Robert Allen reports on the Kobe earthquake

Title

Robert Allen reports on the Kobe earthquake

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Jan 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:04

Description

Robert Allen reports on media criticism of the Japanese authorities amid calls for a government inquiry into the unexpectedly high death toll from the Kobe earthquake; survivor Reverend Peter Jackson gives an eye-witness account of the earthquake; Robert Cochrane, British Embassy spokesman, speaks on efforts made to save lives. Six Leeds University students have been located safe and well; we hear responses form college lecturer, Dr Mark Williams, and Yvonne Harbidge, mother of one of the students, on finding out her daughter was safe.

Contributors

Robert Allen; Peter Jackson; Robert Cochrane; Mark Williams; Yvonne Harbidge

Keywords

Earthquakes; Deaths; Government; Mass media; Japan; Students; Natural disasters; Search and rescue operations; Kobe; Survivors; Leeds University

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