CNN, NBC, ABC News [1/4]

Call Number
350-4-3:107/1

General information

Call No.:
350-4-3:107/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #107 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00009913
Date of production
1990
Date
1990
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
1 hour 30 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Clip 1: Recording of the “CNN Newsday” report about the crisis in the Gulf presented by Mary Ann Loughlin and Don Miller. Includes Bernard Shaw’s updates from CNN Washington; correspondent Jonathan Mann’s live report from Cairo; fragments of Saddam Hussein’s spokesman's statements on Iraqi TV; correspondent Frank Sesno’s report from Kennebunkport, Maine, on President George H.W. Bush’s activities; excerpts form a press conference with Brian Mulroney, Canada's Prime Minister, in which he explains Canada’s involvement in the Persian crisis; footage from the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf accompanied by a discussion on the military capabilities of the allied forces; a Tom Mintier report from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. Clip 3: News report about Iraq sealing foreigners inside their borders. Contains footage with people stuck at the Jordan-Iraq border. Clip 4: “The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour” contains Jim Lehrer’s report on Saddam Hussein’s call to war against the Western countries; a report by correspondent Alex Thomson on the Arab summit taking place in Cairo, Egypt; Lehrer’s report about the deployment of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia; news about NATO’s involvement in the Gulf crisis; and Jim Lehrer’s report about George H.W. Bush’s reaction to Saddam Hussein’s intention to wage a war with western countries. Includes an interview with President H.W. Bush. Contains a discussion about Saddam’s call for a “Holy War” against the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Participants: Raghida Dergam (Arab Newspaper Reporter), Hisham Melhem (Lebanese Newspaper Reporter), Mohammed Hakki (Former Egyptian Official), and Osama Siblani (Arab-American Newspaper Editor). The “News Hour” continues with Jim Lehrer offering five perspectives on the Gulf War with the help of his guests Richard Murphy (Former State Department Official), Yitzhak Rabin (Former Prime Minister, Israel), Fouad Ajami (Middle East Analyst), Graham Fuller (Middle East Analyst), and Bruce Van Voorst (Time Magazine). Clip 5: CNN News update on the crisis in the Gulf presented by Mary Ann Loughlin, with information about the build-up in Iraq and the Americans stuck in Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait. Clip 6: Bobbie Battista presents the updates on the “Crisis in the Gulf” which includes information on the situation at the Iraqi border; solutions for the end of the conflict in the Gulf; footage from the mini-summit in Alexandria, Egypt; interview with King Hussein of Jordan; foreign troops arriving in Saudi Arabia; Correspondent Robert Halls’ report from the summit in Cairo, Egypt; interview with Egyptians about the Arab-Western relation; and pro-Iraqi supporters in Yemen. Clip 7: ABC News report presented by Carole Simpson. Includes news about the Americans that were stuck at the Iraq-Jordan border; an interview with John Owens, U.S. Embassy Spokesman; John Donvan’s report from Amman, Jordan, about Saddam Hussein’s supporters across the Arab world; interview with Penelope Nabokov’s father; information about the arrival of troops in Saudi Arabia as a result of the Arab Summit in Cairo; ABC News correspondent Barry Dunsmore’s report on the Arab leaders and their views on the Iraq-Kuwait situation; President Bush’s position on Saddam Hussein and his response to the crisis in the Middle East; Ann Compton’s news report from Kennebunkport, Maine; deployment of troops, U.S. Infantry division, in Saudi Arabia; the Israeli situation and their response to the crisis in a report by Dean Reynolds from Tel Aviv, Israel; the Soviet response to the crisis presented by Jim Laurie in a report from Moscow; and the situation of Penelope Nabokov. Clip 8: News anchor David French presents the CNN evening news.