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BBC TV News opening titles (October 1963)


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A rare clip from a 1963 BBC TV news programme.

VIDEO: BBC TV News opening titles. Presenter: Michael Aspel. TX DATE: October 1963. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: a short clip of the opening of a BBC TV news programme, from October 1963.

Presenter Michael Aspel reads the lead story, which is that Lord Home, the foreign secretary, has been invited to form a government.

The Scottish Earl won one of the most bitterly-fought leadership contests in the history of the Conservative Party to become Britain’s next Prime Minister.

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