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And it had this kind of agonizing pathos
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And it had this kindof agonizing pathos of being taken hostage

And it had this kind
of agonizing pathos of being taken hostage

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And it had this kind of agonizing pathos
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of being taken hostage.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:22
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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Movie Summary

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
Not only were the Americans - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Not only were the Americans
The TV was part of what was taking us hostage. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The TV was part of what was taking us hostage.
We have a report, Barbara, excuse me, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
We have a report, Barbara, excuse me,
Now we can'’t go any further than that on that report, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Now we can'’t go any further than that on that report,...
It must be filed from Tehran, and, uh, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It must be filed from Tehran, and, uh,
Imagine that, we are within half an hour - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Imagine that, we are within half an hour
Ted, can you come in and give us any late information - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Ted, can you come in and give us any late information
It'’s two words, it says, "Hostages Freed." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It'’s two words, it says, "Hostages Freed."
- What do you have to say, sir? - There'’s only one thing - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
- What do you have to say, sir? - There'’s only one thi...
One of the most dramatic freedom pictures that we'’ve - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
One of the most dramatic freedom pictures that we'’ve
The Iranian hostage crisis happened in 1979 - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The Iranian hostage crisis happened in 1979
So my mother started taping - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
So my mother started taping
Then she, she really, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Then she, she really,
I recall there were times when - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I recall there were times when
Normally, there were three to five tapes recording. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Normally, there were three to five tapes recording.
People would say things, like, "Well, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
People would say things, like, "Well,
She understood that this was changing, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She understood that this was changing,
And if we came in and the tape stopped, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And if we came in and the tape stopped,
"The tape is ended, what happened?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
"The tape is ended, what happened?"
She always knew exactly - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She always knew exactly