Romanian violence

Title

Romanian violence

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin; Jingle

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:26

Description

Two 5 o’clock news bulletin excerpts focusing on Romanian violence- 1. 20/12/89? Ruth Hill reads on massacres of demonstrators in Timisoara with report from Romania by Gareth Furby.2. 23/12/89 read by Howard Hughes on London Talkback Radio on fighting in Bucharest between the army and troops loyal to President Nicolae Ceausescu with report by Gareth Furby from a Red Cross food convoy that faced attack. Legacy transmission dates for 1989 do not match year 1990.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; London Talkback Radio; Howard Hughes; Ruth Hill

Keywords

Deaths; Revolutions; Political demonstrations; Armed forces; Violence; Homicide; Presidents; Romania; Nicolae Ceausescu; Food aid; Timisoara; Bucharest

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