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Timisoara fighting as revolution comes to Romania (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Gareth Furby reports from Timisoara in Romania on sporadic fighting continuing against security forces of the deposed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Local guide speaks as they tour the city and gunfire is heard...
Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu executed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reports on the trial and execution of deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena Ceausescu following the revolution. Includes Ceausescu speaking (in Romanian) at his...
Night drive following Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Russell reports as he drives across Romania from Timisoara to Bucharest at night following the revolution- on being stopped at roadblocks, having guns pointed at them, arriving at a deserted Bucharest...
Violence tears through Romania (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Forces loyal to ousted president Nicolae CeauÅescu are reported to be surrendering in Timisoara, where Romania’s bloody revolution started more than a week ago. The move follows calls for a ceasefire...
Gareth Furby on revolution in Romania (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech
Montage of Gareth Furby reports from Romania at the time of the revolution. Locals describe the scenes of fighting and the civilian deaths. British lorry driver Barry Wilcock describes the tight border...
Berlin wall destroyed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Montage of studio-quality actuality from November 9th 1989, when restrictions on East Germans were lifted and parts of the Berlin Wall started to come down. Catherine Field reports on the bringing down...
Hillsborough disaster - Kenny Dalglish visits hospital (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish’s visit to a victim of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, 20 year-old Sean Lockett(?), in hospital. Dr Paul Gerrish talks about the effect of the...
Hillsborough disaster - Tributes paid to dead brothers (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute
Report on the tributes paid to two brothers, Nicholas and Carl Hewitt, both Liverpool fans, who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. Liam Tulley, friend of the brothers, talks about how they got on so...
Hillsborough disaster - Hospital visits (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on the Prince and Princess of Wales visiting Hillsborough Stadium disaster victims in hospital, also the Liverpool players’ visit. Liverpool fan Joseph Keegan talks about his...
Hillsborough disaster - Inquiries (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Michael O’Neill reports on Geoffrey Dear’s report into police activity at the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, Dear’s press conference on his inquiry, and Lord Justice (Peter) Taylor’s words on the...