Resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev - BBC News - 25 December 1991

Chris Lowe reads the evening news on BBC1 on 25 December 1991 with news that the President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has resigned. Report from Moscow by Ben Brown.

[@anukiran1735]

Lucky somebody recorded it on VHS for it was the BBC.

[@ajs41]

What do you mean? The BBC have archives from 1978 onwards.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

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But they are notoriously bad at keeping them, they managed to lose 97 episodes of doctor who.

[@patermonster7843]

@@RealUlrichLelandnot as bad as Viacom, just look up those 16mm films then you’ll know what I mean

[@Nmax]

Hahaha😂

[@Frohicky1]

A time of grander glasses.

[@Lightning-speed27]

Sri Chinmoy, President Gorbachev's dear "brother-friend" wrote many lofty books about his dear friend. Here are a few quotes: "God's Hands smilingly and proudly are shaping the world through the hands of His beloved son, Mikhail Gorbachev".
"President Gorbachev: A man in a million, a heart in a billion, a soul in a TRILLION,"
"En route to humanity's heart-home he surmounted unsurmountable obstacles."
"The test of this earth-planet is to realise who truly President Gorbachev is." "No man of integrity will dare to devalue him - his world-improvement-contributions."

[@olemog2326]

Sad day Boris was not good

[@soviet_is_the_best6395]

26/12/1991 rip soviet Union