League of Nations representatives in Mosul, Iraq. A market place in Mosul. Several civilians moving about in front of buildings on a street. People crossing a river on a boat. A jeep on the boat. People at a harbor. The jeep moving on the harbor among people. A cluster of houses on a hill side. The representatives of the League of Nations, on their visit to settle a dispute between Iraq and Turkey, in front of a building. The houses on the hill side. A market place. Several civilians walking in the market. Boats moving in the river.
Iraqi military units in Mosul, Iraq. Cavalry troops moving in a formation. Officers leading the cavalry units salute. Soldiers holding guns marching in formation. Cavalry maneuvers during a review by the representatives of the League of Nations on a visit to settle a dispute between Iraq and Turkey.
King Hussein of Jordan descending stairs from his Royal Jordanian Airline jet passenger aircraft at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. He greets and kisses Iraq President Saddam Hussein who is waiting on the tarmac. King Hussein and Saddam Hussein review Iraqi Republican Guard troops and are greeted by other Iraqi officials, including Tariq Aziz, before entering a waiting Cadillac limousine and driving off. (Iran-Iraq war period).
A radio transmission tower and a statue in Baghdad, Iraq. A radio transmission tower outside Baghdad. A transmission headquarters building. A vehicle moves away from the building. Equestrian statue of King Faisal I of Iraq, in King Faisal Square, at the end of Haifa street, Baghdad, Iraq
Saddam Hussain addresses the Iraqi National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Watani), consisting exclusively of Saddam Hussein’s own fellow Baath party members, as the military president of Iraq. From his speech, Saddam Hussein highlights the importance of the National Assembly’s decision-making for the good of Iraq, the pride of being a democratic country with “democracy as a pillar of Iraq” and how they can face the local, national and regional issues long related to their country’s history.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Tanks and planes take off during early hours of 17th January 1991 to attack Iraq and Operation Desert Storm gets underway. Newspaper headline reads, "WAR! Forces Launch Attack on Iraq" President George H W Bush in his address explains the need and importance of military action against Iraq. United States Coast Guards on board a patrol boat underway at sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Men send messages on wireless. A man at a gun on board a boat. BM2 Joe Gosh and PS1 Jim Cudney state the preparedness for the war.