Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Thursday, Jan 31, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 01/31/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Reid Collins / Bobbie Battista / Peter Arnett / Eugenia Halsey
  • Contributions: General Perry Smith / Edgar O'Ballance / William "Ed" Shirron
  • Interview: Don Jensen
  • Taped Segments: battle for Khafji / excerpt of interview with Yitzhak Shamir / excerpt of interview with Norman Schwarzkopf / "News from Medicine" re: chemical and biological weapons / Persian Gulf oil spills
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including , progress of the war, Jordan accuses Allies of killing non-Iraqi civilians, reporting from Iraq, Khafji liberated, ground war, Persian Gulf oil spills.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:07:57:00 am
    TVN Record Number:660499
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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