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00:27:36 10.2	OPERATION DESERT SHIELD. MONTAGE U.S. HELICOPTERS, U.S. COALITION TROOPS, PLANES, IN VARIETY OF ACTIONS AS SUPERIMPOSED INSERT OF PRESIDENT BUSH MAKING SPEECH OF U.S. SOLDIERS AFTER "DESERT STORM" SAYS, "IN A VERY REAL SENSE THIS VICTORY BELONGS TO THEM"
00:28:42 76.2	PAN GREAT DESERT DUNES, HILLS OF SAND OF BARREN DESERT OF ARABIAN PENINSULA TO NARRATOR IN DISTANCE SPEAKING, WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA TELLS COALITION FORCES CRUSHING ARMY OF IRAQ IN WINTER, 1991.
00:30:19 173.2	HUGE IRAQI TANK AND VEHICLE FORCE RIDING ON HIGHWAY INTO KUWAIT ON AUGUST 2, 1990. IRAQ INVADES KUWAIT
00:30:25 179.2	IRAQI T-72 TANK ON FLATBED PASSES
00:30:26 180.2	CONVOY OF IRAQI TANKS ON FLATBED TRUCKS
00:30:30 184.2	REAR VIEW OF IRAQI MILITARY VEHICLES ROLLING DOWN HIGHWAY
00:30:33 187.2	IRAQI TANKS IN MILITARY PARADE
00:30:41 195.2	AS IRAQI ARMY PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS, SADDAM HUSSEIN JUMPS INTO MACHINE GUN POSITION IN GROUND.
00:30:44 198.2	PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN, "THIS WILL NOT STAND, THIS AGGRESSION AGAINST KUWAIT". AUGUST 2, 1990
00:30:47 201.2	HIGH ANGLE OF MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS MEETING AT ROUND TABLE, TELL IRAQ TO LEAVE KUWAIT.
00:30:48 202.2	U.S. ARMED COAST GUARDSMEN RIDING TOWARDS IRAQI FREIGHTER AND BOARDING IT.
00:30:50 204.2	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DICK CHENEY MAKING SPEECH IN RESPONSE TO SAUDI ARABIA'S REQUEST FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE FROM U.S.
00:31:09 223.2	CU PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS TO NATION FROM HIS OFFICE, DIRECTS U.S. ARMED FORCES TO "TAKE POSITIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA". AUGUST 8, 1990
00:31:24 238.2	AERIAL TWO U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER TASK FORCES AT SEA. CARRIER FLIGHT DECK JAMMED WITH FIGHTER PLANES. F-15 FIGHTER PLANES IN AIR. POV F-15 ALONGSIDE.
00:31:35 249.2	U.S. AIRBORNE TROOPS EXIT JAWS OF HUGE CARGO PLANE IN SAUDI ARABIA. F-15 TAKES OFF FROM CARRIER. OPERATION "DESERT SHIELD" IS LAUNCHED.
00:31:47 261.2	IRAQI TROOPS MARCHING IN MILITARY PARADE.
00:31:49 263.2	HIGH ANGLE HUNDREDS OF TANKS RIDING UNDER HUGE SYMBOLIC SWORDS FORMING ARCH IN IRAQI SQUARE.
00:31:52 266.2	DEAD ARABS IN FOXHOLES ALONG WATERWAY AS FIRE RAGES ON ADJACENT SHORE.
00:31:55 269.2	HUNDREDS OF SHIRTLESS IRAQI SOLDIERS JOGGING, TOWARDS, PASSING CAMERA.
00:32:02 276.2	DOZENS OF COALITION TANKS RIDING TOWARDS SUNSET AS SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS RIDE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:32:06 280.2	CU BIZARRE VIEW F-15 PILOT IN FLIGHT WITH HELMET AND FACE VISOR DOWN FACES CAMERA, SEVERAL OTHER F-15s IN BKGD.
