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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: Friday 6/4/1979
Production Date
Friday 6/4/1979
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 A914N/6 : (16mm film)
Film of land around the Dee Estuary, which has just been acquired by the
RSPB for a bird sanctuary. Mute. Copyright of the RSPB - Gratis. (Fel oov)
50’ 1’20”
RNW A914N/7 :
Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Tom Collinge, the author of a book called
“Over the Setts”, which traces the tram era in North West Lancashire. 3’46”
On Friday 6/4/1979 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on the continuing picketting of the Western Shiprepair yard, nine months after its closure. He spoke to some of the pickets and to Rab Butler, the boss of Clyde Dock Engineering, who have approached Lairds with a plan to buy the yard. Sepmag. Higginson/Haye.
6 mins 18 secs
2
Film of Manchester Airport, back to normal following the firemans’ dispute. Mute. Park. (John oov)
0 mins 24 secs
3
Film of Blackpool Zoo where, its claimed, the animals are being threatened by the seagulls. Mute. Hallas. (John oov)
0 mins 24 secs
4
Film of an exhibition at Liverpool Parish Church to celebrate the centenary of the first Baptist missionaries to travel to the Congo. Mute. Ward. (John oov)
0 mins 24 secs
5
David Davies, snf, talking to Dave West, the coach of the Greater Manchester basketball team, who are practising for the National Mens inter-area final. Sepmag. Park.
3 mins 21 secs
6
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the effect the bad winter has had on foodprices. He spoke to David Lloyd, the North West spokesman for the National Farmers Union and to farmer John Molyneux. Commag. Park.
