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Free Sara Thornton campaigner interviewed (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Emma Howard interviews George Delf, founder of the Free Sara Thornton Campaign, outside Holloway Prison in London. The interview takes place following the end of Sara Thornton’s hunger strike in protest at...
Mikhail Gorbachev on attempted coup (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Excerpts from a statement at a news conference being broadcast live on television and radio in the USSR (via an interpreter) by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, where he speaks about his ordeal when...
KGB head on involvement in attempted Gorbachev coup (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on Soviet television with Vladimir Kryuchkov, the head of the KGB, following his participation in the failed attempt to oust Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in a political coup. Kryuchkov says...
Anti-KGB protests in Moscow (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Sue Jameson reports from outside the KGB headquarters in Moscow where protesters are threatening to storm its Lubyanka building in spite of warnings of possible bloodshed from the authorities.
Communist rule in USSR ends as Gorbachev resigns (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
IRN 7.00am news bulletin (25/08/91) read by Philip Cottrell, which focuses on the end of communist rule in the Soviet Union after more than seven decades. Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned as party leader and...
Mikhail Gorbachev coup video (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Recording from a video made by Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, which he made in secret while under house arrest during the abortive coup in the USSR. It was smuggled out of his holiday home in the Crimea...
Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the abortive coup that attempted his overthrow. He’s promising to push ahead at...
Gorbachev after failed coup (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech (via an interpreter) by President Mikhail Gorbachev accepting some responsibility for the events and promising democratic reform during an emergency session of the Soviet Parliament following the...
Lithuania takes control of borders from USSR (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Steven Ward reports from the Lazdijai crossing point on the Polish-Lithuanian border, on attempts by Lithuania to take control of her borders from the Soviet Union. The Baltic republic has issued its first...
Hurd on Soviet collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, prior to a meeting of fellow European ministers in Brussels today, where he’ll argue that the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia must be...