Olympic fundraising despite boycott

Title

Olympic fundraising despite boycott

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Interview with a male speaker (poss. Labour MP and former sports minister Denis Howell) about raising funds for British athletes to enable them to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics in defiance of the Government’s boycotting of the event. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Denis Howell?

Keywords

Sport; Sports competitions; Trade unions; UK; USSR; Fundraising; Economic sanctions; Olympic games; Athletes; Moscow

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