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  1. General Election - Opinion polls show Conservative lead (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Report on the results of the latest opinion polls prior to the 1983 General Election, which indicate a clear lead for the Conservative Party and a fall in the Labour vote due to a rise in popularity for the...

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  2. TASS correspondent on death of Brezhnev (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    ITAR-TASS London correspondent Valery Mazurdzay(?) on the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (10/11/82), and plans for his funeral. Male interviewer not identified.

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  3. Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 50th anniversary (1983)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Report on the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, with a look back at the so-called Prague Spring reforms of former leader Alexander Dubcek in 1968. Includes interviews with Zdena...

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  4. Violence follows death of Chris Hani (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Following violence after the assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani, President F. W. de Klerk has put 3000 more troops on standby. Clip includes voices of Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC;...

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  5. Mikhail Gorbachev on Soviet split (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to the Soviet Parliament where he says he’ll resign as President if the USSR breaks apart. Follows 8 of the 15 republics opting out of the...

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  6. Mikhail Gorbachev coup video (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Recording from a video made by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, which he made in secret while under house arrest during the abortive coup in the USSR. It was smuggled out of his holiday home in the Crimea...

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  7. Political reform movement grows in Czechoslovakia (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The communist leadership in Czechoslovakia continues to turn a blind eye to the growing reform movement, and has approved violent measures taken by police last week. A student leader in the 1968 uprising...

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  8. Vigil commemorates Gdansk demonstration (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on a vigil in London commemorating the events in the Polish city of Gdasnk in 1970 when anti-government demonstrations led to the downfall of communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. Includes interview...

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  9. Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the funeral of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (died 10/11/82) and the announcement of Yuri Andropov as his successor. Male correspondent not identified; and studio reporter not identified.

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  10. KGB head on involvement in attempted Gorbachev coup (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on Soviet television with Vladimir Kryuchkov, the head of the KGB, following his participation in the failed attempt to oust Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in a political coup. Kryuchkov says...

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