00:32:09 283.2	COALITION CARGO PLANE TAXIING ON RUNWAY. COALITION FIGHTER SQUADRON IN FLIGHT.
00:32:14 288.2	TANK ROLLING OFF BACK OF TRUCK RAMP. OTHERS IN BKGD
00:32:19 293.2	MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT B.JOHNSTON, CHIEF OF STAFF USCENTCOM, SITS AT DESK SPEAKS
00:32:38 312.2	ARMORED VEHICLES, SUPPLIES ON PIER, FREIGHTER IN BKGD. CARGO VESSEL BEING GUIDED OUT OF PORT BY TUG BOAT.
00:32:43 317.2	HUGE C-135 CARGO PLANE TAKING OFF. GENERAL HANSFORD T. JOHNSON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF USTRANSCON SPEAKS, "NO NATION HAS MOVED SO MUCH, SO FAR, SO FAST". TELLS OF ENORMITY OF TASK
00:33:04 338.2	MONTAGE C-135 LANDING, TROOPS MARCHING ON FIELD, TROOPS EXITING AIRLINERS. HUGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS ON AIRFIELD AWAITING MOVEMENT
00:33:31 365.2	CARAVAN OF ARMY TRUCKS ON SAUDI ARABIAN HIGHWAYS. TRANSPORT PLANES ON AIRFIELDS IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH COLORFUL BUILDINGS IN BKGD.
00:33:37 371.2	ARMY TANKS PASSING CARAVAN OF CAMELS IN DESERT. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WAR SUPPLIES OF ALL SORTS. WARSHIPS. PLANES AT SEA.
00:34:04 398.2	HIGH ANGLE BULLDOZER, DUMP TRUCK CLEARING GROUND IN DESERT FOR RUNWAY. GI USES GAS DRIVEN SCREED TO LEVEL NEWLY LAYED CEMENT RUNWAY SLABS. ABOVE VIEW TENT CITY IN DESERT. AERIAL PAN AREA OF ACTIVITY. FORKLIFT CARRYING SHEETS OF METAL FOR RUNWAY. INSIDE TENT HOSPITAL.
00:34:39 433.2	NARRATOR STANDING IN DESERT TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE TROOPS HAD TO LIVE, FIGHT, AND WIN. HE SQUATS DOWN PICKS UP HAND FULL OF SAND, LETS IT FLOW THROUGH HIS FINGERS AS HE EXPLAINS EFFECTS OF SAND ON EQUIPMENT AND TROOPS
00:35:12 466.2	WINDSTORM BLOWING AGAINST TENT, HELICOPTERS IN BKGD. GI BRACES HIMSELF AS HE STANDS NEAR SANDBAG FORTIFICATION. LARGE RENT LIFTED OFF MOORINGS BY SANDSTORM.
00:35:18 472.2	CU SOLDIER WEARING CHEMICAL WARFARE OUTFIT LOOKS LIKE MAN FROM OUTER SPACE AS HE SPEAKS ON RADIO PHONE. FOUR MEN IN RUBBER CHEMICAL PROTECTION OUTFITS, CARRY "VICTIM" ON STRETCHER.
00:35:26 480.2	CU SAUDI WOMAN WITH FACE, HEAD COVERED IN TRADITIONAL ROBES, ONLY EYES VISIBLE. SAUDI WOMEN, MEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, SHOP IN OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE. SAUDI MEN, MOSTLY WITH BEARDS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. PERSIAN RUG HANGING IN BKGD. TWO MOSLEM PRAYER TOWERS IN BKGD.
00:35:35 489.2	SEVERAL ARMED U.S. TROOPS IN DESERT UNIFORMS, STAND TOGETHER ON SAUDI STREET CORNER AS CAMEL CARAVAN PASSES IN BKGD.
00:35:36 490.2	BLACK GI SITS ON GROUND ALONGSIDE ARAB MAN WHO OFFERS HIM SMALL CUP OF BEVERAGE.
