IRN news review 1989
- Title
- IRN news review 1989
- Genre
- News report; Special
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:51:55
- Description
- IRN’s news review of 1989. The major stories of the year include strikes; the Hillsborough Disaster; the Channel Tunnel; the San Francisco earthquake; Margaret Thatcher’s popularity; the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat on the River Thames; Tiananmen Square; the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
- Contributors
- Nick Peters; Bill Bingham; David Spanier; Douglas Cameron; Gareth Furby; Andrew Gidley; Gary Moran; Rachel Gilmour
- Keywords
- USA; Earthquakes; Politics; Government; Margaret Thatcher; Anniversary celebrations; Terrorism; USSR; China; International relations; Privatization; Association football; Channel tunnels; Sports stadium disasters; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Tiananmen Square; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989); French Revolution (1789-1799); Marchioness disaster (1989)
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