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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 9 of 9 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 15/11/1978
Production Date
Wednesday 15/11/1978
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 A 846Y/5: Steve Ireland, snf, reports on the Kenyan Asian family who were promised a council house by council officials in London and were then refused a house when they arrived in the country. The subsequent offer of a maisonette in Wigan sparked off controversy. 29’’
RNW A846Y/6: Richard Duckenfield, snf, reported on a project instigated by the librarian of Liverpool University to make a collection of popular books which he hopes will give future generations a truer picture of what the mass of people read now than conventional literary collections. 4’15’’
STUDIO: Felicity Goodey,snf, talks to Peter Gelling, Chairman of the Manchester branch of the Conservation Association about the health hazards caused by lead pollution in the atmosphere from car exhausts, which is particularly high in our city centres.
On Wednesday 15/11/1978 there were 9 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Film of Graduation Ceremony of Liverpool Polytechnic students at Liverpool Cathedral, Felicity Goodey, snf, oov. Aerial film of Merseyside. Felicity reports on Merseyside’s possible future as a centre for marine engineering and underwater technology, and talks to Dr. Peter Jost about his hopes for Merseyside in this direction. Sepmag/commag/mute. Higginson.
4 mins 47 secs
2
Film of Tommy Docherty leaving court in London (from London TK). Actuality. Stuart Hall oov.
0 mins 28 secs
3
Library film of Tommy Docherty as Manager of Manchester United. Mute.
0 mins 24 secs
4
Film of the Vauxhall car plant at Ellesmere Port. Mute. Hallas.
0 mins 28 secs
5
Film of gale force winds on Blackpool’s promenade and of the ferry Manx Viking at Heysham which was held up due to strong winds. Mute. Hallas.
0 mins 28 secs
6
Film of pickets outside Nuclear Power Station at Heysham. Mute. Hallas.
0 mins 14 secs
7
Film of sea lions from Blackpool Zoo in temporary lodgings in the open air pool while their enclosure is being repaired. Mute. Hallas.
0 mins 19 secs
8
Film of Steve Ireland talking to Wigan’s Housing Chairman, Clr. Sam Little, about why the Kenyan Asian Family were offered a home in Wigan. He also talks to local people about their reservations on how the affair was settled. Commag/Mute. Steve oov. Park.
3 mins 27 secs
9
Library film of city centre traffic. Stuart Hall oov about the dangers of lead poisoning. Commag.
