State banquet for President Mitterrand

Title

State banquet for President Mitterrand

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

25 Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Dickie Arbiter reports on the state banquet held for French President Francois Mitterrand and his speech on VE day 40th anniversary and Channel Tunnel and other issues. Includes speech in reply by Queen Elizabeth on Anglo-French relations, looking back to Second World War and forward to roles in EEC. Also reports on rest of Mitterrand’s visit to the UK.

Contributors

Queen Elizabeth II; Dickie Arbiter

Keywords

EEC; UK; Great Britain; International relations; France; Francois Mitterrand; Royal family; Heads of state; Second World War (1939-1945); Royalty; Europe; European cooperation; International cooperation; VE day; Anniversaries

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