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Good evening. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Good evening.The U.S. Embassy in Tehran has been invaded and occupiedby Iranian students

Good evening.
The U.S. Embassy in Tehran has been invaded and occupied
by Iranian students

Full Transcript

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Good evening. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran
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has been invaded and occupied by Iranian students.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:02
Uploaded
Jun 11, 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.
The Americans inside have been taken prisoner - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
The Americans inside have been taken prisoner
[shouting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
[shouting]
My mother was very suspicious of the official stories - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
My mother was very suspicious of the official stories
She felt that important information was being lost - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She felt that important information was being lost
Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen
Officials will continue their search for some way - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Officials will continue their search for some way
A lot of the early reports indicated that there were, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
A lot of the early reports indicated that there were,
You know, obviously, if you were running - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
You know, obviously, if you were running
Nobody else is gonna keep this." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Nobody else is gonna keep this."
Her goal was trying to reveal a set of agendas - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Her goal was trying to reveal a set of agendas
Soviet troops have swept into Afghanistan, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Soviet troops have swept into Afghanistan,
As much as it would like to, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
As much as it would like to,
Day 59, January 1st, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Day 59, January 1st,
But this time, Khomeini'’s revolutionary guards - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
But this time, Khomeini'’s revolutionary guards
That same day, U.N. Secretary General Waldheim - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
That same day, U.N. Secretary General Waldheim
She was kind of watching - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
She was kind of watching
Kind of uniformly anti-Iran, people were calling for war. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Kind of uniformly anti-Iran, people were calling for war.
She felt that there was a lack of sympathy - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She felt that there was a lack of sympathy
One analyst says, Khomeini so strongly detests the U.S. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
One analyst says, Khomeini so strongly detests the U.S.
For its support of the Shah who was his lifetime enemy, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
For its support of the Shah who was his lifetime enemy,