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Documentary about how to stay alive in conflict zone.
Interview with Küllo Arjakas on the events taken place on January 13th, 1991 in Vilnius.
January 14, 1991 in the press service of Toronto Latvian community. Representative gives interview to the TV channel CBC News about the situation in Riga.
Canadian politician Bob Rae is being interviewed by journalists and tells about the political situation in the Baltic States and the recent violent events in Lithuania and Latvia in January 1991.
Dr Guntis Silinš, Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Toronto, tells in the TV interview given to CBC News about the fight for independence in Latvia and Gorbachev's politics in the Baltic States.
Overview by Canadian TV programme CBC News about the political situation after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt. At the press conference of the Canadian Baltic Federation the government's support is being asked for recognizing the independence of the Baltic States.
Video recorded for the documentary programme of CBC (Canadian TV channel) introduces life in Estonia after its restoration of independence in August 1991. The film shows Marju Lauristin, Lennart Meri, Raivo Vare, Edgar Savisaar and others.
TV interview with a Latvian Canadian mother whose daughter happened to in the middle of the tragic events in Riga while going on a trip to Latvia.
Expatriate Latvians in Canada have gathered in a hall in Toronto in order to discuss the political situation in Latvia, namely the dramatic events in Riga in January 1991.
Richard Johnson, representative of Canada, returns from Lithuania and is being warmly welcomed at the Toronto Airport on January 13, 1991.
Memorial church service of expatriate Latvians in Canada in Toronto St. Andrew's Church for commemorating the victims on barricades in January 1991.
Expatriate Latvian young woman in Canada who happened to be at the barricades in Riga during the tragic events on January 20, 1991. In a phone interview she tells the CBC reporter about the dramatic events in central Riga.
Forms are being filled in at the Lithuanian Community Information Bureau in Toronto, also operational information about the tragic events in Vilnius in 1991 is given.
Church service of expatriate Lithuanians in Canada for supporting the fight for independence in Lithuania.
Second part of the church service of expatriate Lithuanians in Canada for supporting the fight for independence in Lithuania held on January 11, 1990.
The forces that want to remain part of the Soviet Union have presented an ultimatum to the Estonian government, while the Home Guard tries to keep order. The ultimatum is condemned by Alexander Yuryev and KGB General Oleg Kalugin.
Announcement of Estonia's national independence in the Supreme Council. The Moscow coup is accompanied by the emergence of Russian troops in Tallinn, the defence of the National Broadcasting TV building and the TV Tower.