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And so I went there in a taxi with Joe Alex Morrisof The Los Angeles Times. The armory at...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
And so I went there in a taxi with Joe Alex Morris
of The Los Angeles Times. The armory at the airbase
was opened up

Full Transcript

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And so I went there in a taxi
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with Joe Alex Morris of The Los Angeles Times.
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The armory at the airbase was opened up.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:08
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 44...
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