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  1. Queen tells police escort to help at crash scene (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Julie Langtry-Langton reports on the Queen asking police officers escorting her on engagements in Leicestershire to stay and help the rescue operation at a serious crash she passed on the M1. Includes...

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  2. Fire service retrieves bodies from wreck of Marchioness (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Camilla Affleck speaks to London Fire Brigade’s Assistant Commander, Rod Howells. He describes the dreadful conditions under which his men had been forced to work to recover the bodies from the sunk...

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  3. Michael Portillo on Marchioness disaster (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The transport minister, Michael Portillo, speaks to journalists from the scene at Southwark Bridge as the salvage operation continues on the Marchioness pleasure cruiser after it sunk with at least 29 deaths...

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  4. Stricken Marchioness raised (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on the raising of the pleasure boat the Marchioness which sank with 51 dead after the Bowbelle collided with it on the Thames. Includes interviews with Captain Derek Roberts of the...

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  5. Homosexual passengers on board the Marchioness (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Jenny Wilson of Stonewall on the warning sent to police after the Marchioness pleasure boat sank in the Thames that 120 homosexuals were on board. She says sexuality was irrelevant and dismisses the argument...

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  6. Marchioness makes final voyage (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    The Marchioness is preparing to make its last trip down the Thames to Greenwich, as the search for victims of the disco boat disaster continues. From Southwark Bridge, Julie Sedgwick reports.

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  7. Police search for bodies (1989)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press statement by Commander Tony Speed of Scotland Yard following the sinking of the pleasure cruiser the Marchioness in the Thames after it collided with the Bowbelle. On the events and ongoing search...

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  8. Marchioness disaster (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Vox pop

    A summary report shortly after the disaster in which pleasure cruiser the Marchioness sank on the Thames after colliding with the Bowbelle near Southwark Bridge, resulting in many deaths. Includes interviews...

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  9. Marchioness disaster (1989)

    Genre
    News bulletin

    Barney Burnham reads part of the 3 o’clock (am?) LBC news bulletin announcing the Marchioness pleasure boat disaster on the Thames and that the search for survivors is ongoing. Notes say this is the first...

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  10. 1980s news clips - Iranian embassy siege ends (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Special

    Malcolm Brabant reports on the end of the Iranian embassy siege in London following a raid by SAS commandos. Five Iranian gunmen were killed and one arrested. Includes sound from the operation. 19 hostages...

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