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Mikhail Gorbachev & Margaret Thatcher - Talks (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Nigel Wrench reports on the Soviet opinion on talks between Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev and UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Soviet foreign spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov struggles to find the...
Mikhail Gorbachev visits Westminster Abbey (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Kevin Murphy reports on Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit to Westminster Abbey. A male Soviet reporter talks about his interview with Gorbachev. Clergyman, Colin Semper talks about what he gave...
Nikolai Shishlin on progress of Soviet-British talks (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Soviet official Nikolai Shishlin talks to David Owen about how Britain plays an important part in helping the Soviet Union carry out its sweeping reforms under perestroika, what will be in Gorbachev’s...
Nikolai Shishlin on Soviet military progress (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Soviet official Nikolai Shishlin talks to David Owen about whether we will ever see Soviet tanks in other countries, what could happen if the Berlin wall were to come down, his thoughts on claims that the...
Soviet-British trade talks (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on a meeting between Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev and CBI chiefs, and on talks on the state of Soviet trade. Lord Young talks about what was discussed, how some sales...
Mrs Gorbachev’s visit to Museum of London (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Lisa Hampele reports on Raisa Gorbachev’s visit to the Museum of London. Children who were there talk about meeting her and the presents she gave them, and Valerie Cumming, Deputy Director of the museum,...
Banquet in honour of Mikhail Gorbachev (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports on the official banquet to mark the end of Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit to Britain.
Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on Soviets’ views on Europe’s nuclear weapons plans. Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev talks (through an interpreter) about how they oppose the modernisation of nuclear weapons, how...
British reaction to Gorbachev speech on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Rowley reports on the British reaction to Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech on nuclear weapons. Labour leader Neil Kinnock talks about how the speech caught Margaret Thatcher off-foot, and...
Londoners on meeting President Gorbachev (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Nigel Wrench reports on Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife stopping to talk and meet Londoners during their visit to Britain. Local workers talk excitedly about meeting the president and what...