- Title: SPECIAL REPORT: HOSTAGES HELD FOR ONE HUNDRED DAYS IN TEHERAN AMERICAN EMBASSY.
- Date: 8th February 1980
- Summary: 1. MV PULL OUT TO GV: Burning American Flag and crowd of thousands chanting anti-American slogans outside United States Embassy in Teheran. (November 1979) 0.11 2. MV: Placard reading "Down with the U.S.A" 0.13 3. MV: Demonstrators led in chants 0.19 4. GV INTERIOR: Of Embassy (TRACKING SHOT) corridor with revolutionary posters and graffitti denouncing the Shah, as students stand by, ending on graffitti reading "Down with the U.S.A." 0.37 5. GV (FILM RELEASED BY STUDENTS) Hostages, blind-folded led onto embassy courtyard by students. (3 shots) (SILENT) 1.01 6. LV: Stage with banner reading "Carter is supporting this nasty criminal under a pretext of sickness" and black male hostages seated on stage 1.05 7. GV TO SCU: Women hostages walk to stage and shake hands and then embrace men. 1.22 8. CU (MONO) Corporal William Gallegos speaking in English 1.41 9. MCU: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini standing on roof-top in Qom blessing followers 1.54 10. GV: Women in Chadon??? and other followers waving to Khomeini 1.58 11. GV: Former Shah of Iran's residence in Panama 2.02 12. CU: Shah speaking in English 2.30 13. GV: United States Embassy in Teheran with a few people outside gates and gates plastered with posters. (2 shots) 2.42 14. MV INTERIOR: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Reverend William Sloane Coffin sitting together after seeing hostages. 2.53 15. MV AND MCU: Inauguration of new President Bani Sadr, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seated and Abolhassan Bani Sadr sworn in as President (2 shots) 3.12 GALLEGOS: "I leave it up to the American people and our President to make the right decision, so that either the Shah be brought to justice or whatever decision is made...I just want the best for us here and everyone." SHAH: "We were so shocked by this question of hostages that I even volunteered to leave New York Hospital when I was under treatment to eventually help solve the problem. And this time too, in leaving the United States for this beautiful country, we hope that it will help solving this problem, so let's hope that it would be a help," The significance of the American decision not to impose economic sanctions lies, according to Reuters News Agency, in it's value as a gesture to the new President of Iran, who has made several moves since his installation which are seen in Washington as helpful to a solution. Mr. Bani Sadr accused the students of acting like a "government within a government and against Islam" after Information Minister Nasser Minachi was arrested on the strength of seized embassy documents alleging he had links with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Initials RH/ TELERECORDING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: IRAN AND PANAMA
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- Country: Iran Panama
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