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NBC NEWS is a current affairs show produced by the National Broadcasting Company in New York, USA. The show is broadcast internationally, including in New Zealand. This recording was captured off-air by Robert Chapman of Auckland University’s Politics Department and forms part of the extensive Chapman current affairs broadcast collection. The Chapman collection contains a small selection of recordings of NBC NEWS from 1991. During this period, NBC NEWS was broadcast in New Zealand at midday on TV3. The lead anchors in 1991 were Tom Brokaw and Roger Mudd. In addition to the news programme, this item also contains advertisement breaks featuring local New Zealand commercials.
This episode contains coverage of events in the Gulf: Iraq attacks Israel; footage of Us strike on Baghdad.
Israeli Ambassador to NZ comments on Iraq missile attacks on his country. Schmuel Ovnat (Israel's ambassador to NZ).
Gulf War stories: (i) Feelings for & against the war in the US; (ii) Anti-war sentiment in Australia; (iii) NZ's Islamic community prays for peace; (iv) Mother's anxiety as her son's broadcasts from Iraq are pulled off the air. (iv) Norma Elliott (mother);.
Contingencies are being examined for the evacuation of New Zealanders in the Gulf region. Don McKinnon, MP (External Relations & Trade Minister); Mike Moore, MP (Oppn leader).
Report from the NZ Air Force crews in Saudi Arabia. Warwick Bell (squadron leader).
Analysis of events. Ewan Jamieson (fmr NZ Defence Chief).
Financial market response to Gulf War news. Bryce Wilkinson (economist); Tim Snedden (stockbroker).
NZ Jewish Community reaction. Wendy Ross (NZ Jewish Council Pres.); Adam Ross (son); Mahmud Elgani (restauranteur).
New Zealanders who have worked on Gulf oil rigs are horrified at the thought of the fields under fire. John Lyons (commercial diver); Stewart Hudson (commercial diver).
NZ Red Cross medical contingent to leave for the Gulf shortly. Ken Ward (Red Cross Regional Dir.).
War in the Gulf: NBC, BBC & TV3 coverage of Persian Gulf war & reaction around the world. Correspondents report; strategists & analysts; summary of events to date. Nachman Shai (Israeli Army spokesperson); Don McKinnon, MP (Foreign Affairs Minister); Mike Moore, MP (Oppn leader).
NBC News America at War: continued coverage of latest developments, with expert commentary. Edward Peck (fmr Chief of Mission Iraq); Harry Summers (military strategist); Gary Sick (Middle East specialist); John Dancy (State Dept).
NBC News: America at War: variety of stories, updates, reports & analysis of events in Operation Desert Storm.