Look back at USSR coup
- Title
- Look back at USSR coup
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Music
- TX Date
- 20 Aug 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:55
- Description
- Montage set to music of the coup on the Soviet Government leading to the break up of the Soviet Union. Speakers include people on the streets in the USSR; US President George H W Bush; former Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath; and current Prime Minister John Major. Peter Deeley reports for LBC Newstalk 97.3.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Edward Heath; John Major; Peter Deeley; George H. W. Bush; LBC Newstalk 97.3
- Keywords
- Revolutions; Politics; Government; USSR; International relations; Political leaders; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev
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LBC/IRN, "Look back at USSR coup". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007600511001 (Accessed 24 Apr 2025)