Gulf war starts
- Title
- Gulf war starts
- Genre
- News report; Speech; News bulletin
- TX Date
- 17 Jan 1991
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:15:10
- Description
- Howard Hughes reads the 02:00 news bulletin on the first hours of the Gulf War as allied military planes bomb Baghdad and military targets in Kuwait by night. CNN reporter John Holliman describes the scene from Baghdad; US President George H. W. Bush gives a live television address to the American people about the reasons for military action; Paul Maurice reports from Saudi Arabia (where bombers are leaving from).
- Contributors
- Paul Maurice; George H. W. Bush; Howard Hughes; John Holliman
- Keywords
- USA; Armed forces; Military aircraft; UN; Diplomacy; NATO; Aerial bombardment; Military operations; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Operation Desert Storm (1991)
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