IRA Brighton bombing - Aftermath

Title

IRA Brighton bombing - Aftermath

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:28

Description

Report during the aftermath of an IRA terrorist bomb attack during the Conservative Party conference in Brighton including difficult rescue work and forensics and condition of Margaret Tebbit and John Wakeham. Includes comment from hospital spokesman Andrew Partington and Social Services Secretary Norman Fowler. Male and female reporters not identified.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Andrew Partington

Keywords

Injuries; Damage; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Conferences; Security; Security measures; Politicians; John Wakeham; Bombs; Rescue work; Criminal investigation; Hospital patients; Brighton; Search and rescue operations; Dead bodies; Forensics; Margaret Tebbit; Grand Hotel

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