Speeches on hope at Women of the Year lunch

Title

Speeches on hope at Women of the Year lunch

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:11

Description

Dickie Arbiter reports on the Women of the Year 30th anniversary lunch at the Savoy Hotel, London, on the theme of hope. Includes speeches by international guest of honour Queen Mata’aho on helping the disabled and handicapped in Tonga; President of the British Astronomical Society Heather Cooper on Halley’s Comet; Princess Anne, Princess Royal on Third World assistance.

Contributors

Princess Anne; Dickie Arbiter; Queen Mata’aho; Heather Cooper

Keywords

London; Women; Disabled persons; Royal family; Royalty; Developing countries; Foreign aid; Astronomy; Meteorites; Anniversaries; Tonga; Edmond Halley

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