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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 4 of 4 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 26/5/1982
Production Date
Wednesday 26/5/1982
Introduced By
John Mundy
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Linda Kennedy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : 1/RNW A221L/6:
Film of HMS Coventry leaving Birkenhead for the South Atlantic and the Atlantic Conveyor in Liverpool Docks. Ex-BBC TV News. 21ft 00m33s
1/RNW A221L/5:
David Davies, snf, reporting on the call for Professor Hazeldine, Principal of UMIST, to hand in his resignation, following the controversy over the money spent on the Principal’s official residence, Highbank. Incl.
Part 1: 16mm film in which he spoke to Brian Everett, Secretary of the Association of University Teachers. Commag. Park. 31ft 00m50s
Part 2: David Davies, snf, talking to UMIST’s President, Sir William Mather, about the call for Professor Hazeldine’s resignation. 02m50s
TOTAL VT DUR: 04m40s
1/RNW A221L/7:
Malcolm Balen, snf, talking to Gerald Hatton, Chairman of Lancasire Fire Services and Public Protection Committee, about the danger to children from rubbers which look and smell like sweets. Incl. 16mm film, of Lowell’s newsagents, who have withdrawn the rubbers from sale. Commag. Park. (Malcolm oov). 13ft 00m20s
TOTAL VT DUR: 02m32s
STUDIO:
Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on a group of elderly seamen, who face eviction from their homes in the village of Summerland, near Kendal after the village built by the Liverpool Sailors Welfare Centre in 1946 was sold. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Park. (Ali oov). 34ft 00m55s
TOTAL DUR: 01m06s
On Wednesday 26/5/1982 there were 4 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Martin Henfield, snf, talking to John McPherson, Secretary of the National Union of Seamen in Liverpool, about the losses in the South Atlantic. He also spoke to Paul Jones and Paul Shannon, who had just signed up to sail with a merchant ship. Commag. Higginson.
1 mins 50 secs
2
Film of the presentation of Lancascape awards in Liverpool. Mute. Ward. (Linda oov).
0 mins 19 secs
3
Film of the Special Papal Transport vehicle built at Leyland in Lancashire for the Pope’s visit. Mute. Park. (Linda oov).
0 mins 29 secs
4
Malcolm Balen, snf, talking to Ken Taylor, Greater Manchester Consumer Services, about the sale of potentially dangerous electric plugs. Sepmag. Stephens.
