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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.
Michael Colesnic on revolution in Romania (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
A Romanian-born academic who has been speaking to his 79 year-old mother in the southern part of the country says that demonstrations against the Government are spreading. Dr Michael Colesnic, a biochemist...
Nick Peters reports on US invasion of Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the fighting in Panama, and General Manuel Noriega’s message to his people that they will keep fighting to the end.
Romanian revolution - Hungarian slaughter (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Two IRN bulletins (may or may not be of same date). Gareth Furby reports on the slaughter of protesters in Timisoara, Romania. Most of the victims are Hungarians.
British lorry driver escapes from Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
2 clips, apparently related. British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks to Gareth Furby on escaping from Timisoara, Romania.
Demonstrators attacked in Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- News report
2 clips. Gareth Furby reports on an attack on demonstrators in Timisoara, Romania. First clip includes chanting, and sounds of the attack (gunfire and helicopter gunships); second clip focuses on the...
Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on the debate around the forced repatriation of Hong Kong’s Vietnamese boat people. Rita Fan, Executive Council member, says the whole world is responsible, and Hong Kong has...
Nicholas Ridley speech on Barlow Clowes Savings Group (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
In 2 parts. 1: Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley announces in Parliament that investors in the collapsed Barlow Clowes Savings Group are to receive substantial tax free ex-gratia payments from the...
Prince Charles in defence of the English language (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has attacked the decline in literacy and the quality of English. Havovi Todd’s report considers his criticism of an alternative prayer book, and his regret that schools’...
Janet Lewis of the London Ambulance Service control centre (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
28 year-old Janet Lewis, who works in the control centre for the London Ambulance Service and has taken part in a walkout, speaks to Havovi Todd about the stress that workers are under, and that people are...