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  1. Seventh Armoured Brigade prepares for Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Catherine Field reports from West Germany where members of Britain’s Seventh Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) are preparing for their posting to Saudi Arabia to join the international forces opposing Saddam...

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  2. Western hostages return from Kuwait telling of atrocities (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Simon Bowden reports from Gatwick Airport on the return of 400 Western hostages including 26 Britons from Kuwait on an Iraqi airliner following the invasion by Iraqi forces. Stories have emerged of innocent...

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  3. Troops in the Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Phil Edwards reports from Saudi Arabia on UK forces deployed for Operation Desert Shield in the Gulf crisis. Includes press conference with Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere on Operation Desert...

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  4. Desert Rats go to Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Brigadier General Tom Draude(?), of the US First Marine Division, speaks in Saudi Arabia about US and UK forces working together and the problems Britain’s first fighting troops arriving in the Gulf for...

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  5. Challenger tanks deployed in Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Phil Edwards reports from Saudi Arabia, where Challenger battle tanks from the UK Seventh Armoured Brigade are being deployed in the deserts of Saudi Arabia for the first time in the Gulf crisis. Although...

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  6. Corporal John Kelly on life in Kuwait desert (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview (from Kuwait) with Corporal John Kelly from Streatham, South London, on duty with the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, and gunner of The Warrior vehicle. He talks about day-to-day life, doing...

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  7. Assessment of British soldiers in Kuwait (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male British Army officer on soldiers’ preparations prior to their arrival in Kuwait. Asked about the reliability of equipment, specifically the Warrior and Challenger armoured vehicles, he...

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  8. Desert Rat troops are ready (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Maurice interviews Commander of the Desert Rats Brigadier Patrick Cordingley on the support for his troops in the Gulf as they receive thousands of Christmas cards during the festive season. Is...

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  9. Gulf war - logistics of ground attack (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an unidentified British Army commander on the logistics of a possible ground attack in the Gulf and how the troops are coping with waiting for the signal to attack. And on how current air...

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  10. Gulf war - tanks deployed to Iraq and Kuwait (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    Press statement from the Pentagon by a US army general (not identified) on the deployment of allied tanks and armoured vehicles into Iraq and Kuwait in the beginning of a ground attack in the Gulf war.

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