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1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends

Title
1980s news clips - Libyan embassy siege ends
Genre
News report; Press conference; Speech; Special
TX Date
Apr 1987
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:01:58
Description
Antonia Higgs reports on the end of the siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Includes gunfire and crowd noise and statement by Home Secretary, Leon Brittan. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.
Contributors
Leon Brittan; Antonia Higgs
Keywords
London; Terrorism; Police; UK; Political protests; Embassies and consulates; International relations; Demonstrations; Embassy buildings; Libya; Sieges; St James Square

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