1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

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Overview

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.

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Cast

Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Self - Politician (archive footage)