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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 5 of 5 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 3/9/1980
Production Date
Wednesday 3/9/1980
Introduced By
David Davies
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: RNW A036W/6 (16mm film)
Christopher Wain, snf, talking to Peter Bates, the Deputy Chairman of Plessey, following the announcement that the Liverpool factory will benefit from a £100 million radar contract. Commag. London. 21’ 34’’
RNW A036W/5:
Peter Colbourne, snf, talking to LEn Brindle, the union convenor for vehicle workers in Lancashire, who are worried about the assembly of Japanese trucks in the North West. Rec. at the TUC OB in Brighton. 2’08’’
RNW A036W/4 :
David Davies, snf, with this week’s selection of viewers’ letters. Incl. captions and 16mm film. BBC Stock. (David oov)
Part 1: Shoe Factory. Commag. 15’ 24’’
Part 2: Hino Trucks. Mute 8’ 12’’
Part 3: Incubators Commag 6’ 10’’
STUDIO INTERVIEW
David Davies, snf, talking to Dr Elizabeth Ferris, a former Olympic Bronze medalist (in Studio ‘N’) and Britain’s ladies swimming captain, Margaret Kelly (in Portland Place), about the possibility of women beating men in certain areas of sport, possibly with the use of drugs. 3’58’’
On Wednesday 3/9/1980 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
GVs of the Plessey Factory in Liverpool. Commag. Higginson.
0 mins 36 secs
2
Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on the continuing fight to save the Fodens factory. He spoke to some of the workers there. Mute/Commag/Sepmag. Park.
3 mins 00 secs
3
Film of crates containing the new Mini-Metro being loaded on to a liner at Gladstone Dock in Bootle. Mute. Ward. (John oov)
0 mins 15 secs
4
Film of the final preparations for a new park in Horwich, Mute, Park (John oov)
0 mins 25 secs
5
Debi Davies, snf, reporting on the opening of a factory in Warrington, British Preserves, which is the only one in the country to make glacé cherries. She spoke to the Managing Director, Roy Mitchell. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
