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Hostages

I was traveling, and I read they attack American Embassyand took diplomats as hostage

Hostages • S01E02 • 2022
I was traveling, and I read they attack American Embassy
and took diplomats as hostage

Full Transcript

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I was traveling, and I read
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they attack American Embassy and took diplomats as hostage.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:31
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E03 For months before the Embassy takeover - Hostages 00:11
For months before the Embassy takeover
S01 • E02 And I just screamed. - Hostages 00:05
And I just screamed.
S01 • E01 If I can just sum this up in one rather general question, sir - Hostages 00:06
If I can just sum this up in one rather general question, si...
S01 • E04 This was the end game - Hostages 00:07
This was the end game
S01 • E02 I was afraid they'd kill the diplomats - Hostages 00:07
I was afraid they'd kill the diplomats
S01 • E04 We got dinner that was more often than not - Hostages 00:09
We got dinner that was more often than not
S01 • E02 My country took my husband hostage. - Hostages 00:06
My country took my husband hostage.
S01 • E04 But the SpaghettiOs also came - Hostages 00:08
But the SpaghettiOs also came
S01 • E01 Inflation - Hostages 00:09
Inflation
S01 • E03 In 1979, David Rockefeller, the head of Chase Manhattan Bank - Hostages 00:19
In 1979, David Rockefeller, the head of Chase Manhattan Bank
S01 • E02 In Tehran tonight, the student activists - Hostages 00:15
In Tehran tonight, the student activists
S01 • E04 Because you don't want us to get sick between now and January 20th. - Hostages 00:08
Because you don't want us to get sick between now and J...
S01 • E01 Do you believe that by next July - Hostages 00:09
Do you believe that by next July
S01 • E04 I start to think things might be ending - Hostages 00:14
I start to think things might be ending
S01 • E02 Bill Royer and I were taken to the Embassy - Hostages 00:09
Bill Royer and I were taken to the Embassy
S01 • E01 I was working for Nelson Rockefeller, the four-term Governor of New York - Hostages 00:06
I was working for Nelson Rockefeller, the four-term Governor...
S01 • E03 Our behavior in turning our back on an old ally. - Hostages 00:05
Our behavior in turning our back on an old ally.
S01 • E04 We're talking really lovely, like, French furniture, gilt mirrors. - Hostages 00:07
We're talking really lovely, like, French furniture, gi...
S01 • E01 I was in Nelson Rockefeller's office - Hostages 00:07
I was in Nelson Rockefeller's office
S01 • E02 We were all blindfolded, and our hands were tied. - Hostages 00:05
We were all blindfolded, and our hands were tied.