Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Feb 27, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/27/1991 -- Wednesday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Reid Collins / Bobbie Battista / Christiane Amanpour / Mike Chinoy / Marc Levenson / Charles Jaco / Brian Jenkins / Stuart Varney /V alerie Voss / Dan Rutz
  • Interviews: Volker Ruehe; James Zogby
  • Taped Segment: Iraqi POWs / excerpt of interview with Kuwaiti citizen / US artillery forces / excerpt of statement by John Major / Iraq and Saddam Hussein after the war / "Science and Technology Today" re: missile maintenance / excerpt of interview with Kuwaiti citizens / Iraqi soldiers surrendering / "News From Medicine" re: soldiers' psychological burdens of war / the Persian Gulf after the war
  • Coverage re: Iraqi POWs, Kuwait City liberated, Christiane Amanpour reporting from Iraq, economic sanctions against Iraq and Saddam Hussein, Brian Jenkins reporting from Kuwait City, increase in oil prices, German reaction to the ground war and its implications, weather in the Persian Gulf

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:07:59:00 am
    TVN Record Number:661140
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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