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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Imagine that,we are within half an hour - of the transition of power.- I'’d like to hear...

Imagine that,
we are within half an hour - of the transition of power.
- I'’d like to hear from Ted Koppel before the
President-elect comes out

Full Transcript

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Imagine that, we are within half an hour
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- of the transition of power. - I'’d like to hear
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from Ted Koppel before the President-elect comes out.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:03
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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.
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
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff,
She was concerned someone else would know what she was taping. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She was concerned someone else would know what she was tapin...
And she said, "I can tape what I want - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And she said, "I can tape what I want
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed
She would often ask the people, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She would often ask the people,
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand...