Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- February 1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 VHS and 1 mp4 (7.9 MB) and part of 1 VHS, 1 DVD and 1 mp4 (143.6 MB)
Context area
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two copies of a colour advert with sound promoting the newspaper's story on Sakharov:
a. The advert features two newspapers (one Russian, one Observer) falling through a letterbox. Closes on a frame showing the Observer front page, with headline: "Sakharov tells of KGB torture".
Commentary/Tagline: "The Russian say Andrei Sakharov is being well cared for, but the real story by Sakharov is in this week's Observer."
The advert starts at 02.05 on the mp4 file.
b. Duplicate of version (a). The advert starts at 0.24 on the mp4 file.
Duration: 10 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
Creator: J. Walter Thompson Company Limited, 1878-2005
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access via GNM Digital Repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Access Status
Open
Closed until
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
a) Also included on the 'Historical Reel, 1985-1995' VHS and mp4 are Observer adverts; OBS/9/1/1/19, OBS/9/1/1/20c, OBS/9/1/1/21/1a, OBS/9/1/1/21/2a, OBS/9/1/1/24/1b, OBS/9/1/1/24/2b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3d, OBS/9/1/1/26c, OBS/9/1/1/27j, OBS/9/1/1/28, OBS/9/1/1/30a, OBS/9/1/1/31d, OBS/9/1/1/32a, OBS/9/1/1/33a, OBS/9/1/1/36b, OBS/9/1/1/37/1a, OBS/9/1/1/37/2a, OBS/9/1/1/38/1a, OBS/9/1/1/39, OBS/9/1/1/40a, OBS/9/1/1/41, OBS/9/1/1/42a, OBS/9/1/1/43a, OBS/9/1/1/44/1a, OBS/9/1/1/44/2a, OBS/9/1/1/45a, OBS/9/1/1/47-61, OBS/9/1/1/62/1a, OBS/9/1/1/62/2, OBS/9/1/1/64/1a, OBS/9/1/1/64/5, OBS/9/1/1/65a, OBS/9/1/1/66a, OBS/9/1/1/67, OBS/9/1/1/68a, OBS/9/1/1/69a, OBS/9/1/1/70.