Dossier 5 - The Coup

2 VHS and 2 mp4 files (45.2 MB and 47.6 MB)

Promotional film, with sound, for the Guardian on journalist Jonathan Steele's interview with Mikhail Gorbachev in his holiday villa in the Crimea after his release from captivity following a failed coop by Soviet leaders.

a). Contains footage of television interviews with Jonathan Steele, promotional front pages of the Guardian's coverage of the story and on-screen text illustrating the key developments including the strapline 'The Coup'

Topics covered include: how Jonathan Steele got onto the plane to Gorbachev's villa, how he found Gorbachev to be and what Gorbachev's next moves might be.

Duration: 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The film starts at 00.01 on the mp4 file.

b) Duplicate of a). Duration: 3 minutes and 40 seconds.The film starts at 00.07 on the mp4 file.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Creator: The Palace

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