Margaret Thatcher wins contest to become Leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. Thatcher out of car and towards camera, where she stops to give interview. Enters building and is greeted by workers.

The war is over. Thousands flee as Saigon surrenders to the North Vietnamese. Tanks and personnel carriers enter grounds of Presidential Palace, flags are taken up steps to balcony. General Minh is captured and led to car by soldiers. SV North Vietnamese soldiers talking to passer-by and relaxing by side of vehicle.

Yom Kippur War, 1973: Helicopter arrives; Wounded transferred from stretcher; general views of streets as Israelis prepare for war; People queuing at shops and carrying groceries, buying black out material; Reading papers for latest war news; People donating blood; Cars queuing for petrol; general view of field burning; Damaged kibbutz; People going down into shelter; Damaged buildings; People looking to the sky with air raid sirens wailing inbackground.

Jerusalem is on a war footing in 1973. This includes various shots of prime minister Golda Meir.

Skateboarding championships.

Cambridge boat sinks a mile from the finish in the 1978 Boat Race.

Enoch Powell canvasses support during the General Election campaign in Wolverhampton. Interviews with the Liberal and Labour candidates and images of canvassing by the Independent and Communist candidates. Interview given by a member of the Asian community. Images of marketplace and locals and an anti-Powell street demonstration.

1970- Airliners explode at Dawsons Field; scene of city with gunfire and smoke.

President Nixon arrives in UK. Heathrow. EXT. Night. general views of aircraft. Nixon down steps. Speech by Harold Wilson. Sppech by Nixon. Motorcade leaves.

Bloody Sunday (1972): Riots in Derry results in the death of 13 people: Civil Rights March; rioting as demonstrators approach barricades manned by British troops; stone throwing; troops firing back at rioters; British troops firing live ammunition on Bogside estate; interview with priest eye-witness on number of dead; interview with British colonel; arrested people with hands on head

Christopher Ewart-Biggs Assassinated (1976): British ambassador to Ireland killed by a landmine in South Dublin: crater in road and wrecked car; police and army search.

Petrol price rise: Southgate into camera on rise in tax; petrol station cars filled up; cars on road;

Heath campaigning in 1970; Heath victorious at No.10 Downing Street - speech; new cabinet includes Margaret Thatcher, his eventual successor.

Britain elects its first woman prime minister: Callaghan waving; 1979 polling station; Thatcher at No.10 giving victory speech.