East German free elections

Title

East German free elections

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

16 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Catherine Field reports from Berlin on East Germany’s first free elections for 40 years and the possibility of reunification. Includes noise of rally; comment from Christian Democratic Union Party leader Karl Ordnung; young people’s views of the elections. For Update programme.

Contributors

Catherine Field; Karl Ordnung

Keywords

Elections; Political manifestos; Germany; Political reform; Communism; General elections; Democratization; Reunification; German DR; Update (radio programme); Christian Democratic Union Party

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