LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Earthquake in Armenia

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Music

TX Date

12 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

John Alcock reports on a specialist medical team from Britain which is flying to earthquake-devastated Armenia today to help disaster victims. Includes sermon by Bishop Yeghishe Gizirian, St Peter’s Church, Kensington; interviews with Father Nercessian; Alexander Maslov, Soviet banker; Alexey Nikiforov, Soviet Embassy in London. Audio poor quality (muffled).

Contributors

John Alcock; Yeghishe Gizirian; Father Nercessian; Alexander Maslov; Alexey Nikiforov

Keywords

Earthquakes; UK; Great Britain; USSR; Foreign aid; Search and rescue operations; Armenia

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