Lithuanian Government meets in emergency session

Title

Lithuanian Government meets in emergency session

Genre

News report; Vox pop

TX Date

Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:58

Description

Soviet soldiers have stormed Lithuania’s main television and radio centre in Vilnius. Eleven people have been killed. The Lithuanian Parliament is now meeting in emergency session. An angry male protester(?) suggests what Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev might do with his Nobel Peace Prize. Sue Jameson reports from the scene, with Patrick Muirhead in the studio. 8 o’clock news item.

Contributors

Sue Jameson; Patrick Muirhead

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Government; Armed forces; Television; USSR; Demonstrations; Broadcasting; Nobel prizes; Radio; Peaceful protest; Buildings; Mikhail Gorbachev; Lithuania; Vilnius

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