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Earls Court Ahoy!

Date released

6 Jan 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1909A

NoS ID

026283

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Earls Court Ahoy!. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show some of the newest craft on show at the Boat Show at Earls Court. SHOTLIST: GV past two sailors looking over boat pool. GV boat pool. MS...

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Troposcatter (1983)

Director

Chris Georgiou

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

Discusses offshore communications explaining the principle of troposcatter, discovered in 1933 by Marconi, which bounces radio waves off the troposphere, the lowest layer of the earth’s atmosphere. The...

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Alex Salmond on the offshore North Sea oil dispute (1990)

Genre

Interview

Following the dispute on North Sea oil and gas platforms, Scottish National Party Deputy Leader Alex Salmond speaking in support of the offshore agreement which workers are trying to establish, and calling...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

When pirates ruled the waves (1988)

A documentary to mark the 21st anniversary of the Marine Offences (Broadcast) Act which outlawed Britain’s offshore radio pirates from 14th August 1967. It traces the history of the pirate ships and...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Strike on North Sea oil and gas platforms (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Angus Coull reporting on the strikers’ demonstration at Shell’s Aberdeen headquarters where representatives of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee, organisers of the stoppage, have had a meeting with...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Anniversary of pirate stations ban (1992)

Genre

Interview; Jingle; News report; Special

Paul Rowley commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the outlawing of offshore pirate radio stations. Includes clips and idents from the pirate stations and interviews with Kenny Everett; former...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Laser 558 crew questioned by police (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special; Speech

Report on the questioning of the crew of the offshore pirate radio station Laser 558, whose vessel is docked at Harwich following a government surveillance operation. Includes Department of Trade official...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Piper Alpha survivors afraid to work on the rigs (1988)

Genre

Interview

Bob Ballantyne, Piper Alpha disaster survivor freely admits he’s too frightened to go back to the rig, due to flashbacks and says other survivors who tried to work offshore again had to be brought back by...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Complete Offshore Pirate Radio Broadcasts Collection (4 Discs) (2006)

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, Audio (DVD, 363 hours), $35.95

Genuine "Pirate Radio" airchecks broadcast to you through the sealanes of time from off the various coasts of Europe. Four-volume set - Over 363 hours packed into 705 MP3s on 4 DVDs. It may sound incredible...

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Victims of Brent Spar crash flown to Aberdeen (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the Sikorsky helicopter crash at the Brent Spar oil storage platform, from where the bodies of those who died have been flown back to Aberdeen. Offshore Industry Chaplain, Reverend Andrew Wylie...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio