Interviewees discuss the Iran Hostage Crisis.
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<p>"They took out an ad the next morning in ‘The New York Times’ or ‘The Washington Post’ saying, ‘ABC News will stay on the air with “America Held Hostage” until the hostages are released.’ Which, as it turned out, was 444 days after they were captured. By which time, that interim program that ABC News put on at 11:30 at night, it evolved into ‘ABC News Nightline.’ A permanent program." <em>- Ted Koppel, News Anchor</em></p>
Highlights
Ted Koppel on America Held Hostag e (which reported on the Iran Hostage Crisis) becoming ABC News Nightline contd.
10:46
Reza Badiyi on how the Iranian Hostage Crisis affected him and finally getting work on The Incredible Hulk
03:11
Sam Donaldson on covering the Iran Hostage Crisis
04:44
Max Schindler on covering the return of the hostages from Iran in 1981
02:04
Who Talked about This Topic
Reza Badiyi
Reza Badiyi on how the Iranian Hostage Crisis affected him and finally getting work on The Incredible Hulk
03:11
Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson on covering the Iran Hostage Crisis
04:44
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee on covering the return of the American hostages from Iran in 1981
05:30
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on America Held Hostag e (which reported on the Iran Hostage Crisis) becoming ABC News Nightline contd.
10:46
Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil on almost interviewing the Ayatollah Khomeini
04:17
Robert MacNeil on attempting to interview the Ayatollah Khomeini
02:11
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe on Meet the Press' coverage of Iran circa 1979, during the Iran Hostage Crisis
08:44
Max Schindler
Max Schindler on covering the return of the hostages from Iran in 1981
02:04
Reese Schonfeld
Reese Schonfeld on CNN's coverage of the release of the hostages at the conclusion of the Iran Hostage Crisis
01:09
Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace on his 60 Minutes interview with Ayatollah Khomeini
04:34