Moscow Olympics boycott

Title

Moscow Olympics boycott

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:06:36

Description

Report on the effects of a United States boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with the possibility of the games being moved to another country, and on support for a British boycott. Speaking are: James Wellbeloved MP; IOC President Lord Killanin (Michael Morris); Denis Howell, former UK Secretary of Sport; Sir Nicholas Bonsor MP (interviewer poss. Peter Murphy); Dick (Richard) Palmer, head of British Olympic Association (interviewed by Douglas Cameron); Alan Pascoe, former athlete; Wendy Clarke, athlete. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Denis Howell; Nicholas Bonsor; James Wellbeloved; Douglas Cameron; Peter Murphy?; Alan Pascoe; Richard Palmer; Michael Morris; Wendy Clarke

Keywords

USA; Foreign affairs; Sports competitions; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Athletics; Olympic games; Athletes; Moscow; East West relations; British Olympic Association

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