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Into The Gulf - Desert Storm Part 5

Reel Number: 221024-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1991

Country: Iraq,Persian Gulf,Saudi Arabia,USA

Location:

TC Begins: 21:50:00

TC Ends: 21:58:04

Duration: 00:08:04

Into The Gulf - Desert Storm Part 5 Coast Guard activities during First Gulf War. VO re no casualties amongst Coast Guards. Coast Guard repair & maintenance workshop. Piling sandbags. Coast guard re doing great teamwork. Weapons repair and maintenance workshop. Administration department - woman soldier wearing guns talks to men in office. Army office workers on phone etc. Peeling potatoes. 21:52:32 Battle footage - Battleships firing guns. Tanks advance in desert. Ground troops running and in trenches 24-28Feb91. Firing big gun. 21:53:02 President Bush speech to Congress re end of Gulf war - “... as President, I can report to the nation: aggression is defeated. The war is over.“ Applause . “This victory belongs to the finest fighting force this nation has ever known in its history”. Soldier on tank. Other says he thinks the war is properly over. Combat unit crawling in Florida training ‘desert’ with guns. 303rd replacement troops arrive in Saudi Arabia. Exchange of command ceremony. Royal Highland Fusilier plays bagpipes. 21:54:53 President Bush speech re troops returning “We’re coming home now. Proud, confident, heads high”. 21:55:00 Troops return from Gulf - transport plane lands and families with flags and balloons at airport. Servicemen reunions with wives and kids - much hugging and kissing. Uncorking and drinking champagne from bottle. Iraq War. Operation Desert Storm / Desert Shield. NB Picture quality poor.

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