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Hostages

It's a little bit like trying to thread a needle in the dark

Hostages • S01E04 • 2022
It's a little bit like trying to thread a needle in the dark

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It's a little bit like trying
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to thread a needle in the dark.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:39
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 Warren Christopher, I think, was the true hero of this - Hostages 00:10
Warren Christopher, I think, was the true hero of this
S01 • E03 There's more of this coming." - Hostages 00:06
There's more of this coming."
S01 • E04 We look forward to having good talks with the Algerians - Hostages 00:06
We look forward to having good talks with the Algerians
S01 • E03 Everybody was riveted by this story - Hostages 00:06
Everybody was riveted by this story
S01 • E04 We said, "We the US - Hostages 00:14
We said, "We the US
S01 • E03 There's been a serious drop in public support - Hostages 00:42
There's been a serious drop in public support
S01 • E01 I was working on Soviet intentions for CIA - Hostages 00:06
I was working on Soviet intentions for CIA
S01 • E01 What will be the domestic and international effect - Hostages 00:05
What will be the domestic and international effect
S01 • E02 The student went on to say that he didn't know what would happen - Hostages 00:13
The student went on to say that he didn't know what wou...
S01 • E01 I fully expect the Shah to maintain power in Iran - Hostages 00:07
I fully expect the Shah to maintain power in Iran
S01 • E04 Warren Christopher and his men worked - Hostages 00:07
Warren Christopher and his men worked
S01 • E04 Iran had a tremendous amount of money frozen in American banks. - Hostages 00:07
Iran had a tremendous amount of money frozen in American ban...
S01 • E04 Under no circumstances was there any money going to them - Hostages 00:10
Under no circumstances was there any money going to them
S01 • E01 What can go wrong?" - Hostages 00:15
What can go wrong?"
S01 • E04 The big problem? Lawsuits. More than 270 of them. - Hostages 00:06
The big problem? Lawsuits. More than 270 of them.
S01 • E02 I was doing the stories on them - Hostages 00:09
I was doing the stories on them
S01 • E03 And it was intensifying the pressure on Carter. - Hostages 00:06
And it was intensifying the pressure on Carter.
S01 • E01 We want freedom and I want Jimmy Carter knows - Hostages 00:07
We want freedom and I want Jimmy Carter knows
S01 • E04 Under the Shah - Hostages 00:11
Under the Shah
S01 • E01 We had been trying to warn Washington - Hostages 00:06
We had been trying to warn Washington