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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: Monday 22/1/1979
Production Date
Monday 22/1/1979
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 A904X/1
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talks to mountaineer Dennis Gray, General Secretary of the British Mountaineering Council about his forthcoming book, “Rope Boy”, and about the changes he’s seen in climbing since he started. Including 9 slides illustrating his book. 4’09’’
On Monday 22/1/1979 there were 9 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 from an Old People’s Home in Wirral, Cheshire, about the effects of the strike by local authority, health and social service workers on the home and others like it, and the help they’ve been getting in the crisis. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
3 mins 55 secs
2
Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the NUPE strike and particularly the Merseyside ambulancemen who were threatening to go out on strike. Film of the picketting outside public buildings, schools, hospitals etc. Parents protesting at school closures. Mute. Oldham. Hallas. Jim oov.
0 mins 35 secs
3
Felicity Goodey, snf, reports in a Back to Work march through Manchester by striking lorry drivers, and talks to the marchers about their views on the strike. Commag. Stephens.
3 mins 58 secs
4
Film of a mass meeting of NW Water Authority wokers who voted by a narrow majority to return to work. Mute. Phil Stephens. Chris oov.
0 mins 20 secs
5
Film of deserted roads today due to the bus strike, and of busy railway station (Hazel Grove) and City Centre traffic. Mute. Oldham. Chris oov.
0 mins 48 secs
6
Film of National Front demonstration at Stockport Court House where a race relations case was being heard. Commag. Park. Chris oov.
0 mins 19 secs
7
Film of Manchester Ship Canal near Partington where there had been a spillage of inflammable material. Mute. Steve Stephens. Chris oov.
0 mins 18 secs
8
David Davies, snf, talking to Pat Seed on the day she laid the foundation stone for the new scanner unit at Christie Hospital funded by her appeal fund, exactly two years after she was told she had incurable cancer. Commag. Park. David oov.
3 mins 37 secs
9
Stuart Hall reporting on a bouquet received by the three Mossley ladies who mended their own mains leak when the water board was on strike and reconnected their water supply. Commag. Mute. Oldham. Stuart oov.
