The Carnation Revolution

On the night of 24 April 1974, от tive minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugals Eurovision entry By 6.20 pm. the next day, Europe's oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fred. As citizens pour into the streets, they offer camations to the revolutionary soldiers. For the first time in forty-eight years Portugal is free The Carnation Revolution winds through the streets of Lisbon os the revolution urifolds, revealing the roynad acts of ordinary and extraordinary resistance that made 25 April possible it's the story of daring escapes from five-storey prisons soldiers disobeying their officens orders and simple acts of courage by thousands of citizens It's the story of how a group of young captains talled a globe-sparining empire.

On the night of 24 April 1974, от tive minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugals Eurovision entry By 6.20 pm. the next day, Europe's oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fred. As citizens pour into the streets, they offer camations to the revolutionary soldiers. For the first time in forty-eight years Portugal is free The Carnation Revolution winds through the streets of Lisbon os the revolution urifolds, revealing the roynad acts of ordinary and extraordinary resistance that made 25 April possible it's the story of daring escapes from five-storey prisons soldiers disobeying their officens orders and simple acts of courage by thousands of citizens It's the story of how a group of young captains talled a globe-sparining empire.