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Ronald Reaganâs Tear Down This Wall speech, Berlin (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech from the Brandenburg Gate, calling on Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Also covers the demonstrations against Reagan’s coming to Berlin, how...
Superpower summit in Moscow (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports from Moscow on Soviet hopes for upcoming superpower summit with US President Ronald Reagan. On nuclear disarmament; offer of withdrawal of troops from East Germany if reciprocated in...
Superpower summit in Moscow (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on a press conference in the USSR prior to next week’s superpower summit with US President, Ronald Reagan. The USA and USSR have not been able to agree an arms reduction treaty....
East German exodus to Hungary (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
James Matthews reports on East German refugees pouring into Hungary en route to West Germany after border controls, the Iron Curtain, were lifted. Includes vox pop with delighted refugees. West German...
East German exodus to Hungary (1989)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Vox pop with young East Germans as they cross the border to the West after Hungary lifted the Iron Curtain. More than 7000 people have crossed into Austria. From ITN
Hungarian Ambassador, Gyorke, on East German refugees (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr Jozsef Gyorke, the Hungarian Ambassador in London, on the numbers of East German refugees using Hungary as a route into the West. He says Hungary has pledged to keep the Austrian border...
East German refugees - Social welfare spokesperson (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Gareth Furby interviews Rita Hermans, spokeswoman at the West Berlin Health and Social Welfare Department, about the problems East German refugees face after reaching West Berlin. More than nine hundred...
East Germany blocks refugees’ escape route (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Margaret Shiels reports on the implementation of restrictions on travel to Czechoslovakia made by the East German Government in an attempt to stem the exodus of its citizens to the West. The restrictions on...
East German refugees arrive in Hof (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reports on the arrival of 8 trains carrying nearly 10,000 East German refugees as they arrived in the West German border station of Hof following their journey via Czechoslovakia. Includes...
Gorbachev visits East Germany (1989)
- Genre
- News report
George Matheson reports from Berlin, where Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, is preparing to deliver the first speech of his visit to East Germany. The East German leadership have so far refused to follow...