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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, obviously,if you were running an intelligence agency itwould be perfectly...

You know, obviously,
if you were running an intelligence agency it
would be perfectly reasonable for them to suppress
that information

Full Transcript

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You know, obviously, if you were running
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an intelligence agency it would be perfectly reasonable
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for them to suppress that information.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:18
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.
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]
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