00:35:38 492.2	MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS OF FEMALE MEMBERS OFF COALITION DOING VARIOUS TASKS INCLUDING HELICOPTER PILOTS, TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT DRIVERS, OFFICE WORK, DOCTOR, MACHINE GUNNER, IN AN AREA WHERE WOMEN ARE FORBIDDEN FROM OWNING DRIVER'S LICENSE AMONG MANY OTHER TASKS.
00:36:07 521.2	GI DIGS FOXHOLE IN SAND AS OTHER STAND BY THEIR OWN. TANK TURRET TURNS AS IT SCANS DISTANT DESERT. TANK GUN PROTRUDES FROM TANK IN BUNKER COVERED BY CAMOUFLAGE NET. AERIAL VIEW OF DESERT BATTLEFIELD.
00:36:24 538.2	PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH (GEORGE H. BUSH)WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHENEY ALONGSIDE MAKES SPEECH DIRECTING INCREASE OF U.S. FORCES COMMITTED TO "DESERT SHIELD". OPERATION "DESERT SHIELD" WAS TO BECOME (DESERT STORM). NOVEMBER 8, 1990. GULF WAR
00:36:44 558.2	TANK MOVING IN SAND TOWARDS CAMERA, IS OBSCURED BY CLOUD OF DUST IT KICKS UP.
00:36:51 565.2	MONTAGE TROOPS ON MOVE AT AIRFIELDS, FIGHTER PLANES IN AIR, TRUCKS CARRYING TANKS, HUGE CONCENTRATION OF SUPPLIES AT AIRFIELDS IN SAUDI ARABIA.
00:37:13 587.2	CARRIER WITH PLANES ON FLIGHT DECK AND BATTLESHIP "WISCONSIN", AT SEA HEADING FOR PERSIAN GULF.
00:37:17 591.2	PAN GOOD VIEW UNITED NATIONS IN SESSIONS ON NOVEMBER 30, 1990. DELEGATES RAISE HANDS IN SUPPORT OF GIVING IRAQ AN ULTIMATUM TO GET OUT OF KUWAIT. SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES A. BAKER ADDRESSES U.N.
00:37:29 603.2	MONTAGE BRITISH TANKS, FRENCH HELICOPTER AND VARIETY OF TROOPS FROM 27 NATIONS ON GROUND IN SAUDI ARABIA AWAIT IRAQI RESPONSE TO ULTIMATUM.
00:37:52 626.2	VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD QUALE (DAN QUAYLE) MAKING ADDRESS ON JANUARY 12, 1991 TELLS OF CONGRESS PASSING "USE OF FORCE" AUTHORIZATION, IF NECESSARY. SECRETARY OF STATE BAKER MEETS WITH COALITION LEADERS.
00:38:21 655.2	MONTAGE VARIETY OF PLANES INCLUDING A-10 "WARTHOGS", EA-6B "PROWLERS", F-117 "STEALTH" BOMBERS ON VARIETY OF RUNWAYS, CARRIER FLIGHT DECKS. GOOD VIEW OF B-52 BOMBER LUMBERING TOWARDS CAMERA ON TAKE-OFF.
00:38:46 680.2	VIEW OF DESERT AS SEEN FROM TANK AS IT ROLLS FORWARD. MONTAGE GI, BACK TO CAMERA, PRONE ON STOMACH WITH RIFLE READY, ALONGSIDE TWO SMALL PALM TREES. GI ON FIELD PHONE, TANK MAN PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM TANK TURRET, GI AIMING RIFLE AT NIGHT.
00:39:03 697.2	GROUND CREWMAN WRITES NOT TO "SADDAM" ON BOMB UNDER FIGHTER PLANE. "HERE'S ONE FROM THE BOYS IN FRESNO".
00:39:08 702.2	TANK MEN AND INFANTRY GATHER AROUND GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF TO HEAR HIM TALK.
