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1979.

On November 4th, 1979, the year's main event unfolded as Islamic student militants overran the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran and held 52 of embassy's staff hostage for a terrifying 444 days. It was the beginning of a crisis that lasted through to the end of President Jimmy Carter's...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, [between 1999 and 2009?]
Series:World history in video.
Subjects:
Carter, Jimmy, > 1924-
United States. > Embassy (Iran)
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
Iran > History > Revolution, 1979.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Affaire des otages américains en Iran, 1979-1981.
Iran > Histoire > 1979 (Révolution)
Diplomatic relations.
Iran.
United States.
1979-1981
Documentary.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Alexander Street Video.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:On November 4th, 1979, the year's main event unfolded as Islamic student militants overran the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran and held 52 of embassy's staff hostage for a terrifying 444 days. It was the beginning of a crisis that lasted through to the end of President Jimmy Carter's term in office.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 min.).