CNN SOVIET COUP COVERAGE, HOUR 65:
THE INTERNATIONAL HOUR (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:27672. The 65th hour of CNN's
continuous coverage of the attempted coup against
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. On "The
International Hour," anchor Catherine Crier summarizes
the events of the day in the Soviet Union. Following a
report from Moscow, where the people are celebrating
the failure of the coup, Crier interviews Martin Walker
of The Manchester Guardian (U.K.). The effect of the
events in the Soviet Union are examined in reports from
London and Wall Street. The "World Report" segment
includes Russian reporter Maxim Tkachenko discussing
his perspective on the coup, and other reports from
Cuban and Lithuanian television. In late-breaking news,
Crier reports that Sen. Al Gore (D-Tenn.) has announced
that he not will seek the Democratic nomination for
president in 1992. Following a video montage from
Moscow, Lou Waters concludes the hour with a preview
of the upcoming edition of "CNN Newsday." Continues
with T:27674.
Includes commercials for Betty Crocker Light cake and
frosting, Miracle-Ear hearing aid, Metamucil Wafers,
Nabisco Spoon Size Shredded Wheat, Fantastik spray
cleaner, Air Travel Card, Terminix International
exterminators, Hot Springs National Park, The New
Yorker magazine, Nytol sleep aid, DentuCreme,
McDonald's, Carpets of Dalton, Inc., Ramada,
Fleischmann's Egg Beaters, Fidelity Investments,
InstaPure Water Filter, Mail Boxes Etc., and Ziploc
Storage Bags; promos for CNN, The Family Channel, and
"The Oprah Winfrey Show"; and a public service
announcement for the National Safe Boating Council and
the U.S. Coast Guard.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant
from the Times Mirror Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: CNN
- DATE: August 21, 1991 3:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:27673
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Elections - 1992; U S S R - History - Attempted coup, 1991
- SERIES RUN: CNN - TV, 1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Air Travel Card
- TV - Commercials - Betty Crocker Light cake and frosting
- TV - Commercials - Carpets of Dalton, Inc.
- TV - Commercials - DentuCreme
- TV - Commercials - Fantastik spray cleaner
- TV - Commercials - Fidelity Investments
- TV - Commercials - Fleischmann's Egg Beaters
- TV - Commercials - Hot Springs National Park
- TV - Commercials - InstaPure Water Filter
- TV - Commercials - Mail Boxes Etc.
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Metamucil Wafers
- TV - Commercials - Miracle-Ear hearing aid
- TV - Commercials - Nabisco Spoon Size Shredded Wheat
- TV - Commercials - Nytol sleep aid
- TV - Commercials - Ramada
- TV - Commercials - Terminix International exterminators
- TV - Commercials - The New Yorker magazine
- TV - Commercials - Ziploc Storage Bags
- TV - PSA - National Safe Boating Council
- TV - PSA - U.S. Coast Guard
- TV - Promos - "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
- TV - Promos - CNN
- TV - Promos - The Family Channel
CREDITS
- Catharine Crier … Anchor
- Steve Hurst … Reporter
- Rick Sallinger … Reporter
- Terry Keenan … Reporter
- Maxim Tkachenko … Reporter
- Raimondas Sestakauskas … Reporter
- Gilberto Caballero … Reporter
- James Baker
- Aleksandr Bessmertnykh
- Christoph Bluth
- George Bush
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Oleg Gordievski
- Albert Gore
- Margaret Thatcher
- Martin Walker
- Lou Waters
- Gennadi Yanayev
- Boris Yeltsin