00:39:29 723.2	MESSAGE FROM GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF ROLLS ACROSS SCREEN, "I HAVE SEEN IN YOUR EYES A FIRE OF DETERMINATION TO GET THIS WAR JOB DONE QUICKLY. MY CONFIDENCE IN YOU IS TOTAL, OUR CAUSE IS JUST NOW YOU MUST BE THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OF "DESERT STORM".
00:39:41 735.2	"DESERT STORM" IS LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 17, 1991. MONTAGE EERIE VIEWS OF HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT, F-117 "STEALTH" FIGHTER OVER LIT UP CITY (BAGHDAD) AT NIGHT AS SEEN THROUGH NIGHT VISION LENSES.
00:40:04 758.2	EERIE VIEW OF TOMAHAWK MISSILE BEING FIRED FROM USS "WISCONSIN" AT NIGHT, AS SEEN THROUGH NIGHT VISION LENSES. SPECTACULAR VIEW SKY OVER BAGHDAD FILLED WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIREWORKS AT NIGHT. JANUARY 17, 1991. SUPERIMPOSED ON SCREEN PRESIDENT BUSH TELLS NATION OF ATTACK.
00:40:19 773.2	MONTAGE VARIETY OF FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF AT NIGHT INCLUDING VERTICAL LIFT-OFF "HARRIER" JET. SQUADRON OF ATTACK HELICOPTER FLYING LOW OVER DESERT SANDS. VARIOUS VIEWS F-15s, EA-6 "PROWLERS", A-10s TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER DECKS.
00:40:49 803.2	CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF GENERAL COLIN POWELL ADDRESS MEDIA, EXPLAINS STRATEGY.
00:41:03 817.2	GOOD ABOVE SIDE VIEW A-10 FLYING LOW OVER DESERT FIRING ITS MACHINE GUNS.
00:41:04 818.2	MONTAGE RADAR SCREENS OF VARIETY OF FIGHTER PLANES SHOW "SMART BOMBS" TAKING OUT VARIETY TARGETS IN CROSS HAIRS. PLANES PEEL OFF AFTER FIRING. MONTAGE PLANES TAKING OFF FROM CARRIERS.
00:41:40 854.2	B-52 DROPPING ITS ENORMOUS LOAD OF BOMBS
00:41:50 864.2	MONTAGE DARK SCREEN IS SUDDENLY LIT UP BY COLORFUL FLASHES OF BARRAGES FROM USS "WINSCONSIN" AND "MISSOURI" (BATTLESHIPS).
00:42:12 886.2	"AWACS" RADAR PLANE WITH PECULIAR ROUND DISK, TAKES OFF FROM CARRIER. F-117 "STEALTH" TAKING OFF AT AIRFIELD. MISSILE LAUNCHER ON SHIP LETS GO A FEW. MONTAGE MORE VIEWS OF LASER GUIDED "SMART BOMBS" TAKING OUT TARGETS IN CROSS HAIRS. POV PLANES RADAR SCREEN.
00:42:33 907.2	GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF, POINTER IN HAND, TELLS MEDIA WATCHING FILM ON SCREEN "KEEP EYE ON CROSS HAIRS", YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE LUCKIEST MAN IN IRAQ. CU SCREEN SHOWING CAR CROSSING BRIDGE MOMENTS BEFORE IT EXPLODES FROM "SMART BOMB"
00:42:48 922.2	MONTAGE ROCKET LAUNCHERS LIGHT UP NIGHT SKY AS ROCKETS 'SWOOSH' INTO THE AIR.
00:43:01 935.2	LARGE MARINE CORP HOVER CRAFT WITH TWO HUGE FAN-LIKE PROPS SKIMS ALONG WATER KICKING UP HEAVY SPRAY
00:43:49 983.2	MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS GIS IN ACTION IN DESERT, TANK DIVISION ADVANCING IN DESERT.
