Armenian earthquake causes massive destruction

Title

Armenian earthquake causes massive destruction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

14 British rescue workers from International Rescue Corps this morning returned from Spitak in Armenia where a massive earthquake has devastated the area. George Matheson interviews Group leader Willie MacMartin at Heathrow Airport on the horrific scenes that met them in Spitak which he compares to the Blitz in the Second World War; their role and delay in them being allowed into the USSR to help.

Contributors

George Matheson; Willie MacMartin

Keywords

Earthquakes; Deaths; Heathrow Airport; USSR; Natural disasters; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Search and rescue operations; Mikhail Gorbachev; Armenia; Spitak earthquake (1988); International Rescue Corps

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