Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CBS Evening News for Thursday, Jan 17, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CBS -- 01/17/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Dan Rather / Mark Phillips / Tom Fenton / Connie Chung / Bob Schieffer / Linda Taira
  • Interviews: Geoffrey Kemp / Stansfield Turner / Walter Cronkite / General George Crist / Joshua Epstein
  • Taped Segments: Israeli Amb. Zalman Shoval
  • Coverage on "Showdown in the Gulf" re: the Persian Gulf war, including Second US plane lost / pictures of the attack to Baghdad / Reaction of America Jews after the attack to Israel / US missile brings down Iraqi missile, the first time a patriot missile has been used.

  • Begin Time:11:00:00 pm
    End Time:11:59:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:660000
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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