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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 6 of 6 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Thursday 5/2/1981
Production Date
Thursday 5/2/1981
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
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 A105E/9:
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the end of the 24-hour strike at Manchester Airport. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Park. (Ali oov) 25’, 0’40” TOTAL VT DUR: 52”
RNW A105E/8:
Martin Henfield, snf, talking to John Phillips, the Chairman of the DITB, about their protests against Government plans to close them down. Incl. 16mm film. Com-opt. DITB. 42’, 1’07”. TOTAL VT DUR: 4’09”
RNW A105E/30:
Stuart Hall with the second in our series on North West Museums. He visited Macclesfield’s West Part Museum and Art Gallery and spoke to Dennis Petch, the Director of Cheshire’s County Museums. 6’07”
On Thursday 5/2/1981 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on the announcement of more than 800 redundancies from Seddon Atkinson factories in the region. Mute/Commag. Ward/BBC Stock.
1 mins 12 secs
2
GVs of Litherland High School on Merseyside. Commag. Higginson. (John oov)
0 mins 24 secs
3
Film of the Vauxhall factory at Ellesmere Port. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov)
0 mins 15 secs
4
Film of the Chinese cargo ship Jin Jiang unloading at Birkenhead. Mute. Higginson. (John oov)
0 mins 22 secs
5
Debi Davies, snf, talking to Brian Rigby Electronics and Darrell Greenway of Vendops of Wythenshawe, who are working together to produce sophisticated vending machines. Commag. Park.
3 mins 36 secs
6
Film of great-grandmother Mary bentenshaw, whose book “Sunrise to Sunset” has become a surprise best-seller. Mute/Commag/Sepmag. Stephens.
