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Record 10265 – 10284 of 15384 news stories found.
 
 

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Tuesday
16/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Extract from the the 1934 Rugby League Cup Final. Comopt. Copyright of British Movietone. 0 mins 29 secs
Monday
15/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Film of the ships which will be used by a new cargo ferry service between Liverpool and Larne in Northern Ireland. Mute. Park. (Chris oov) 0 mins 30 secs
Friday
12/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Jim Hancock, snf, reports on the North West’s success in the sport of canoeing, and visits an event at Preston Brook near Runcorn on the Bridgewater Canal. Sepmag. Higginson. 2 mins 55 secs
Thursday
11/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reunites war pilot and author Norman Hanson with the man who saved his life during the war, who saw him on Look North during the war series. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 4 mins 17 secs
Wednesday
10/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Jim Hancock, snf, reports on the reprieve of the Rothay Hotel in Grasmere from the developers, to be restored as a conference centre. He spoke to Isabel Wilson, Chairman of the Appeal Committee, and to hotelier Reg Gifford who is in charge of the restorations. Commag/Mute. Steve Stephens. BBC Stock. 3 mins 30 secs
Tuesday
9/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Jim Hancock, snf, reports on plans for Greater Manchester council to expand its waste disposal service, and talks about it to Councillor Ken Rae. Seomag/Commag. Ward. 4 mins 36 secs
Monday
8/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Film of the demolition of the New Brighton Tower site which is going to be used for housing. Mute. BBC Stock. Chris oov. 0 mins 56 secs
Friday
5/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Malcolm Balen, snf, reports on the growth in popularity of basketball in the North West, and visited ATS Giants in training, and spoke to Dave West, coach, and Steve Gornall, club chairman. Sepmag. Selwood. 3 mins 47 secs
Thursday
4/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Felicity Goodey, snf, reports on the Northern Ballet Company’s tenth anniversary, and talks to members of the ballet corps and to artistic director, Robert de Warren. Sepmag. Higginson. 8 mins 19 secs
Wednesday
3/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Alistair Macdonald, snf, reports on the success of the Manchester Legal Services Committee, and talks to Michael Blackburn, president of the Manchester Law Society and a member of the Committee. Commag. Steve Stephens. 4 mins 18 secs
Tuesday
2/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Film of a family who are camping in a tent in Piccadilly Gardens in an attempt to get the council to rehouse them. Mute. Selwood. Chris oov. 0 mins 21 secs
Monday
1/10/1979
Programme Details 5 Film of the Empire Theatre’s newly built luxurious dressing-rooms. Commag. Ward. Chris oov. 0 mins 19 secs
Friday
28/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Debbie Davies, snf, reporting on the closure of a Liverpool adoption agency, the Lancashire and Cheshire Child Adoption Council, and spoke to Mary Bellis, the secretary, and to Marilyn and Malcolm Studholme, who have adopted two children through the agency Sepmag. Higginson. 3 mins 39 secs
Wednesday
26/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on redundancies announced at the ITT television factory at Kearsley, which has a remarkable industrial relations record. Including mute film. Brian Oldham. Nick oov. 16’’ 25’ 1 mins 35 secs
Tuesday
25/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the recruiting of part-time guides to show tourists around Manchester. He spoke to some of them and to the Tourism Development Officer, Peter Deacon. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 15 secs
Monday
24/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Film of a special open day at Crewe Railway Works. We spoke to Reg Partridge, the Chief Superintendant, Frank de Nobriga, the works manager and to some of the workers there. Sepmag / Commag. Park / BBC Stock. 4 mins 12 secs
Friday
21/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Richard Duckenfield snf, talking to Dr Alistair Reid, who has just won a major award for his work with dangerous snakes. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 33 secs
Thursday
20/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Richard Duckenfield snf talking to Dr Colin Phillips of Manchester University, the joint leader in a project to computerise all the parish records of Cheshire from 1538. Sepmag. Higginson. 4 mins 36 secs
Wednesday
19/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on an exhibition at the Cheshire College of Agriculture to highlight the dangers of the countryside. He spoke to John Weeks of the Health and Safety Executive and to some of the children visiting the exhibition. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 34 secs
Tuesday
18/9/1979
Programme Details 5 Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Margaret Everett, the organiser and chaperone of the girls taking part in the Miss Great Britain contest. Sepmag. Higginson. 4 mins 38 secs
 
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