2 May -- On This Day [multiple clips]

1997: Labour routs Tories in historic election. The Labour Party wins the general election by a landslide, leaving the Conservative Party in tatters after 18 years in power. Other video and audio from the BBC news archive, WWII and 1950-2004, includes 1982: British sub sinks Argentine cruiser; 1952: Comet inaugurates the jet age; 2001: Sotheby's and Christies chiefs charged; 1969: Crackdown on student protests in US.