Central News East: 03.01.1986: Commodore Computer Redundancies

Summary

Andrew Simmons reports from the Commodore UK computer plant in Corby following the announcement that the company would be making 250 redundancies and ending UK production.

Year:

1986

Duration:

0:02:47

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Exterior Commodore factory at Corby. Interior of factory showing production lines and shot of foyer with Christmas tree visible. Interview with Nick Bessey, UK Manager who describes the UK computer market as ridiculously aggressive, The firm will keep the Corby factory for distribution only. Exterior shot of a computer shop in Northampton and view inside showing rival Amstrad and Commodore computers. Interview with Graham Wilson, computer retailer, who said it was a difficult market at the moment and Amstrad seemed to provide what the customer wanted. Andrew Simmons report to camera explaining that the workers did not know of the job losses when they broke up for Christmas.


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