Raisa Gorbachev visits UK school

Title

Raisa Gorbachev visits UK school

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Special

TX Date

7 Dec 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Report on a visit by Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to a school in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, while visiting the UK en route to the INF (Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces) US-USSR summit in Washington DC. Includes interviews with children and headmaster Brian McCutcheon and actuality of nativity play. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Raisa Gorbachev; Craig Harkness; Charlotte Bryant; Brian McCutcheon; Simon Hathaway; Derek Whitelaw

Keywords

Treaties; School; UK; USSR; Children (age group); Nuclear weapons; Arms control; State visits; Nuclear disarmament; Summits (meetings); INF; Raisa Gorbachev

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