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Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today, following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush pays tribute to Gorbachev for establishing the...
Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush pledges US support for Russia and the other...
Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
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- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Speech
Janey Mitchell 19:00 IRN news bulletin on the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Includes report from Andrew Harding in Moscow, with extracts from resignation speech. Also Tim Locke report...
President de Klerk announces the repeal of discriminatory acts (1991)
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- Speech; Special
President F. W. de Klerk (addressing the South African Parliament?) announces the forthcoming repeal of the Land Acts of 1930 and 1936, the Population Registration Act 1950, the Group Areas Act 1966, and...
Repeal of discriminatory acts in South Africa (1991)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Report from Cape Town on President F W de Klerk’s announcement of the forthcoming repeal of racially discriminatory legislation in South Africa. Right-wing Boerestaat Party leader Robert van Tonder...
Robert Runcie retires as Archbishop of Canterbury (1991)
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- Interview; Speech; Tribute
Unidentified male speaker on Robert Runcie’s retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury. Includes tribute by John Habgood, Archbishop of York, and comment from David Samuel. Male interviewer not identified...
US Navy to close submarine base at Holy Loch, Argyll (1991)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
The US Army is to close the Holy Loch submarine base in Argyll, Scotland. This is being seen as a double-edged sword for those living in the town of Dunoon - it means economic readjustment but also a removal...
John Taylor is Cheltenham’s Tory candidate (1991)
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- News report; Speech; Interview
Tim Webb reports from Cheltenham on the announcement of black candidate John Taylor as the Conservative’s PPC. Cheltenham’s Conservative Party Chair, Monica Drinkwater, announces the result of the vote;...
State of the Union address (1991)
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- Speech
US President, George H. W. Bush delivers an address before a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union, 29/01/91. Topics include the Gulf War, the Soviet Union, AIDS, child care, the national...
Russia faces further economic struggle (1992)
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- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Moscow correspondent Andrew Harding reports from Russia on President Boris Yeltsin’s abolition of price-fixing on food. School teacher Daniel Johnson and his pupils in Magadan watch American television and...