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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 5 of 5 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Wednesday 30/4/1980
Production Date
Wednesday 30/4/1980
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : RNW A018B/6:
Debi Davies, snf, talking to David Wilson, a banker and past president of Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Edward Walmsley, the North West’s director of the Federation of Building Trades Employers, about the prediction of job losses in the Textile industry if the pound continues to rise. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Sepmag. BBC Stock. 34’ 54”
TOTAL VT DUR : 6’12”
RNW A018B/5: (16mm film)
Film of window cleaners at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham where they were competing for a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Ex-Birmingham. 21’ 33”
STUDIO:
1. Debi Davies, snf, reporting on the predicted closure of a number of Textile firms in the North West. Incl. 16mm film. Mute. Park. (Debi oov)
47’ 1’15”
TOTAL DUR : 1’49”
2. Stuart Hall with this week’s selection of viewers’ letters. Incl. captions and 16mm film of egg packing at the Manchester-based Co-operative Wholesale Society. Chris Farmer, current holder of the European Egg Marketing Award gave his answer to why all the white eggs have disappeared. Mute/Commag. BBC Stock. 24’ 39”
TOTAL DUR : 3’29”
3. Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on the future of Cammell Lairds, shipbuilders, if they win a contract with an oil firm to equip them if North Sea oil rigs are built on the Mersey. Incl. 16mm film. Commag. BBC Stock. (Malcolm oov)
19’ 30”
TOTAL DUR : 1’25”
On Wednesday 30/4/1980 there were 5 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1.
Film of St John’s shopping precinct in Liverpool where controlled explosions were taking place. Commag. Ward. (John oov)
0 mins 30 secs
2.
Film of “La Perla” ship, owned by the Wallasey Cruise Club which has gone into liquidation. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov)
0 mins 22 secs
3.
Film of a collection of vintage cars which were put up for auction in Manchester. Mute. Park. (John oov)
0 mins 20 secs
4.
Film of a pair of black-necked swans at Martin Mere wildfowl refuge who hatched their first brood of cygnets. Mute. Park. (John oov)
0 mins 16 secs
5.
Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on the new R.A.F. Nimrod built by British Aerospace at Woodford, Cheshire. He spoke to Sir Douglas Lowe, Air Chief Marshall, and John Scott-Wilson, the company’s techical director. Commag. Stephens.
