Political issues: broadcast of 14 April 2024
Saddam Hussein
0:01:35 – 0:01:54>>>Various CU’s Saddam Hussein in uniform with soldiers. Soldiers in gas masks carrying chemical bomb.
1990s Saddam Hussein Protest
New York - United Nations exterior - small demonstration - signs decry Saddam Hussein's genocide against Kurds - Iraq - politics - protest
King Hussein of Jordan arrives at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq and is greeted by Saddam Hussein.
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). Location: Baghdad Iraq. Date: 1981.
News Clip: US Iraq
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Steve Handelsman about death rates of United States troops serving in Iraq. This footage includes an unidentified man speaking about the death rates, President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and interrogation of Saddam Hussein. The story aired at 4:00 P.M.
BUSH/SADDAM
00:00:00:00 Saddam Hussein has got weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein has made -- has defied the United Nations. Saddam Hussein is providing links to terrorist. Saddam Hussein is a threat ...
Saddam Capture
Saddam Hussein is found in a hideaway and is captured by the US army. Co-production with the BBC.
Saddam Hussein's Daughters
Saddam Hussein's daughters, Raghad Saddam Hussein and Rana Saddam Hussein sit reservedly on a couch.
CONTEMPORARY STOCK FOOTAGE
NEWSFEED: 11/28-29/05 LENGTHY TRAIL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, PITT AND JOLIE ARRIVE IN JAPAN, GW BUSH TOURS EL PASO BORDER ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, judge and defendant, cu on Hussein, watches the proceedings, judge speaks, pan of defendants ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, he speaks, the judge talks to court, defendant in traditional headdress, judges arguing, crying of defendants ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, cu on defendants, Hussein and others, w/s of group of defendants, judge addresses defendants ;DX-EXT: archival footage, Hussein in action interrogating people, file footage, very red in color ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, judge addresses prisoners, judges address the head judge and court, in Arabic ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, judge addresses court and prisoners, in Arabic with English overlay, Hussein listens intently ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, victim in wheelchair, in Arabic with English translation, judge addresses the prisoners ;DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, w/s of prisoners in red celled off area, Saddam Hussein in front row, judge addresses defendants; DX-INT: SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL, cu of Hussein, and other defendants in red celled off area, judge reads charges and addresses them ; NX-INT: SKI GONDOLA RESCUE, low key Gondola on ground by the time the camera arrives on scenes, snowmobiles with headlights, rescue workers ;NX-EXT: CHINA, MINE EXPLOSION, BUGS ALL OVER FOOTAGE, DO NOT USE ;DX-EXT: CHINA, WATER STILL TOO DIRTY, W/S CITY w/dirty water and debri floating along on top, line for drinking water on street; DX-EXT: IRAQ INSURGENCE VIOLENCE, bombed out and burning cars, debris, trucks on fire, traffic goes by, burning tank, street debris ;DX-EXT: LAX LABOR DISPUTE, pickets, demonstrators, walk the picket line, police presence, Equal pay for Equal work ;NX-EXT: 2005 HOLLYWOOD XMAS PARADE, MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA AND FAMILY, Spanish horsemen, bands, floats, spectators ;DX-INT: Japan, ANGELINA JOLIE AND BRAD PITT ARRIVE, airport, crowds, Pitt w/Zahara, Jolie w/bodyguard, fans, press, screaming girls ;DX-EXT: JAPAN, sign Narita Airport Terminal, pull back ;DX-INT: IRAQ, RAMSEY CLARK ARRIVES FOR TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE; DX-EXT: GW BUSH TOURS EL PASO BORDER, motorcade to camera, lights flashing, flags on SUV presidential motorcade, along border ;
From Baghdad to Peace Country
Interior MLS of musical concert (view from audience), a band playing traditional Iraqi music with poster of Saddam Hussein on wall above them and a even larger poster of him on side of stage.
IRAQI ECONOMIC SQUEEZE
DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON IRAQ AFTER ITS INVASION OF KUWAIT.
Low angle view of the ruins of Saddam Hussein's vacation palace on the top of Gara Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan
Gara Mountain, Iraqi Kurdistan; October 26, 2021; Saddam Hussein's palace is situated on the top of one of Iraqi Kurdistan's highest mountains - Gara. For the construction of this holiday home in the 1980s, Saddam’s men razed all nearby Kurdish villages to the ground.
Entertainment Rushes Saddam Hussein auditions Rushes 54 - Saddam Hussein lookalikes audition for part in West End play Rushes 54
TAPE: R10290 IN_TIME: n/a DURATION: n/a SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No restrictions DATELINE: London, 1 May 2003 SHOTLIST: 15 mins approx 1. B-roll Saddam Hussein lookalikes 2. WS press 3. VS Saddam Hussein lookalikes posing for photographs 4. Various soundbites from Saddam Hussein lookalikes 5. B-roll Saddam Hussein lookalikes assembling inside hall with CA press 6. Pan down line of Saddam Hussein lookalikes 7. CU woman Saddam Hussein lookalike 8. WS Saddam Hussein lookalikes 9. VS Saddam Hussein lookalikes waving 10. SOTs Saddam Hussein lookalikes 11. B-roll Saddam Hussein lookalikes 12. SOT Saddam Hussein lookalike 13. SOT Raymond Gubbey, producer. Including soundbite: "I'm very pleased with so many people turning up here, it's great to see them all, whether we have found the right one I don't know. Word is going around and I was just saying that we have had calls from the middle east from people who say they look very much like him so we don't know what might turn up." 14. SOT Saddam Hussein lookalike Michael Hyatt. Including soundbite: "It makes me naturally in my daily life look a little bit like Saddam Hussein, which is not something I'm sure I really want to do. Having a miserable face helps as well." FURTHER RESTRICTIONS: USED FOR STORIES # : 373163 TAPE FORMAT: SX
Saddam Hussein; 12/99
Saddam Hussein, dressed in suit and tie, with military generals (?) in berets at conference table (from Iraqi television); CU of generals as they speak with Hussein; Iraqi flag and pan to Saddam
Saddam Hussein and chemical warfare in Samarra
Saddam atrocities in Samarra against the Kurds includes video showing French satellite views of Samarra from 1969 before Gulf War Samarra was largest of Iraqs Chem/Bio production plants. CIA refers to it as Al Muthanna says Sarin produced here. Also some historical footage included. 0:04:42 – 0:08:44>>>Crowds in Iraqi streets carry placards with Saddam's picture. Saddam in uniform walks. French satellite photos show the region of Samarra and close-ups show the buildings and development in the desert
Saddam Hussein addresses the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad
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. Location: Baghdad Iraq. Date: 1980.
News Clip: Saddam Statue in Fort Hood
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
SADDAM DAUGHTERS/ARRAF
00:00:00:00 Saddam's daughters from the interview w/Jane Arraf. (0:40)/
2000s NEWS
NEWS REELS OF SADDAM HUSSEIN WITH RIFLE, MILITARY PARADE, UNIFORMED COLOR GUARD MARCHING PAST, IN FORMATION TO ARABIC MUSIC, SADDAM WATCHES, EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF HUSSEIN IN PLAZA OR SQUARE, SADDAM WAVES
Fall of Iraq
Following airstrikes and a ground invasion, Saddam Hussein's regime falls from power within weeks. Co-production with the BBC.
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein holds a small child. Supporters surround Saddam Hussein cheering. Political dictator of Iraq.