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Douglas Hurd at meeting of NATO foreign ministers (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Following the deployment of United States and British forces in the Gulf, Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd announcing to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that several individual member states...
Border crossing from Iraq to Jordan (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Mathews reports on how westerners have been stopped crossing the Iraq-Jordan border, how Iraqi troops are stealing food and other supplies in Kuwait, how two convoys of Britons were held at gunpoint...
USA to send troops to Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers earlier today, US Secretary of State, James Baker defends the USA’s decision to send troops to the Gulf.
George Bush Snr on the prospect of the Gulf War (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
US President George H.W. Bush, speaking from outside his New England holiday home, talks about the visit the Secretary of State made to Turkey, and NATOâs commitment to looking at the problems in the...
Border patrols in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
British banker Alan Jones, who successfully made his way past Kuwaiti border patrols, talks about what he saw in Kuwait, what happened after the invasion, how food is running out, the convoy of people...
John Boorman on Where The Heart Is (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Film director John Boorman talks to Carol Allen about shooting Where The Heart Is in New York rather than in London as orignally planned, what the film gained and lost from it, the importance of London, the...
Britons flee Kuwait after invasion of Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Alistair Sandford reports on the experiences of civilians fleeing Kuwait. One Briton was shot trying to escape. William Waldegrave, Foreign Office Minister, tells people to stay put and not try to escape;...
Minehunters leave Scotland for the Mediterranean (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Jim Duff reports on three minehunters leaving the Rosyth naval base in Scotland for the Mediterranean, to join the Gulf Task Force. Yvonne Mitchell, the wife of a rating, talks about her husband going to...
Gemma Lawrence abduction case (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
William Roncon reports on the search for clues in the Gemma Lawrence abduction case. Detective Chief Superintendent Des Donohoe speaks about similar incidents; a description of the suspect is then given, and...
British Forces Broadcasting mobilised (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Piper reports on the British Forces Broadcasting Service, which begins broadcasting to troops in Saudi Arabia today. Station Manager, Richard Asprey talks about how this came about and how he wants...