Search Help includes a guide to the television production terms used in these records.
To access BBC news material, note the date of transmission and news item number and make your enquiry here. Not all material found will necessarily be available, but all enquiries will be considered.
BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 6 of 6 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Monday 1/8/1977
Production Date
Monday 1/8/1977
Introduced By
David Davies
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
Manchester vt: vtc/6st/nw7731/1/mr: Nick Clark, snf, reporting on the proposed investment of milions of pounds and 500 extra jovs at British Leyland next to the old Spurrier works. (Including Mute film.16mm. Hallas. 39’. Nick oov: 25”. Feet: 39’, Duration: 25”. Studio: David Davies, snf, talking to Peter Beigton, marketing manager of the north west tourist board. Duration: 3’ 10”.
On Monday 1/8/1977 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the lack of emergency departments at the new Halton Hospital. Accident cases have to be taken to either Warrington General, Whiston Infirmary or Chester Infirmary, all of which take over 20 minutes to reach. A mock accident was staged to demonstrate the time taken to get an emmergency case to one of these hospitals. commag. Stephens.
3 mins 44 secs
2
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the Conference of Medical Laboratory Sciences, in Liberpool where the organisation was originally founded. It was opened by the secretary for social services, Mr David Ennals. Sepmag. Higginson.
3 mins 28 secs
3
GV’s of a train crash on a level crossing at Rawtenstall. Mute. 15” Talbot. 19” Talbot.
0 mins 34 secs
4
Interior GV’s of the Royal Exchange theatre in the old Corn Exchange in Manchester which has won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Mute. BBC Stock.
0 mins 23 secs
5
Frank Mellor, reporting on Terry and Ruth Thorpe who sold up their thriving garage business in Preston and now run a camp site for the National Trust in the Lake District near Wastwater. Sepmag. Selwood.
5 mins 04 secs
6
David Davies, snf, reporting on the tourist industry in the north west. Mute. BBC Stock. David oov: 35”.
