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Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Sunday, Feb 24, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- NBC -- 02/24/1991 -- Sunday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Tom Brokaw / Brian Ross / Michele Gillen / Noah Nelson
  • Taped Segments: investigation of the role of the Wayne (New Jersey) Rexon Technology Corp. in supplying artillery shell fuses to Iraq's weapons smuggling network / US concern about and unpreparedness for the use of chemical and biological weapons by Iraq / the use of misleading and sometimes deceptive hard sell tactics by US military recruiters / scenes from the ground war
  • Coverage on "Expose'" re: Persian Gulf war-related issues, including updates on the ground war and quotes from tonight's Baghdad radio broadcast by Saddam Hussein. (Note: the 7:25-7:53 portion of the broadcast was devoted to other topics.)

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 pm
    End Time:07:57:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:661042
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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