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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

There was a long running drama which had the capacity to change every dayunpredictably, so...

There was a long running drama which had the capacity to change every day
unpredictably, so it had a beautiful,
dramatic structure

Full Transcript

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There was a long running drama
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which had the capacity
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to change every day unpredictably,
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so it had a beautiful, dramatic structure.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:50
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.
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."
- 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,