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Hostages

For the last seven weeks,this small village 20 mi to the south of Paris has become the...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
For the last seven weeks,
this small village 20 mi to the south of Paris has become the center of resistance
to the Shah of Iran

Full Transcript

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For the last seven weeks, this small village
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20 mi to the south of Paris
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has become the center of resistance to the Shah of Iran.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:12
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

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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There were street vendors selling snacks
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So Carter, out of a humanitarian motive
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It is the temporary residence of the man
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One of my favorite chants was, you know
S01 • E04 Exit polling at voting places suggests men like Reagan more - Hostages 00:10
Exit polling at voting places suggests men like Reagan more
S01 • E01 He is Ayatollah Khomeini - Hostages 00:05
He is Ayatollah Khomeini
S01 • E02 Demonstrators marched outside the hospital - Hostages 00:12
Demonstrators marched outside the hospital
S01 • E01 The first time I actually heard the name Khomeini - Hostages 00:06
The first time I actually heard the name Khomeini
S01 • E04 Our inflation rate was well into the double digits - Hostages 00:06
Our inflation rate was well into the double digits
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But I think the Iranian hostage crisis
S01 • E01 The Iranian government exiled him - Hostages 00:10
The Iranian government exiled him
S01 • E03 And it got so theatrically staged - Hostages 00:13
And it got so theatrically staged
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That only causes more problems or potential problems for us.
S01 • E02 My reaction was, "We're done. - Hostages 00:05
My reaction was, "We're done.
S01 • E01 Khomeini articulated the idea that, you know - Hostages 00:23
Khomeini articulated the idea that, you know
S01 • E04 One day, one of the guards slipped me a copy of Time Magazine - Hostages 00:09
One day, one of the guards slipped me a copy of Time Magazin...
S01 • E02 We were pretty sure that something bad was going to happen. - Hostages 00:06
We were pretty sure that something bad was going to happen.
S01 • E03 This was the first American - Hostages 00:10
This was the first American
S01 • E02 That there were going to be consequences - Hostages 00:07
That there were going to be consequences
S01 • E04 I assumed it was Soviet propaganda because I mean, you know - Hostages 00:07
I assumed it was Soviet propaganda because I mean, you know