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Outside the United States Embassy in Tehran
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Outside the United StatesEmbassy in Tehran, this morning the crowds,once again, took up...

Outside the United States
Embassy in Tehran, this morning the crowds,
once again, took up their daily chanting
and sign waving, especially for
the television cameras

Full Transcript

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Outside the United States Embassy in Tehran,
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this morning the crowds, once again,
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took up their daily chanting and sign waving,
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especially for the television cameras.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:46
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.
[chanting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
[chanting]
America Held Hostage aired first for fifteen minutes, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
America Held Hostage aired first for fifteen minutes,
It'’s actually a kind of successful show - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
It'’s actually a kind of successful show
Nightline was actually a very transformative program - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Nightline was actually a very transformative program
The idea of a new show at 11:30 at night, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
The idea of a new show at 11:30 at night,
And then, something kind of amazing happens. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
And then, something kind of amazing happens.
Good evening, some of the rhetoric coming out - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Good evening, some of the rhetoric coming out
There was a long running drama - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
There was a long running drama
It had lots of unpredictable characters, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It had lots of unpredictable characters,
There has been a startling new development - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
There has been a startling new development
That U.S. attempt to launch a military rescue - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
That U.S. attempt to launch a military rescue
And it had this kind of agonizing pathos - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And it had this kind of agonizing pathos
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."