John Major announces Gulf military action
- Title
- John Major announces Gulf military action
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:01:04
- Description
- Peter Russell reports on the start of the Gulf War air strikes with UK Prime Minister John Major awake all night in constant touch with the USA and holding a war cabinet meeting this morning. Includes Major’s statement following the meeting announcing the allied military action. He will address the nation tonight.
- Contributors
- John Major; Peter Russell
- Keywords
- Aerial bombardment; Military operations; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Baghdad; Tom King; Douglas Hurd; Operation Desert Storm (1991)
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