Timisoara fighting as revolution comes to Romania

Title
Timisoara fighting as revolution comes to Romania
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
25 Dec 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:03:25
Description
Gareth Furby reports from Timisoara in Romania on sporadic fighting continuing against security forces of the deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Local guide speaks as they tour the city and gunfire is heard nearby, he says around 4000 have died in the town; they are fired on at a radio station where a reporter speaks of the danger and hopes for the future.
Contributors
Gareth Furby
Keywords
Deaths; Revolutions; Demonstrations; Communist Party; Homicide; Dictatorship; Romania; Nicolae Ceausescu; Timisoara; Elena Ceausescu

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