| Description |
4 videodisc (DVD)s (ca 55 min. ea.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Takeover -- Captivity -- Rescue mission -- Endgame |
| Summary |
An adaptation of Mark Bowden's best-selling book of the same name, this four-part series is a suspenseful account of the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81, an event that gripped and ultimately changed the world. On 4 November, 1979, radical Islamist students stormed the US embassy in Tehran taking 66 hostages. They hoped to exchange the hostages for the Shah of Iran, who'd recently fled his country to the USA |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of SBS-TV broadcast April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2009. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Directed by David Keane ; Written by Aaron Bowden |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Rated: PG |
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Originally released : Wild Eyes Productions, 2006 |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Khomeini, Ruhollah
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Documentary films
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Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
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| Author |
Keane, David
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Bowden, Aaron
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Bowden, Mark, 1951-
Guests of the Ayatollah
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SBS-TV
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