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The Iranian monarch visits New York
with his beautiful Empress. He rides up Broadway
through cheers and ticker tape. You know, with a peacock throne
and like the royal family in Britain that's the kind
of way he was treated
with his beautiful Empress. He rides up Broadway
through cheers and ticker tape. You know, with a peacock throne
and like the royal family in Britain that's the kind
of way he was treated
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The Iranian monarch visits New York
with his beautiful Empress.
00:00:03.176 --> 00:00:04.086
He rides up Broadway
through cheers and ticker tape.
00:00:06.751 --> 00:00:08.435
You know, with a peacock throne
and like the royal family in Britain
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that's the kind
of way he was treated.
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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...