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Brian Keenan released (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Irishman Brian Keenan has been released after four years being held hostage in Beirut, following his kidnapping by the militant group Islamic Dawn. Reaction from his sister, Elaine Spence, the Irish Foreign...
Iraq rounds up foreigners (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Iraq announces that up to 6,500 British and US nationals in Kuwait are being rounded up for their own safety. Includes the warning as broadcast in Kuwait by the BBC World Service. Response by British Foreign...
The Guinness Four - Sentencing and reaction (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Former Chief Executive of Guinness, Ernest Saunders is convicted of illegally rigging the stock market along with Gerald Ronson, Anthony Parnes and Jack Lyons, known as the Guinness Four. James Saunders...
Murder of PC Larry Brown (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
PC Laurence Brown has been killed with a shotgun as he approached a suspected car thief in Hackney, East London. Report includes statements from local resident Lorraine Uddings(?), Brown’s superior...
Iraq renames Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Iraqi forces have pulled back from the frontier with Saudi Arabia. An unidentified male Iraqi official, speaking to an unidentified male American reporter, claims that Kuwait, as it was formerly known, no...
Gulf hostages - Second propaganda video (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Excerpts from the second propaganda video released by Iraq, featuring the foreign hostages being held as a human shield. Includes Margaret Heron(?) from Kent, Christine Smyth(?) from Manchester, and Maggie,...
Notting Hill Carnival - 25th Anniversary (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Havovi Todd reports from the 25th Notting Hill Carnival and gauges public opinion on the event and how it is policed. Includes an interview with the Deputy Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Notting...
German unification treaty (1990)
- Genre
- News report
The German unification treaty has been signed in East Germany by East Germany’s State Secretary, Gunter Krause, and West Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Schauble. In the absence of...
Gulf crisis escalates - Iraqi reserve army swells (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
The Iraqi Minister of Culture and Information, Latif Jassim makes a statement through an interpreter in which he attacks Western leaders, claiming that UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher is senile and...
Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference
Howard Hughes reads the IRN 9am news bulletin, focusing on the release of 200 women and children hostages from Baghdad who have arrived back in to Heathrow Airport. Their menfolk remain behind. Includes...