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Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on the screening process for refugees in Hong Kong, and the possibility of forced repatriation. Norma Johnston, Amnesty International, talks about how the people doing the screening...
Children abandoned in East Berlin (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Catherine Field reports from a children’s home in East Berlin, on the plight of children left behind by parents who moved to the West after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Forced repatriation planned for Vietnamese in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on plans for the continued forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong. An unidentified female aid worker talks about conditions in the detention centres. John...
Uri Geller claims to have stopped Big Ben clock (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on spoonbender Uri Geller’s claim that he stopped the clock of Big Ben for three hours. Geller was invited to visit the clock, but warned not to stop it again; however, he will seek...
Resignation of Lord Marshall as chairman of Central Electricity Generating Board (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Government is now seeking a chairman for National Power. The Chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board, Lord Marshall (Walter Marshall, Lord Marshall of Goring), resigned today overa...
West German Chancellor’s first official visit to East Germany (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Reporting from Dresden on the occasion of West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl’s first official visit to East Germany, Catherine Field gauges the East German public’s response to the Chancellor. The...
Funeral of Andrei Sakharov (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Unidentified female reports on the funeral of Soviet dissident, Dr Andrei Sakharov, speaking to mourners.
Panama declares war on USA (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Discussion
Nick Peters reports on the White House reaction to the Panama’s declaration of war against the USA. Congressman Robert Dorman calls for retaliation; Latin America expert, Larry Burns believes any American...
Death of John Heddle MP (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute; Obituary
Conservative MP, John Heddle, has been found dead in a car at a chalk pit near Canterbury. Heddle represented the constituency of Mid-Staffordshire, where he had a majority of nearly fifteen thousand....
Soviet Foreign Minister visits NATO headquarters (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Fraser reports from Brussels on Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze’s visit to NATO headquarters. NATO Secretary General, Manfred Worner speaks about the visit.