Arab Guerillas Release Hostages At Kuwait Airport

How to cite this film

‘Kuwait Hostages’, [newsfilm, online], 9 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z009799 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

Technical Info

Format / Codec: Flash / VP6
Source Format / Codec: MOV
Video Bitrate: 800 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame Size: 640 x 480
Pixels Cropped At Encoding: Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
Reason For Crop: Removal of video noise
Other Edits: Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card

Slug

Kuwait Hostages

Date

9 Sep 1973

Dateline

Kuwait City

Script

Arab guerillas release hostages at Kuwait airport.

Shotlist

1. gv airport building
2. gv plane with Arabic writing on
3. ms men looking on
4. gv line of fire engines
5. ms armed soldiers lined up
6. gv aeroplane NIGHT SHOTS
7. line of soldiers marching towards and past the camera
8. gv sunset pan down to plane
9. ms two Arabic men talking to guardsman NIGHT SHOTS
10. hostage being escorted through press crowd

Film status

Syndicated

Processing date

9 Sep 1973

Processing location

London

Original film

Colour Reversal

Original sound

Magnetic Sound On Film

Duration

00:01:02:11

Sources

AP Television

NoS ID

z009799

How to cite this record

'Arab Guerillas Release Hostages At Kuwait Airport', 9 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z009799 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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