he...

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  4. McWhirter on Zircon injunction (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Norris McWhirter, founder of the Freedom Association, on the Freedom Association’s attempts to stop the Zircon BBC television documentary on spy satellites being shown at public meetings and the reasons...

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  5. Norris McWhirter on winning battle over closed shop (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Norris McWhirter of the Freedom Association after winning the battle over the closed shop at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Male interviewer not identified.

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  6. Norris McWhirter on showing of the Zircon film and on turning down Duncan Campbell’s challenge (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Norris McWhirter, founder of the Freedom Association, on showing the Zircon documentary on spy satellites and on turning down investigative journalist Duncan Campbell’s challenge to say how he has broken...

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  7. Sobhuza II death (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Norris McWhirter, compiler of the Guinness Book of Records, about the death of the world’s longest serving monarch, King Ngwenyama Sobhuza II of Swaziland, ruler of the country from...

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  8. William Tyndale School - Teacher on report (1976)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with teacher Jackie McWhirter, giving her reaction to a report on poor teaching standards at the William Tyndale school in Islington, north London. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Des Fahy).

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  9. Diana Ross in Guiness Book of Records for number of hits (1993)

    Genre
    Music; News report; Interview

    Nick Pisani talks to pop historian Paul Gambaccini; Norris McWhirter of Guinness Book of Records; and Diana Ross, about the singer and her entry into the Guiness Book of Records for most successful female...

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  10. Decision makers (1984)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    Decision Makers: The Miners’ Strike, 1984, presented by Tony Cook. Report on right wing groups involved in the miners dispute. Interviews with Norris McWhirter, Freedom Association; Robert McGibbon, Kent...

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