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East Berliners visit the West (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays report looks at the invasion of East Berliners visiting the West for the first time. He asks a couple about their visit and what they will spend the 100 Deutschmarks welcome money on (bananas are...
Berlin Wall to come down (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Series of reports by George Matheson on the Berlin Wall coming down. 1 and 2 on the announcement the Wall will come down, from East Berlin. 3. Likely emigration to West with interview with East German...
East Berliners visit West (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
James Bays reports on the invasion of East Berliners visiting the West. He talks to a visitor who gives his views on the West and says he travelled 7 hours to get there; interviews with West Berlin Mayor...
Bradford City stadium fire, 1985 (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
2 archive clips. On the last Saturday of the 1984-85 season, at Valley Parade, Bradford, 55 football fans died and over 200 were injured when flames burned their way along the wooden floorboards of the main...
Ronald Reagan speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President, Ronald Reagan addressing the American public, announces that the US has commenced military operations against the headquarters and military assets of those who support Colonel Gaddafi in Libya....
Chernobyl disaster (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Report charting the course of the nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl accident, which is creeping across Russia and into Scandinavia from its origins in the Ukraine. Male reporter not identified.
Space shuttle disaster (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
2 clips, 3 parts. NASA mission control commentary during the lift-off of the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded on its tenth mission, followed by US President, Ronald Reagan paying tribute to its crew.
Maradona scores his Hand of God goal (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Special
Live commentary of the famous Hand of God goal scored by Argentina against England in the football world cup quarter-final in Mexico, 1986.
Kings Cross Underground fire (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The King’s Cross fire was a fatal underground fire in London which broke out at approximately 19:30 on 18 November 1987, and which killed 31 people. Here, journalist Lindsay Taylor describes his experience...
Massive hurricane batters Southern England (1989)
- Genre
- News report; News bulletin
Four people have died in various environmental disasters as the result of a hurricane that struck the South of England. Douglas Cameron reads a news bulletin; an unidentified male reporter describes from the...