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  • Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Michael O’Neill speaks to a former refugee from Vietnam on conditions in Hong Kong detention centres for the refugees. He talks about the physical conditions; the large population in the camps; the...

  • Cardinal Basil Hume reflects at Christmas (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lawrence Spicer talks to Cardinal Basil Hume who reflects on Christmas following his midnight mass last night and asks people to set aside time for the deeper meanings of Christmas and think about people who...

  • Berlin’s first Christmas since the wall came down (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    Catherine Field reports from Berlin on celebrations for the first Christmas since the Berlin Wall came down with split families reuniting and exchanging presents (vox pop).

  • Berlin’s first Christmas since the wall came down (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Music

    Catherine Field reports on the historic opening of the Brandenburg gate during the first Christmas in Berlin since the Berlin Wall came down. East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow and West German...

  • Revolution in Romania (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Gareth Furby reports from Budapest on the swift revolution in Romania and deposing of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu following massacres of demonstrators before the Minister of defence committed suicude and...

  • 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...

  • Romanian revolution (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Gareth Furby talks to a 21 year old Romanian who as a child thought Nicolae Ceausescu was president of the world, following the Romanian revolution. He says he had no life in the old Romania but people can...

  • Violence tears through Romania (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Forces loyal to ousted president Nicolae Ceauşescu 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...