Desert Storm: The War Begins

Jun 15, 1991

1h 15m

★ 0.0

Overview

An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

CNN

Desert Storm: The War Begins Trailers

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Cast

Self

Bernard Shaw

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Bush

Self (archive footage)

Dick Chaney

Self (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bob Dole

Self (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self (archive footage)

James Baker III

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Willy Brandt

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