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  1. Czechoslovakia elects new Government (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    The people of Czechoslovakia plan to take to the streets today to celebrate what they are calling their new-found freedom. After 41 years of Communist rule, a new government has been formed which includes...

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  2. Nicky Broyd reports on Czechoslovakian Government (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    This afternoon, the new Bulgarian leader, Peter Mladenov, anounced that there would be early parliamentary elections, in response to demands for greater democracy. Meanwhile, in Czechoslovakia, the...

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  3. Tiananmen Square protests (1989)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special; Vox pop

    A documentary, presented by Brian Anderson, which tells the story of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre, referred to in China as the June Fourth Incident....

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  4. Western heads of state call for Berlin Wall to come down (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Brief extracts from archive speeches. Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaking of an Iron Curtain descending over Europe at the end of World War II. Successive US Presidents - John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan...

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  5. US Government reaction to opening up of Berlin Wall (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Unidentified (English?) male reporter on US Government reaction to the opening up of the Berlin Wall. Includes President George Bush welcoming the event but arguing that it does not mean the end of the Iron...

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  6. George Blake, double agent, interviewed in Moscow (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Spy author Phillip Knightley interviews Soviet double agent, George Blake in Moscow, following the publication of his autobiography (which Knightley wrote the foreword for). While working for the British...

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  7. Margaret Thatcher in Czechoslovakia (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Des Fahy reports on a visit to Czechoslovakia by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At a press conference in Bratislava she tells reporters that now the old barriers between East and West Europe are...

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  8. New face of British communist party (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Margaret Shiels interviews the new leader of the Communist Party of Britain, Nina Temple. She talks about the changes going on in the Communist Party, how Communism is on the verge of dying out, if the...

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  9. Teresa Gorman on the future of Hong Kong (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative MP Teresa Gorman expresses concern for the future of Hong Kong after its future takeover by communist China. Male interviewer not identified.

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  10. Exiled communists return to South Africa (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    David O’Sullivan reports on the return to South Africa of exiled communists Jack Simons and wife Rae(?) Alexander after 25 years. Jack Simons addresses the crowd and his daughter Mary comments.

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