LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Moscow Olympics boycott - German decision

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:16

Description

Interview with a male spokesman for British athletics (not identified - poss. Denis Follows, chairman of the British Olympic Association) about the decision by West Germany to join the United States in boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Denis Follows?

Keywords

USA; Foreign affairs; Sports competitions; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Athletics; Olympic games; Moscow; Germany FR; IOC

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