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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 10 of 10 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 9/7/1980
Production Date
Wednesday 9/7/1980
Introduced By
Felicity Goodey, snf
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Alsitair Macdonald, snf, and Richard Duckenfield, snf, in Liverpool
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : RNW A028S/3:
David Davies, snf, reporting on Chief Officers of Manchester Corporation who have drawn up plans for budget savings to avert the financial crisis facing the city. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. BBC Stock. (David oov) 39’ 1’03”
TOTAL VT DUR: 1’37”
RNW A028S/2:
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Patrick Cook, the local ombudsman for the North and East Midlands, about the latest annual report which investigates complaints about maladministration and injustice. Incl. captions. 4’45”
On Wednesday 9/7/1980 there were 10 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1.
Film of buses and trains in Merseyside. Mute. BBC Stock. (Dick oov)
0 mins 23 secs
2.
Film of the jetfoil which sails between Liverpool and Dublin. Commag. BBC Stock. (Dick oov)
0 mins 10 secs
3.
Film of traffic congestion in the Walton area of Liverpool after a lorry overturned near the Rice Lane junction with the Queen’s Drive Ring Road. Mute. Ward. (Dick oov)
0 mins 15 secs
4.
Film of Julie Bradshaw, a 16 year old girl swimmer, attempting to be the first woman to complete a three-way swim of Windermere. Mute. Park. (Ali oov)
0 mins 25 secs
5.
Film of Princess Alexandra taking a ride in a double-decker bus from Whitefield, near Manchester to the Bury Interchange, where she performed the opening ceremony of the new bus-train link. Commag. Park. (Ali oov)
0 mins 35 secs
6.
Film of the biggest craft exhibition in the country which is due to open at the Ladyholme Centre between Windermere and Bowness. Mute. Park. (Ali oov)
0 mins 27 secs
7.
Film of an eight foot high papier mache dinosaur taken from Asteen Junior School to Wilmslow Library. Mute. Ward. (Ali oov)
0 mins 25 secs
8.
David Davies, snf, talking to Cedric Rhodes, Lancashire Chairman, about the first Test Match to be held at Old Trafford Cricket Ground for three years. He also spoke to Clive Lloyd, one of the Lancashire players. Commag. Stephens.
3 mins 18 secs
9.
Malcolm Balen, snf, talking to Bob Matthews, the Assistant Director of the Brockhole Centre near Windermere, about the animated characters from Beatrix Potter’s books which are the centre of the big new exhibition there. Sepmag. Stephens.
2 mins 43 secs
10.
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the 70th anniversary of the Asylum workers union, which was founded in the Mason’s Arms in Prestwich, and is now known as COHSE. She spoke to Kevin Anderson, the son of a nurse who worked in Winwick County Asylum, and Jack Traine, from Rainhill. Sepmag/Commag. Park.
