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  1. Dunkirk evacuation 40th anniversary (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Dickie Arbiter reports on the reunion of veterans during the 40 year anniversary commemorations of the evacuation of Dunkirk Harbour in France during the Second World War.

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  2. Foreign ministers meet in Vienna (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report back on a meeting of international foreign ministers in Vienna, Austria, including US Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) and Soviet foreign...

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  3. Gulf rescue of British sailors (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not...

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  4. European summit in Luxembourg (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report back on the EEC summit in Luxembourg with summit topics including the attempted rescue of American hostages in Iran, agricultural prices, UK budget contributions rebate, French lamb war. Both male...

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  5. French trawlermen blockade (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Captain Richard Wilks, Second World War veteran, on the action taken by French trawlermen in blocking off Channel ports to incoming passenger ferries and how he moved the Sealink ferry Hengist...

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  6. Roger Cooper on US servicemen killed in Tehran (1980)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Telephone interview with reporter Roger Cooper on the failed US attempt to rescue the American hostages being held in Tehran. He says reports from Tehran about how many US troops were involved in the attempt...

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  7. Middle East expert on failed hostage rescue attempt (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male Middle East expert on the failure of the US operation to rescue embassy staff being held hostage in Tehran. Eight people were killed in an explosion during the refuelling of one of the...

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  8. Louisa Kennedy on failed hostage rescue bid (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Louisa Kennedy, wife of Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr who is being held hostage at the US Embassy in Tehran, says she is surprised by the (unsuccessful) rescue attempt and is not in favour of military action. She...

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  9. French-Soviet talks on Iran and Afghanistan (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on a meeting between Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko and President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of France. The Soviet Union condemned the aborted US attempt to rescue the American hostages in...

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  10. Iranian media coverage of failed US hostage rescue attempt (1980)

    Genre
    News report

    Roger Cooper reports on the failed attempt to rescue US Embassy staff being held hostage in Tehran. Iranian officials initially disbelieved reports of the mission, claiming it was impossible for American...

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