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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