Title:GULF WAR DIARY OF OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST JOHN KEANE, 4 FEBRUARY - 8 MARCH 1991 (TAPE 3) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6575
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Summary: Amateur video shot as an artistic notebook by John Keane during his escorted stay in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
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Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:MGH 6575
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
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Production Date:1991
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Keane, John1954-09-12Keane was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum in the summer of 1990. In February 1991 he arrived in Saudi Arabia, just prior to the Coalition Forces' 'Desert Storm' offensive designed to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. Keane spent his first weeks with British troops training in the desert, followed by a short stay on a Royal Naval vessel patrolling the Persian Gulf. After the swift Coalition victory he spent five days in the liberated and massively despoiled Kuwait City. During this time he witnessed the cataclysmic burning of the oil wells and the appalling destruction on the Basra Road. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Keane, John (person)
Hussein, Saddam (person)
Keywords: Kuwait (geography)
Iraq (geography)
Saudi Arabia (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: HI-8
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1