Gulf rescue of British sailors
- Title
- Gulf rescue of British sailors
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 15 Oct 1980
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:05:00
- Description
- Jon Snow of ITN explains his involvement in and the events of Operation Pear - the rescue of British seamen trapped in a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf during the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Interviewer not heard. Audio quality variable.
- Contributors
- Jon Snow
- Keywords
- Iran; British; Sailors; Military personnel; Military operations; Journalists; Wars (events); War correspondents; Iraq; ITN; Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988); Cargo ships; Jon Snow
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