Children of Courage awards

Title

Children of Courage awards

Genre

News report

TX Date

19 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:48

Description

Mark Phillips reporting on the annual Children of Courage awards organised by Womens Own to be awarded at Westminster Abbey by the Duchess of York. Includes interviews with the magazine’s Tony Warner; Victoria Jones who saved her mother from drowning; Amanda Marriott who rescued a friend being savaged by a pack of dogs; Jane Barlow whose two young sons summoned help when she suffered an asthma attack; Stuart Lockwood who appeared on television with Saddam Hussein as a propaganda stunt when being held hostage in Iraq.

Contributors

Mark Phillips; Victoria Jones; Amanda Marriott; Tony Warner; Jane Barlow; Stuart Lockwood

Keywords

Awards; Propaganda; Children (age group); Hostages; Ceremonies; Iraq; Saddam Hussein; Children of Courage

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