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Diagrams, illustrations and graphs, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to Cold War.

Subjects covered include: the cost of defence and war, 197os; children and war, 1990s; the Warsaw Pact statistics, nd; historical fact-sheet on the Manila Pact, SEATO and SENTO, nd.

Black and white advert with sound, promoting The Observer's coverage of the end of the Cold War.

Shows black and white animation of a melting wall of ice.

Commentary "The Cold War is thawing, much quicker than anyone ever imagined. As Europe reaches a watershed, can its leaders cope? Read this Sunday's Observer."

(Unspoken) tagline: "A different set of values. A different kind of paper."

The advert starts at 09.49 on the 1985-1995 'historical reel' mp4 file. Duration: 11 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

Individuals featured include: Ronald Reagan, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George HW Bush, Boris Yeltsin, John Major, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Chairman Mao.

Subjects and events featured include: the Cold War, the 'Star Wars' programme, nuclear weapons, Europe, disarmament, West Germany, NATO, Poland, Afghanistan, 'Glasnost'.