Collection Information

Part of

Soviet and Russian Television Monitoring (view collection record)

General Information

Collector:

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute (RFE/RL Research Institute)

Title:

Vremia [Time]

Created:

Munich (Germany): [ca. 1987]

Language:

Russian

Physical Description:

0:30:22 : VHS, col.

Form/Genre:

Broadcasts

Content

Summary:

This program is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Production of a new dump truck in Belarus; new housing estates in Tallinn completed; welcoming the St. Francis brotherhood delegation to Moscow; negotiations on strategic weapons reduction; meetings between leaders from both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact; anti-war demonstrations in Brussels.
Featured in the program: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich (General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU); Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR); Reagan, Ronald Wilson (President of the United States); Aitmatov, Chinghiz Torekulovich (Writer); Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosievich (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR); Shultz, George (U.S. Secretary of State); Ustinov, Peter (Actor)
Series description: A television newscast, shown on Channel One Russia (since 1995), уфкдшук on the First Program of the Central Television of the USSR. The program has been on the air since January 1, 1968. From December 27, 1991 it became the main news program of the Russian Federation, starting January 1, 1992 it was aired as "Novosti"/News. The program name "Time" reappeared on December 16, 1994. The program has been produced till nowadays. It is produced by the Directorate of the information programs of Channel One (from 1996). Earlier it was produced by the Main Editorial Office of Information of the Central Television (1968—1991), by the Studio of information programs of the All-Union State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company (1991), and by Information Television Agency of the All-Russian State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company (1994-1995). It is broadcasted at 21:00 (from 1972) with the timing of 30 minutes, and until December 31, 1989 the program was repeated at 12:30.

Context

Creation Note:

This program was broadcast by the state television (Moscow) in the USSR and recorded by the Radio Liberty Monitoring Unit in Munich as part of their effort to track and analyze the official media of the republics of the Soviet Union.

Source:

Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Monitoring Unit: Video Recordings of Soviet and Russian Television Programs (HU OSA 300-81-9)

Associated Names:

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Information Resource Department

Associated Places:

Soviet Union

Part of Series:

Vremia

Coverage

Collection Specific Tags:

Daily news

Additional Places:

United States

Moscow (Russia)

Kirghiz S.S.R.

Access and Use

Rights Statement:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Use Conditions:

Ownership of and financial copyrights to the reports belong to RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036, USA. Users of RFE/RL content cannot alter the meaning, name or integrity of the content. RFE/RL reserves the right to revoke permission for use of its content at any time. The sale of RFE/RL content is strictly prohibited.

Archival ID:

HU OSA 300-81-9-36-2

Suggested Citation:

"Vremia", 1987. HU OSA 300-81-9-36-2; Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Monitoring Unit: Video Recordings of Soviet and Russian Television Programs; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.

Permanent URI:

http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:86e55102-3c78-4f99-acc6-35e26b8ef537

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