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Margaret Thatcher on Gulf crisis and release of hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher speaks to reporters in Helsinki, Finland, about the situation in the Gulf following the release of women and children held hostage by Saddam Hussein, and the UN’s...
Murder of PC Larry Brown (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
PC Laurence Brown has been killed with a shotgun as he approached a suspected car thief in Hackney, East London. Report includes statements from local resident Lorraine Uddings(?), Brown’s superior...
Iraqi hostages’ marriage broadcast on television (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
David and Thelma Hayes(?) of Humberside - whose daughter Debbie is one of Saddam Hussein’s hostages - speak about their shock and disbelief after their daughter’s wedding was broadcast on Baghdad TV....
Iraq renames Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Iraqi forces have pulled back from the frontier with Saudi Arabia. An unidentified male Iraqi official, speaking to an unidentified male American reporter, claims that Kuwait, as it was formerly known, no...
Gulf hostages - Second propaganda video (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Excerpts from the second propaganda video released by Iraq, featuring the foreign hostages being held as a human shield. Includes Margaret Heron(?) from Kent, Christine Smyth(?) from Manchester, and Maggie,...
Douglas Hurd on hostages released from Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd speaks about the release of women and children hostages from the Gulf and announces his visit to the Middle East. Some interference (buzzing) on the recording.
George Bush addresses Gulf troops (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
US President, George Bush addresses forces based in the Gulf in a motivational speech. In it he outlines the four principles which have guided US involvement in the Gulf: the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from...
Jill Morrell on release of Brian Keenan (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Jill Morrell, the friend of John McCarthy who was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad terrorists in Lebanon in 1986, speaks about her conversation with the released Lebanon hostage Brian Keenan - who was held hostage...
Brian Keenan following his release (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Freed Beirut hostage, Brian Keenan gives a press conference following his release in August 1990. He states that he does not want to be asked about the beatings he received, and describes his early years in...
Birmingham Six appeal (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary, David Waddington announces that the case of the Birmingham Six is to be referred to the Court of Appeal following an investigation by the Devon and Cornwall Police which has cast doubt on the...