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Record 10345 – 10364 of 15384 news stories found.
Date |
Film Item Number |
Description |
Duration |
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| Friday 25/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Co-operative Insurance Society where there is a one day strike for an immediate wage rise. Mute. Oldham. John oov. | 0 mins 14 secs | |
| Thursday 24/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Wordsworth’s Cottage at Grasmere, which has now been fully restored. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Tuesday 22/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of trains on Merseyside to illustrate the publication of the North West Transport Users Consultative Committee’s annual report. Mute. BBC Stock. felicity oov. | 0 mins 0 secs | |
| Monday 21/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on Britain’s Rugby League team who are flying to Australia for The Ashes. He talks to members of the team. Sepmag/Commag. Selwood. | 3 mins 50 secs | |
| Friday 18/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | David Davies, snf, reports on the improving fortunes of Rochdale Football Club who hope to be re-elected to the 4th Division, and talks to Doug Collins, the team’s mamger, about their recent good performance. Commag. Higginson. David oov. | 2 mins 53 secs | |
| Wednesday 16/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Smelt monument at Castletown in the Isle of Man, intended as a base for a statue, but unfinidhed due to lack of cash. A Southport sculptor, Stephen Taylor, offered to provide a statue for the monument. BBC Stock. Mute. John oov. | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Tuesday 15/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, meets Sunny Lowry who swam the channel in 1933 and in designing herself a practical garment for the venture, invented the first bikini. She shows Alistair the original garment and talks about her swimming career. Mute. Oldham. Sepmag/Commag. Selwood. | 3 mins 05 secs | |
| Friday 11/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Manchester United’s wives and girlfriends setting off to London for the big match at Wembley. Commag. Oldham. Stuart oov. | 0 mins 24 secs | |
| Thursday 10/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reports on a thriving dolls’ house industry in Blackpool run by Colin Miller who talks about its success. He also talks to Colin Miller’s wife, Elizabeth, who also works in the factory. Sepmag. Alistair oov. | 5 mins 20 secs | |
| Wednesday 9/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Risley Remand Centre where there are disturbances among the inmates protesting about overcrowding. BBC Stock. John oov. | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Tuesday 8/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Manchester United leaving Old Trafford for Wembley for the FA Cup Final against Arsenal on Saturday. Mute. Oldham. Chris oov. | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Thursday 3/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, reports on the 400th anniversary of Sandbach Market which the market traders celebrated by dressing up in the clothes they thought would have been suitable in Elizabethan times when their charter was granted. He talked to various market traders including Ron Flint, and to historian, Brian Harris, about the historic figures behind the markets origins. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. | 3 mins 52 secs | |
| Wednesday 2/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting from the National Computer Centre on the success of their word processors, which are computerised typewriters. She spoke to the systems Manager Michael Wood and to Janet Vost. Sepmag/Commag. Stephens. | 3 mins 45 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/5/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Duke of Edinburgh during his visit to Blackpool. Mute. Hallas. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Monday 30/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to the three remaining members of the 1929 Widnes Rugby League team. | 4 mins 22 secs | |
| Friday 27/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, with a preview of an international handball tournament in Salford. He spoke to Salford’s Chief Recreation Manager, Jeff Rowland, and to one of the players, Colin Williams. Sepmag. Stephens. | 2 mins 28 secs | |
| Thursday 26/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Merseyside’s ferry service who will strike for one day on Saturday in support of busmen. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) | 0 mins 11 secs | |
| Wednesday 25/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Jim Hancock, snf, talking to Peter Clark, Lancashire’s Assistant County Planning Officer, about plans to develop Britain’s biggest colliery tip at Burnley. Sepmag. Stephens. | 2 mins 52 secs | |
| Monday 23/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of heavy traffic through the Lake District, which has got so bad that a group has been set up to try to ban heavy goods vehicles from using the narrow Lakeland routes. We spoke to the leader of the protest, Ambleside Hotelier, Mrs Bronwyn Nixon, and another member of the group, Jane Renouf. Sepmag/Commag. Ward/Stephens. | 3 mins 46 secs | |
| Friday 20/4/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Dr Derek Worlock, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool. Mute. BBC STock. (John oov) | 0 mins 10 secs | |
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