00:44:03 997.2	GI ON STOMACH CUTTING BARBED WIRE BARRICADE AS ANOTHER GI RUNS ACROSS FIELD, HITS THE DECK AMID CONTINUOUS SPRAY OF TRACER BULLETS, AS SEEN THROUGH NIGHT VISION LENSES.
00:44:12 1006.2	GOOD SHOTS BRIGHT FLASHES AS ROCKETS, TRAILED BY STREAM OF SMOKE, ARE FIRED CONTINUOUSLY. MORE NIGHT VISION SHOTS OF GIS RUNNING UNDER FIRE, TANKS ADVANCING FIRING THEIR GUNS AT NIGHT
00:44:33 1027.2	DAYTIME VIEW TANKS ADVANCING IN KUWAITI DESERT, FIRING GUNS. ENEMY TANK BLOWING UP.
00:44:47 1041.2	TANK IN DISTANCE BLOWING UP. HOVERING HELICOPTER FIRING. TWO GIS AIM BAZOOKAS, FIRE. TARGET BLOWS UP.
00:45:20 1074.2	MAP SHOWING COALITION STRATEGY IN KUWAIT, IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES COALITION TANKS, ARMORED VEHICLES STREAMING ACROSS DESERT. BULLDOZER CLEARS PATH FOR TANKS.
00:45:49 1103.2	SQUADRON "APACHE" ATTACK HELICOPTERS FLYING LOW OVER DESERT. "APACHE" HOVERS, FIRES LASER GUIDED MISSILE, RADAR RESULTS. EXPLODING ENEMY TANK
00:46:14 1128.2	"ABRAMS" M-1-M TANK PASSING CAMERA, OTHERS IN BKGD ADVANCING IN DESERT.
00:46:34 1148.2	AERIAL MONTAGE PAN MILES OF DESTROYED IRAQI MILITARY, CIVILIAN, VEHICLES LITTER DESERT LANDSCAPE. POV HELICOPTER.
00:47:03 1177.2	GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF, POINTER IN HAND BRIEFS MEDIA, POINTS TO MAP.
00:47:12 1186.2	RADAR SCREEN ON PLANE CATCHES IRAQI SOLDIERS, WAVING IN SURRENDER, IN CROSS HAIRS. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES IRAQI PRISONERS SURRENDERING BY THOUSANDS.
00:47:49 1223.2	MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES DESTROYED, SMOLDERING, BURNING IRAQI ARMORED VEHICLES, TANKS.
00:47:59 1233.2	ADAMS M1M TANK FACING CAMERA, SEVERAL OIL WELLS IN FLAMES IN BKGD. ZOOM AWAY SHOWING SKY CLOUDED BY BURNING OIL WELLS.
00:48:17 1251.2	PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESSES NATION FROM DESK, FEBRUARY 27, 1991. "TONIGHT THE KUWAITI FLAG ONCE AGAIN FLIES OVER A FREE AND SOVEREIGN NATION"
00:48:33 1267.2	CHILDREN, WOMEN IN ROBES, FACE COVERED, WAVE KUWAITI FLAGS. CU LITTLE BOY HOLDING PHOTO OF KUWAITI LEADER GIVES THUMBS UP TO CAMERA.
00:49:19 1313.2	MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES GIS ARRIVE HOME BY AIRLINER ARE GREETED BY LOVED ONES.
00:49:43 1337.2	GI WITH RIFLE STRAPPED ON SHOULDER BENDS TO KISS CHILD IN WHEEL CHAIR. NAVY OFFICER AFFECTIONATELY EMBRACES, KISSES WOMAN. BLACK GI IS EMBRACED, KISSED BY BLACK WOMAN.
00:49:52 1346.2	GIs IN DESERT UNIFORMS, MARCH IN TICKERTAPE PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY. TOWARDS CAMERA. ABOVE VIEW OF PARADE. CU WAVING U.S. FLAG.
00:50:12 1366.2	END