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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: Tuesday 9/1/1979
Production Date
Tuesday 9/1/1979
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 A902J/1: (8mm film)
Extract from film made by the children of Ivy Bank School in Burnley to help fight bus vandalism. Sepmag. Gratis. 38’ 1’00’’
RNW A902J/5: Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the huge increase in bookings for foreign holidays. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. BBC Stock. 31’ 49’’
RNW A902J/2: Extract from Look North item (originally tx. 3.1.79), when viewers were asked to name three tiger cubs. (Stu oov) 25’’
STUDIO INTERVIEWS:
David Davies, snf, talking to Martin Coburn, the President of the Manchester Chamber of Trade, about how Manchester’s stores are coping with the loss of business because of the strikes. 2’20’’
Jim Hancock, snf, talking to John O’Mara, Publicity Officer of the North West Tourist Board, about holidays in the region’s big resorts. 2’15’’
On Tuesday 9/1/1979 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the decision of drivers at the Ellesmere Port depot to go back to work. He spoke to Arthur Denton of the TGWU. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
2 mins 42 secs
2
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the decision of drivers at the Esso terminal at Trafford Park to go back to work, despite the Texaco pickets. She spoke to the Texaco shop steward, Tom Hurley. Commag/Mute. Park.
2 mins 38 secs
3
Film of a shop in Hyde, demolished by a lorry which had skidded on black ice. Mute. Park.
0 mins 25 secs
4
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting from Gaskell’s in Warrington - Britain’s largest private bacon curer - who say they will have to shut down shortly, possibly for good, because of the tanker and transport drivers strikes. He spoke to the M.D. Vaughn Gaskell, and Union representative, Ron Cleminson. Commag. Stephens.
3 mins 03 secs
5
GVs of some of the larger stores in Manchester. Mute. Park. (David oov)
0 mins 28 secs
6
Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to bus driver Edward Nichols, who, with help from three colleagues and the children of Ivy Bank school in Burnley, made a film about vandalism on buses, which police now want to distribute all over the country. Sepmag. Park.
