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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

While the Iraniansburned an American flag in front of the embassy,they said the takeover...

[shouting] While the Iranians
burned an American flag in front of the embassy,
they said the takeover had the express blessing
of the Ayatollah Khomeini

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[shouting]
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While the Iranians burned an American flag
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in front of the embassy, they said the takeover
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had the express blessing of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:18
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.
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,
Outside the United States Embassy in Tehran, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
Outside the United States Embassy in Tehran,
[chanting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
[chanting]