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Record 10205 – 10224 of 15384 news stories found.
Date |
Film Item Number |
Description |
Duration |
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| Friday 27/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of firemen instructing householders on aspects of safety in the home. Commag. Park. (Stu oov) | 0 mins 40 secs | |
| Thursday 26/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Steve Ireland, snf, reporting on a new course at Crewe and Alsager College which combines sporting activities with academic learning. He spoke to Dr Colin Golding, the Science Faculty Head, Dr Les Burwitz, and two of the students, Tony Weir and Gill Haines. Sepmag. Ward. | 4 mins 54 secs | |
| Friday 20/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the exhibition of paintings by lesser known naive artists at the Hamster Gallery in Preston. He talked to Helen Bradley - who is campaigning to help her fellow artists at the behest of L.S. Lowry. Alistair also spoke to Kate Collins about her paintings on exhibition. Park. Sepmag. (Alistair oov) | 3 mins 55 secs | |
| Thursday 19/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Steve Ireland, snf, reporting on the fight to get Britain’s £50,000,000 microprocessor plant situated in the North West. He was at the press conference today held jointly by the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the Universities of Manchester and Salford and the Institute of Science and Technology in Manchester. Steve spoke to Jack Hadwen, Director of Industrial Development in Salford University about the use of micro-electronics to be used in car engines which is being researched there. Stephens. Commag. (Steve oov) | 5 mins 06 secs | |
| Wednesday 18/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Frank Mellor talking to Alan Hankinson about the exhibition of photographs of mountaineers at Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre. The photographs were taken around the turn of the century by George and Ashley Abraham who pioneered the art of photographing climbers and mountains. McDairmant. Sepmag. | 4 mins 23 secs | |
| Tuesday 17/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs Manchester General Hospital. Park. Mute. (David oov) | 0 mins 55 secs | |
| Friday 13/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the research into coastal waters - tides, waves etc. - which is being carried out by Liverpool University and Wirral Council with the help of an £800,000 grant from the Science Reasearch Council. Alistair spoke to Phil Barber, principal engineer in Wirral’s coastal defence department and Professor Pat Homes, of Liverpool University, about the project. Ward. Commag. (Alistair oov) | 3 mins 49 secs | |
| Thursday 12/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, at Walkden High School, Salford, which was visited today by Alf Morris, Minister for the Disabled, who was looking at some of the devices the children have invented to help the disabled and handicapped. Mollie Barrett, the School’s Head of Science described some of their work. The Department of Health and Social Security has donated more than £60,000 over two years to help projects in four Salford schools and four centres for the disabled in the City - and Alec Dixon, Director of the Community Service Organisation, has said that eight volunteers will work in the schools and centres guided by four experts. Park. Commag. (Alistair oov: 45’’) | 03 mins 44 secs | |
| Tuesday 10/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the re-opening of West Park Museum - the collection was originally owned by the Brocklehurst family. Higginson. Sepmag. | 2 mins 21 secs | |
| Monday 9/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs accidents in the Greater Manchester area. BBC Stock. Mute. (Stuart oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Friday 6/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs meeting of Ford Workers at the South Liverpool football ground near the Halewood plant - the first mass meeting since they walked out over a week ago after hearing they’d been offered a five per cent pay rise. They carried a vote of confidence in their national joint committee. Ward. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Thursday 5/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Pickets at Manchester Town Hall protesting at the non-working of the Housing (Homeless) Persons Act. They were picketing housing directors at a conference today. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Wednesday 4/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Leslie Tolley, N.W. Industrialist and chairman of companies like Fodens and Renold’s. He has just been appointed Chairman of the British Institute of Management, and Nick asked him about the decline of the N.W. engineering industry. Park. Commag. | 1 mins 57 secs | |
| Tuesday 3/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Councillor Joe Grime, of Wyre Borough Council, about preparations for defences of the North Western coastline in case of severe flooding. Last year we were unprepared for the severe weather - this year they are hoping that they will not be caught out by high tides and winds. Higginson. Commag. (Ali oov) | 5 mins 11 secs | |
| Monday 2/10/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs N.W. Gas Depot, where normal working was resumed following the dispute involving supervisors in Manchester. Park. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 18 secs | |
| Friday 29/9/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | David Davies, snf, at the training session for the Australian Rugby Team in Preston, before their first game in England - at Blackpool tomorrow. They are the World Rugby League Champions. David spoke to team manager, Peter Moore, about the tour. | 3 mins 24 secs | |
| Tuesday 26/9/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs derelict land at Bamfurlong near Wigan. A government inspector has been hearing plans for reclamation of the land for waste disposal. The inquiry continues. Park. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Monday 25/9/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Ken Brierley, past president of the Manchester Astronomical Society about the series of open days they are holding to celebrate the Society’s 75th anniversary. Felicity also mtalked to current president Kevin Kilbur at the Godley Observatory. Park. Commag. (Felicity oov 48’’) | 3 mins 59 secs | |
| Friday 22/9/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | The first in a new series about North West canals with Dr David Owen. This week we took a downhill journey through the heart of Liverpool to the Stanley Dock. Stephens. Sepmag. | 4 mins 12 secs | |
| Friday 15/9/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of school leavers involved in the Work Experience Scheme. Mute. BBC Stock. (David oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
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