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6 results found for '"Deserts"' in Keywords.

  • Soldiers retrace T E Lawrence’s steps in Jordan (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report

    Report on four soldiers retracing the steps taken by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) in Jordan almost 70 years ago. Includes interview with Captain Charles Blackmore. Male reporter not identified.

  • Businessman attempts to break flight record (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Millionaire businessman, 49 year-old Vijaypat Singhania, speaking moments before attempting a record-breaking flight in a microlight aircraft from London to Ahmedabad, India. Comment from current record...

  • Israel withdraws from Taba (1989)

    Genre
    News report

    Peter Allen-Frost’s report looks at how the dispute over a small section of the northern Sinai desert known as Taba has gone on for years, the dispute over a hotel, the final withdrawal of troops and the...

  • Lives lost as people flee Kuwait across desert (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    47 year-old Sayeed(?) Al-Man(?) of Swansea recalls his escape from Kuwait across the desert and says people have died trying to flee the strife-torn country - one Pakistani family lost their three children...

  • Troops prepare for war in Gulf (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Music

    James Matthews reports from with the First Armoured Division of British troops in Saudi Arabia as bandsmen play the British National Anthem to bolster the spirits of troops going to battle in Iraq. Chaplain...

  • Gulf war -fears for Kuwait’s condition (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a Kuwaiti on his fears for the condition of the country after the Iraqi occupation ends. Speaking as the allied ground campaign begins in the Gulf war. Interviewer not heard.