Tough Dialogue in Reykjavik 1986, 1986.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Konovalov, Vladimir, director.

Shishlin, Nikolai, Researcher.

Kuzminskiy, Sergei, Camera.

Orlov, Yuli, Camera.

Filatov, Ivan, Camera.

Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow, production company.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Diplomatic & Political Newsreels

Newsreels & Cinemagazines

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (video file 0:26:33) : Sound, Colour.

Place of Publication:

1986,

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.

Summary:

Cold war documentary on the 1986 summit meeting between Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and his US counterpart Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland. Following opening aerial shots of Iceland, the film shows local people signing petitions to make Iceland a neutral country, and anti-nuclear protestors at demonstrations. There are also interviews with members of the world press. The landing of Air Force One and appearance of Reagan is shown. The narrator discusses the manner in which the United States had been contravening earlier talks in Geneva, with which the Soviets had fully complied. There is footage of the interview with Gorbachev on his arrival. He talked of his desire for peace and the safety of all people through the elimination of nuclear weapons by the end of the century. The first few minutes of the conference is also filmed. The narrator describes what he calls "dramatic" Soviet proposals to reduce nuclear weapons, and other topics of discussion, such as human rights and global conflicts. The two leaders are filmed shaking hands after the first day. Coverage then cuts to a peace rally in the city, before moving back to a discussion of the summit and further interviews with journalists. The final ten minutes are Gorbachev's press conference at the end of the talks, translated by the narrator.

Credits:

Contributors: Shishlin, Nikolai; Kuzminskiy, Sergei; Orlov, Yuli; Filatov, Ivan.

Production Company: Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.