Movie Description
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
(2013)Overview
This Shiver (ITV Studios) documentary reveals what happened behind-the-scenes on some of the most momentous breaking news events in our lifetime - as told by those caught up in the real-life drama, those in the newsrooms and those responsible for delivering these newsflashes into millions of people's homes. News stories covered include the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (1997); the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas (1963); the coal-tip landslide in Aberfan (1966); the Lockerbie Air Disaster (1988); the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York (2001); the start of Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War (1991); the dramatic end of the Iranian Embassy siege in London (1980); and the announcement of the death of the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (2002).
Featured Crew
- Director : Kerry Allison
- Producer : Adam Levy,Kerry Allison
- Cast : Julie Etchingham,Nigel Dacre,Martyn Lewis,John Suchet,Alastair Stewart,Jennie Bond,Dan Rather,Sanford Socolow,Michael Jermey,Norman Rees,Richard Baker,Lis Howell,Ian Fisher,Stewart Purvis,Nick Owen,David Goldsmith,Lesley Boden,Sim Harris,Mary Nightingale,Nick Rabin,Tony Blair,Kay Burley,Walter Cronkite,Sandy Gall,John F. Kennedy,Dermot Murnaghan
Cast
Narrator
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Facts
Original TitleNewsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Status Released
Release Information
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2013-11-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 47m
Production CompaniesShiver
Genres
- Documentary
