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Record 10405 – 10424 of 15384 news stories found.
Date |
Film Item Number |
Description |
Duration |
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| Wednesday 14/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of a meeting in Wigan to organise a no-smoking day on Ash Wednesday. Mute. P.Stephens. (John oov) | 0 mins 22 secs | |
| Tuesday 13/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs of Walton Jail, Liverpool. Mute. BBC Stock. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Monday 12/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of a meeting of water workers at Audenshaw, at which they decided to go back to work. Mute. Park. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Friday 9/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting from a meeting of the GMWU in Manchester to decide what further action to take in their dispute. She spoke to representative Dick Pickering. Commag. Park. | 3 mins 07 secs | |
| Thursday 8/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Dr Mike Crawford, President of the Liverpool BMA, about their objections to instructions they’ve been given by the AHA following an agreement with Health Service Unions to preserve emergency services during the current dispute. Sepmag. Stephens. | 3 mins 33 secs | |
| Tuesday 7/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on a new campaign for a better deal for ethnic minorities in the North West. He spoke to David Lane, the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. Commag. Park. | 4 mins 22 secs | |
| Wednesday 6/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the Smelt - a partly built monument in Castletown, Isle of Man - which has been saved from being demolished. Mute. BBC Stock. | 0 mins 35 secs | |
| Monday 5/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the return to work of Merseyside lorry drivers at the Docks, and of busy roads in Manchester because of the one-day strike by bus drivers. Mute. Ward/Park. (John oov) | 0 mins 27 secs | |
| Friday 2/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of a multi-storey car park in Liverpool, which people could use without paying. Mute. Ward. (John oov) | 0 mins 22 secs | |
| Thursday 1/2/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a meeting to try to bring an end to the Liverpool grave diggers dispute. He spoke to the Area Medical Officer, Dr Duncan Dolton, and to Stan Kelly, District Officer of the General and Municipal Workers Union. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. | 3 mins 02 secs | |
| Wednesday 31/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Christies Hospital in Manchester. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) | 0 mins 30 secs | |
| Thursday 25/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Alistair Macdonald reporting on the opening of a new village hall in Antrobus in Cheshire, which was built by the villagers themselves at a cost of £18000. He talks to Reg Collins, local postmaster and chairman of the village hall committee, and to Roy Reid who kept an 8mm film record of building progress (on 25’’ insert VT). He also spoke to Martin Bracegirdle who was in charge of building, and chairman of the parish council, Albert Low. Sepmag. Commag. Steve Stephens. Ali oov. | 3 mins 46 secs | |
| Wednesday 24/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of a school fire in Haslingden which gutted the building. Mute. Oldham. John oov. | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Friday 26/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of Peter Lord of the NWWA presenting six baby goldfish to Joanne Saunders of Greenmount, whose goldfish has died during the water strike. Mute. Park. (Stu oov) | 0 mins 17 secs | |
| Monday 2/3/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of police hunting the killer of Frieda Hunter and Joseph Gallagher. Commag. BBC Stock. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Monday 22/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of deserted roads today due to the bus strike, and of busy railway station (Hazel Grove) and City Centre traffic. Mute. Oldham. Chris oov. | 0 mins 48 secs | |
| Friday 19/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | David Davies, snf, reports on the recent successes of 2nd division football team Preston North End, and talks to their captain, Nobby Stiles, about the team’s future. Sepmag/Commag. Park. David oov. | 4 mins 11 secs | |
| Thursday 18/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Film of the effects of the one-day rail strike. Mute. Park/Ward. (John oov) | 0 mins 27 secs | |
| Wednesday 17/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the closure, in a few days time, of the Irlam steelworks. She spoke to the Manager, Frank Tulley, who had worked there for 32 years, and to some of the other men who’ve worked there, including Miles Campbell, Bob and Bill Whittaker and Idris Early. | 6 mins 21 secs | |
| Tuesday 16/1/1979 | Programme Details | 5 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the meeting of two Egyptian mummies at Fazakerley hospital in Liverpool - who are believed to be related. One is from the Merseyside County Museum and the other from Hildesheim in West Germany. He spoke to the keeper of antiquities, Margaret Warhurst. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. | 2 mins 39 secs | |
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