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  • Gulf war peace rally in London (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on Labour MP Tony Benn’s speech (with excerpt) at a peace protest in London’s Hyde Park against the war on Iraq. Tim Crook reports from the event on the five-point peace plan set out by Benn and...

  • Air strikes on Baghdad (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    As UN Cruise missiles hit Baghdad, Peter Arnett of CNN television talks about his experience, Iraqi reports of civilian deaths and how the media are being censored in Iraq. He says they are not being told...

  • British aircraft damaged in Iraq raids (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Flight Lieutenants Chris Pearson(?) and Colin Adair describe their experience as part of the UN force to bomb Iraq overnight. Their aeroplane was hit by Iraqi defences but there were no Iraqi aeroplanes in...

  • King Hussein on peace (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference with King Hussein of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) who has sworn to protect Jordan’s sovereign airspace if the Israeli air force flies through to attack Iraq following Israeli threats of...

  • John Major on Iraqi attacks on Israel (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Prime Minister John Major gives an impromptu press conference outside Number 10 Downing Street about the Iraqi missile attacks on Israel. He says the attacks are an act of terror and he has asked Israeli...

  • Major on Gulf War operations (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Prime Minister John Major speaking outside church near Chequers explains to reporters that weather is proving a problem for Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. He says he expects the air strikes and the war to...

  • Tel Aviv missile attacks (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    CNN’s Richard Blystone talks about the second night of attacks on Israel by Iraqi scud missiles. He describes the scene from his hotel room and says there was a warning before the explosions. Male US...

  • First moments of the Gulf War (1991)

    Genre
    News report; News bulletin

    Howard Hughes reads a news bulletin during the first moments of the Gulf War as the allies begin an aerial bombing raid at night. John Holliman from CNN describes the scene from Baghdad, bombing and...

  • Gulf war starts (1991)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report; Speech

    Howard Hughes reads the 02:00 news bulletin on the first hours of the Gulf War as allied military planes bomb Baghdad and military targets in Kuwait by night. CNN reporter John Holliman describes the scene...

  • Gulf War starts (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference

    Douglas Cameron presents the 06:00 news bulletin the morning after the beginning of the Gulf War. At a press conference, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater announces the start of the military operation,...