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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 7 of 7 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 13/2/1979
Production Date
Tuesday 13/2/1979
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 A907E/2: (16mm film)
Film of the tanker Amaco Cadiz. Mute. Ex-London. 12’ 19’’
RNW A907E/3: Stuart Hall talking to Judo champion Jane Bridge and dance gymnast Pauline Phillips, who have both been awarded Churchill Travelling Scholarships to complete their studies. Jane’s going to Japan and Pauline to Russia. 5’40’’
RNW A907E/4: (16mm film)
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Harry Hibbert, Bolton’s Director of Engineering, about the build-up of rubbish in the town. Commag. Stephens. 135’ 3’36’’
On Tuesday 13/2/1979 there were 7 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the cutting of electricity supplies to thousands of homes in the region because of ice and high winds on cables across the Pennines. He spoke to John Blair, the Technical and Operations Manager at the CEGB in Stockport. Sepmag/Mute. Ward/Park.
3 mins 56 secs
2
Film of elderly patients at the North Manchester General Hospital, who are being wrapped in tin foil sheets because they have no clean sheets and blankets. Commag. Park. (Ali oov)
0 mins 45 secs
3
Film of roads in the region affected by the bad weather. Mute. P.Stephens. (Chris oov)
0 mins 50 secs
4
Film of protestors outside Liverpool Town Hall, demonstrating against plans for the Liverpool Inner Ring Road. Mute. P.Stephens. (Chris oov)
0 mins 35 secs
5
GVs of Walton Jail, Liverpool. Mute. BBC Stock. (Chris oov)
0 mins 25 secs
6
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on research being carried out at Liverpool Polytechnic into oil tanker collisions and how to avoid them. He spoke to the man in charge of the research, Capt. Len Holder. Sepmag/Commag. Ward.
4 mins 21 secs
7
Film of John Wilson, the Warden of the Leighton Moss Bird Sanctuary, who’s been awarded one of the Churchill Travelling Scholarships to go to Poland and Hungary to complete a long-term study of the rare bittern. Mute. BBC Stock (Stu oov)
