British Aerospace to make 5000 redundant

Title

British Aerospace to make 5000 redundant

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

30 Nov 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:05:12

Description

Defence correspomdent Paul Maurice reports on the British Aerospace announcement of the closure of two plants, one in Lancashire and the other at Kingston-on-Thames in Surrey, with the loss of 5,000 jobs over 2 years due to changes in East/West relations; and reaction to the news. Includes interviews with John Weston, Managing Director of the Military Division of British Aerospace; local union leader Roger Butler; Tim Harrison, Surrey Comet journalist; vox pop with workers.

Contributors

Paul Maurice; John Weston; Tim Harrison; Roger Butler

Keywords

International relations; Lancashire; British Aerospace; Defence; Cold War; Aerospace industry; Eastern Europe; Redundancies; Preston; Kingston-on-Thames; Ham; Petersham; Air defence construction; Military engineering

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