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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: Monday 11/9/1978
Production Date
Monday 11/9/1978
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Christine Burn
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: RNW/A837B/1: David Davies, snf, talking to Reg Lascelles, Director of the Planetarium at Jodrell Bank, about security at the telescope. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Stephens. (David oov)
STUDIO: Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the plight of severely handicapped people employed on light assembly work - who haven’t had a pay rise in over ten years, and are taking home as little as 15 pence a week fr their labours. She spoke to Mary Abbott - secretary of the local Trades Council - whose husband works at one of the disabled centres. Incl. 16mm film - Stephens - in three parts, with Fel. in vision.
Part 1, commag. 16’ 25’’
Part 2, mute/sepmag 39’ 1’02’’
Part 3, mute/sepmag 67’ 1’47’’
TOTAL DUR: 4’19’’
On Monday 11/9/1978 there were 6 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Film of the Environment Secretary, Peter Shore, as he toured the Netherley Housing Estate in Liverpool. Mute. Higginson. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
2
GVs of the firm of Gullick Dobson in Wigan, who have just won an order worth £10 million from the Chinese Government for mining equipment. Mute. Park. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
3
GVs of the Snake Pass - the A57 between Manchester and Sheffield, which is closed for extensive repairs. Mute. Park. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
4
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a scheme being pioneered in Liverpool which could mean more girls deciding on a career in industry. It’s at Hollylodge Comprehensive School, where tow groups of girls have just started courses in electronics. He spoke to some of the girls, their headmistress Mrs Winifred Chisum, the Director of External Relations at Liverpool Polytechnic, Alex McMinn and Hamish Bell from Plesseys, one of the local firms helping. Sepmag / commag. Higginson.
4 mins 28 secs
5
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting from one North West engineering firm - Mather and Platt - who, in an effort to show people what industry is really like, are having a series of open evenings - at which the public can have a look round. Commag. Park.
3 mins 31 secs
6
Film of the Village Fair at Whitworth, near Rochdale, an old Lancashire tradition which dates back to 1251. It included a pottery-making demonstration, how to make walling sticks and a demonstration of the workings of an old-fashioned printing press, and the ancient rush-bearing procession. Sepmag. Stephens.
