Title

TWA Flight 847 hijack - Lebanese prisoners released

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Report on the release of 300 Lebanese Shiite prisoners from Israeli custody following the freeing of hostages from TWA Flight 847 - hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85, in Beirut, the Lebanon. Includes press statement by Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Allen-Frost).

Contributors

Yitzhak Rabin; Peter Allen-Frost?

Keywords

USA; Israel; Political prisoners; Terrorism; Terrorists; Airlines; Aeroplanes; Lebanon; Beirut; Hostages; TWA; Civil aircraft; Abduction

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