A compilation of news footage covering historic events of the past thirty years: 1961 - East Germany builds the Berlin Wall; 1963 - U.S. President Kennedy is assassinated; 1968 - Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia; 1969 - the first man on the moon; 1974 - the U.S. Watergate scandal; 1975 - the fall of Saigon ending the Vietnam War; 1980 - Iranian Embassy Siege; 1981 - the wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana; 1982 - Britain invades the Falklands and wins back the islands; 1984 - the IRA attempt to blow up the entire British Cabinet meeting at Brighton; 1984 - Bhopal where poison gas leaks kill more than 3,000 Indians; 1986 - the Shuttle Disaster; 1986 - the Russian nuclear reactor at Chernobyl blows; 1988 - the tragedy of the Armenian earthquake.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302201
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germany (East) - Social life and customs
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Disasters
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chernobyl Ukraine, 1986
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Disasters
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
History → Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
History → Great Britain - History - Elizabeth II, 1952-
History → Monarchy - Great Britain
History → United States - History - 1945-
History → United States - History - 1969-
History → Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Moon - Exploration
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)