444 days - Iran hostage crisis

Title

444 days - Iran hostage crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Documentary; Press conference; Special

TX Date

19 Jan 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:55:19

Description

444 Days. A BBC TV documentary about the final hours of US President Jimmy Carter’s presidency, which saw the end of the Iran hostage crisis after 52 US diplomats had been held hostage for 444 days. Speakers are President Carter; an unidentified male hostage; Deputy Secretary of State, Warren Christopher; Willard Scott; an unidentified male Bank of England spokesman; Rosalynn Carter; CBS news reporter Lesley Stahl; National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski; White House Press Secretary Jody Powell; US President Elect Ronald Reagan; unidentified male Iranians (one speaking Farsi). Female reporter-narrator not identified. (Possible alternative transmission date is 19/12/82).

Contributors

Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; BBC; Warren Christopher; Zbigniew Brzezinski; Jody Powell; Willard Scott; Rosalynn Carter; Lesley Stahl

Keywords

USA; Iran; Politics; International relations; BBC; Jimmy Carter; Hostages; Presidents; Ronald Reagan; Politicians; Bank of England; Evacuation; American (cultural identity)

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