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Taken hostage / written, produced, and directed by Robert Stone ; senior series producer, Susan Bellows.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 984 disc 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States.
- Mendez, Antonio J.
- Diplomats--United States--History--20th century.
- Diplomats.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- History.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : WGBH, PBS, [2022]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; stereo.
- digital
- optical stereo
- video file
- DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- The Iran hostage crisis involved 52 American diplomats, Marines, and civilians held by force at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Unfolding like a political thriller, see how hostages' personal lives were torn apart and scrutinized through publicity, correspondents risked their lives to discover the truth about Iran, and military forces attempted to rescue the victims.
- Unfolding like a political thriller, the film tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines, and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
- Credits:
- Editor, Brett Banks and Lindy Jankura; music, Gary Lionelli.
- Notes:
- Widescreen.
- Title from disc surface.
- ISBN:
- 9781531714956
- 1531714951
- OCLC:
- 1348615580
- Publisher Number:
- 841887046701
- AE62104 PBS
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