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  • Prague change of government (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop; Music

    Series of clips by Nicky Broyd on change of government in Czechoslovakia. 1. Singing at a demonstration in Prague. 2. Vox pop on planned general strike.3. Report on reaction in Wenceslas Square, Prague, to...

  • Women shot at the University of Montreal (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Simon Bowden reports on a shooting at the University of Montreal in Canada which killed 14 women students, the gunman appeared to be an anti-feminist. Peter Ray, Canadian reporter describes what happened;...

  • Water sell-off (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    James Bays reports from the queue outside a London bank to buy shares in the water companies that are being privatised, the share sell-off appears to be a big success. Includes vox pop with applicants on why...

  • New chairman for BR (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Michael O’Neill on the photo call at Euston Station with outgoing British Rail Chairman Sir Robert Basil Reid and new chairman Robert Paul Reid, which he attended, and the controversy over the high rise in...

  • Explosion at Hampshire pub now murder hunt (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Jenny Chryss reports on a fire at the Jolly Farmer pub in Hampshire which is now a murder inquiry after the chef, Clifford Howes, was found dead in the basement. Barman Richard Dean was pulled out with 30...

  • Explosion at Hampshire pub now murder hunt (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Tim Jones reports on the fire at the Jolly Farmer pub in Hampshire that is now a murder inquiry after the chef, Clifford Howes, was found dead in the basement, and traces of petrol were found. Barman Richard...

  • Neil Kinnock visits East Germany (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Catherine Field reports from Berlin on the visit of Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to East Germany, his talks with opposition groups, and his visit to the Berlin Wall. Includes interview with Kinnock, who...

  • 11 year-old Muslim girl murdered (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Detectives in Birmingham say they are convinced the brutal murder of an 11 year-old Muslim girl was not a race killing. Superintendent Eddy(?) Curry(?) says the child, who was murdered on her way home from...

  • Nicky Broyd on Czechoslovakia’s political leadership (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Negotiations to finalise Czechoslovakia’s new government continue in Prague today. The discussions include representatives of the Communist, Socialist, and National Front parties, as well as the...

  • New Czechoslovakian Government sworn in (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    After a generation of Communist rule, Czechoslovakia now has a new coalition government. Its members will be named and sworn in later today by the hardliner, President Gustav Husak, who has announced that...