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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