Lithuanian independence struggle

Title

Lithuanian independence struggle

Genre

News report; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:05:36

Description

2 linked clips with Sue Jameson reporting from Vilnius, Lithuania on the struggle for independence from the USSR breaking out into violence.1. Report by television station building on Soviet tanks advancing and young men being killed, with vox pop with locals.2. Report from outside the parliament building, where defences are being set up, to try and stop the advancing Russian tanks. Foreign journalists are to be sent out to Minsk.

Contributors

Sue Jameson

Keywords

Deaths; Armed forces; Press; USSR; International relations; Independence; Mikhail Gorbachev; Tanks; Lithuania; Vilnius

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