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Hostages

I didn't thinkThe Post would ever send me 'cause I had just startedat The Post. I don't...

Hostages • S01E01 • 2022
I didn't think
The Post would ever send me 'cause I had just started
at The Post. I don't think I'd ever been
on a foreign assignment

Full Transcript

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I didn't think The Post would ever send me
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'cause I had just started at The Post.
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I don't think I'd ever been on a foreign assignment.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:59
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...
S01 • E04 A day or so later, they told us Iraq had invaded Iran. - Hostages 00:06
A day or so later, they told us Iraq had invaded Iran.
S01 • E01 But Barbara Walters - Hostages 00:06
But Barbara Walters
S01 • E02 Call the main compound, told them we were cut off - Hostages 00:06
Call the main compound, told them we were cut off
S01 • E01 It's gonna be the biggest story." - Hostages 00:08
It's gonna be the biggest story."
S01 • E04 For all practical purposes, though they haven't declared it - Hostages 00:07
For all practical purposes, though they haven't declare...
S01 • E02 When they finally kicked our door - Hostages 00:06
When they finally kicked our door
S01 • E01 Every king, and emperor, and president, and whoever it was - Hostages 00:08
Every king, and emperor, and president, and whoever it was
S01 • E02 In our cameras - Hostages 00:10
In our cameras
S01 • E04 Part of the Iraq-Iranian border area is a barren desert - Hostages 00:11
Part of the Iraq-Iranian border area is a barren desert
S01 • E03 Carter also tried to pressure the Iranians - Hostages 00:08
Carter also tried to pressure the Iranians
S01 • E02 As we're being taken onto the compound - Hostages 00:09
As we're being taken onto the compound
S01 • E01 They brought false eyelashes - Hostages 00:06
They brought false eyelashes
S01 • E03 The freeze covered everything that was controlled by the government - Hostages 00:07
The freeze covered everything that was controlled by the gov...
S01 • E02 Marg bar Amrika! - Hostages 00:11
Marg bar Amrika!
S01 • E01 Because of the party in Persepolis - Hostages 00:05
Because of the party in Persepolis
S01 • E03 Oil companies who owed huge amounts of money to Iran couldn't pay it. - Hostages 00:07
Oil companies who owed huge amounts of money to Iran couldn&...
S01 • E01 I think it cost about $100 million at the time - Hostages 00:05
I think it cost about $100 million at the time
S01 • E03 Anybody who was about to ship them goods - Hostages 00:06
Anybody who was about to ship them goods
S01 • E02 And they chanted over and over something ending in "marg bar." - Hostages 00:08
And they chanted over and over something ending in "mar...
S01 • E01 There were so many people outraged - Hostages 00:05
There were so many people outraged