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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)
- Genre
- 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...
Kiri Te Kanawa to sing Rugby World Cup theme (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Interview with New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa about her agreement to sing the Rugby World Cup theme, World in Union, to the music of I Vow to Thee My Country from Holst’s Planets suite, the...
Closing bars of the Rugby World Cup theme performed by Kiri Te Kanawa (1991)
- Genre
- Music
Closing bars of the Rugby World Cup theme World in Union, performed by opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa to the music of I Vow to Thee My Country from Holst’s Planets suite.
Lord Benjamin Mancroft on his time as a drug addict (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male (poss. Mike Carlton) interviews Lord Benjamin Mancroft about his life as a drug user.
President de Klerk announces the repeal of discriminatory acts (1991)
- Genre
- 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...
Boeing 737 catches fire at LA airport (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on a runway collision (cause yet to be confirmed) at Los Angeles International Airport. A USAir Boeing 737 caught fire after colliding with a smaller commuter plane and a building. Includes eyewitness...