LIVE Hungarian (MTV1) Coverage of Romanian Revolution (video)
(purely personal views as always)
Román forradalom tévéközvetítése I
Nemzeti Filmmasolda
Published on Jul 1, 2015
Az első valóságshow-t 1989 karácsonyán mutatta be a Magyar Televízió. A játékból Ceausescu, a Kárpátok Géniusza december 26-án kiesett.
Some select highlights:
-1:57 (23 December 1989) Two (foreign) mercenaries captured alive in Brasov…previously discussed request for Soviet aid because the corpses of Arabs (mercenaries) had been found in Bucharest, Soviets rule out military aid but will provide other non-military help
5:10 Hungarian broadcasters recognized at the time that the helicopters sent to the Television building in Bucharest were not attempting to attack the Television station but to attack the terrorists in the vicinity
6:30 Discussion about foreigners (students) being trained in camps on Romanian soil with particular missions in the event of a state of emergency
7:10 Minister of the Interior Tudor Postelnicu referenced as are Middle Easterners
9:23 “ellenharcolo” — resistance
10:55 (Securitate) snipers referenced
20:30 (Arad) militieni used a vehicle with false license plates
21:10 Dicsussion of two Hungarians shot in the car from the blocs in the distance (i.e. likely snipers)…all this in the context of a studio commentator appealing to Hungarians not to go to Romania to help because of the security situation and lethal threat to them.
The Archive of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 