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Taken hostage [videorecording (DVD)].

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distributed by PBS Distribution, 2023.

DVD 955.054 T136 Doc

Mendez, Antonio J.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.

Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Alternate title:

American experience. Taken hostage [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

2 videodiscs (240 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally broadcast in 2-part episodes on the documentary television series "American experience" on PBS Nov. 14-15th, 2022.

In English with optional English (SDH) subtitles as well as an English DVS track.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

DVS = Descriptive Video Service (for people with visual disabilities).

A Robert Stone production for American Experience ; a film by Robert Stone ; written, produced, and directed by Robert Stone ; senior series producer, Susan Bellows.

Featuring Gary Sick, Barry Rosen, Barbara Rosen, Stephen Kinzer, Hilary Brown, Carole Jerome, James Q. Roberts.

"Unfolding like a political thriller, Taken Hostage 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. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been a close ally. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy. The film is told largely through the lens of the exceptional love story of former hostage Barry Rosen and his wife Barbara, who was suddenly thrust into the public eye as the crisis dragged on. Other key figures are Hilary Brown and Carole Jerome, two pioneering female foreign correspondents who risked their lives to uncover the truth of what was happening in Iran; Gary Sick, a senior member of President Carter's national security team and longtime Iran expert; and Colonel James Q. Roberts, a member of the top-secret American commando unit, who recounts details of the failed attempt to rescue the hostages in a daring Special Forces operation. Taken Hostage uses their candid, personal testimonies to tell the story of these dramatic, history-making events."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Films for people with visual disabilities.

Described video.

Stone, Robert, 1958-

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