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Record 10245 – 10264 of 15384 news stories found.
Date |
Film Item Number |
Description |
Duration |
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| Tuesday 27/11/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting from the Bowaters factory at Disley where they are carrying out tests to prove that their plastic drums are safer than steel ones for storing chemicals. Sepmag. Park. | 3 mins 30 secs | |
| Wednesday 28/11/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs of Liverpool Airport. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) | 0 mins 18 secs | |
| Thursday 29/11/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Prince Charles on a visit to Greater Manchester. Mute. Park. (John oov) | 0 mins 54 secs | |
| Friday 30/11/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a small plumbing device which is already saving millions of gallons of water in Wirral. He spoke to the co-inventor, self-employed plumber Mike Rice and Dennis Johnson, the Conservation Engineer for Wirral Council. Sepmag. Commag. Ward. | 3 mins 11 secs | |
| Monday 3/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the reforming of the Outward Bound Association of Merseyside and Deeside and talking to founder member, Steve Robarts. He also spoke to the warden of the Eskdale Centre in the Lake District, Roger Putnam. Sepmag. Higginson. | 5 mins 09 secs | |
| Tuesday 4/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, repoting on restoration work being carried out to Port Sunlight village in Wirral. He spoke to the Estates Manager, Peter Hodson. Sepmag. Higginson. | 3 mins 16 secs | |
| Wednesday 5/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to a group of Chinese scientists, who are spending a few months at Lancaster University to study the English way of life. Sepmag. Park. | 4 mins 37 secs | |
| Thursday 6/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Nell and Robin Dale of Carnforth, who make hand-made wooden figures. Sepmag. Stephens. | 0 mins 0 secs | |
| Friday 7/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on restoration to the organ at Rochdale Town Hall | 3 mins 13 secs | |
| Monday 10/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Icelandic trawler Olafur Gisli, which ran into trouble in the sea off Fleetwood. Mute. Hallas. (Fel oov) | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Wednesday 12/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Coun. Sylvia Swithin in Tameside, as she realised her ambition to dance in a chorus line. sepmag. Park. (John oov) | 0 mins 40 secs | |
| Thursday 13/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the skeleton of a dinosaur, on show at Manchester Museum. Mute. P. Stephens. (John oov) | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Friday 14/12/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Under Secretary for Education, Neil Macfarlane, on a visit to schemes to help unemployed youngsters in Liverpool. Mute. Ward. (John oov) | 0 mins 30 secs | |
| Wednesday 31/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Brooke’s Shoe Shop in Stockport, which disappeared down a ten foot hole. Mute. P.Stephens. (Malcolm oov) | 0 mins 45-9 secs | |
| Friday 26/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the reopening of two buildings, converted by the Merseyside Improved Houses association. Mute. Park. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 17 secs | |
| Wednesday 24/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Debi Davies, snf, reporting on a scheme to loan works of art from Manchester’s city art galleries to local firms - for a fee of £500 a year. She spoke to the man who thought up the idea, local businessman Timothy Horn and to the Galleries Director, Timothy Clifford. Sepmag. Stephens/Park. | 3 mins 54 secs | |
| Monday 22/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Jim Hancock snf talking to Cheshire farmer Eric Thornhill about the possibility of an improved harvest. sepmag / commag. BBC Stock/ stephens | 2 mins 25 secs | |
| Friday 19/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs of Granada Television. mute. Park. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Thursday 18/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Malcolm Balen snf reporting from Abbey Hey Junior School in Manchester, where a group of 50 pupils have recordeda song called ‘the sparrow’ which is now in the record charts. He spoke to the composer, schoolteacher Maurice Jordan. sepmag. Higginson/Park | 2 mins 33 secs | |
| Wednesday 17/10/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Debi Davies snf reporting on the row over whether to knock down the clocktower at Liverpool’s Walton Hospital. She spoke to John Wilkins, the works officer for the Sefton AHA and the leader of Liverpool Council, John Hamilton. Sepmag. Higginson. | 3 mins 24 secs | |
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