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CNN News Broadcasts of the Gulf War [1/4]

Item

Moving Image

57 minutes

English (Original)

Occasionally poor image and sound quality.

Not Restricted

television program

CNN broadcast coverage of the ground war in the Gulf from late February to Early March, right after the Gulf War ended in February 1991. Clip 1: CNN News report presenting Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf’s (Cmdr. of Operation Desert Storm) military briefing. Contains images of Saddam Hussein and President George. H.W. Bush. Clip 2: Interviews with David Hollingsworth (US Army’s 18th artillery posted in Kuwait) and Capt. Allan Sheyzer (2nd Division of the U.S. Marine Corps). Contains footage from Iraqi television and of with the attacks on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reporter for CNN: Jennifer Michael. Clip 3: CNN’s Military Affairs Correspondent Wolf Blitzer reports from the Pentagon on the developments of the ground war in the Gulf. Contains interviews with Dick Cheney (U.S. Defense Secretary), United States Representative Les Aspin (Chairman of the Armed Services Committee), and Robert Hunter (Middle East Analyst). Clip 4: Jonathan Mann reports for CNN on the Gulf War, day 39, and discusses the approval rate for President George H.W. Bush on handling the Gulf Crisis. Contains interviews with U.S. soldiers engaged in the conflict and footage with Baghdad. Continues with a report by Richard Roth from Tel Aviv, Israel about a missile attack on Israel in connection with the ground war in the Gulf. Correspondent Frank Sesno reports from the White House about the U.S. involvement in the ground war in the Gulf. Contains an interview with Brent Scowcroft (U.S. National Security Adviser). Clip 5: Interview with Henry Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State. Clip 6: Reporter Brian Jenkins is reporting live from North Eastern Saudi Arabia, close to Kuwait border, on the war situation in Kuwait. Clip 7: Don Miller presents the news about the Gulf War while Greg LaMotte and Charles Jaco report from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait about the ground invasion. Clip 8: Doug James is with the U.S. 1st Infantry Division and reports on the Gulf War from Iraq. Clip 9: Susan Rook who reports on the latest developments in Kuwait is followed by Bernard Shaw’s “Gulf Talk,” where the guests are Charles Jaco (CNN Correspondent in Kuwait), James Blackwell (CNN Military Analyst), Kenneth Katzman (Middle East Analyst), and Peter Rodman (Former NSC Staffer).