Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Apr 25, 1980

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Title: Iran: Day 174: Failure and Tragedy Abstract: Live NBC news program covering the recent failed rescue attempt of US hostages in Iran, hosted by Frank Reynolds. With reports and analysis from Bob Dyk, John McWethy, Charles Gibson, Al Dale, Bill Greenwood, Ted Koppel, James Walker, Barbara Walters, Peter Jennings, Barrie Dunsmore, Brit Hume, Lynn Sherr, and Sander Vanocur. Live footage of interviews with George and Sally Lu Holmes, Lord Chalfont (Alun Jones), Dr. Ray Cline, and Mansour Farhang (Iranian Ambassador to UN). Taped footage of interviews with Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Barbara Timm, Shimon Peres, Lord Carrington (Peter Carington), Andrei Gromyko, and Peter Towe. Taped footage of statements from Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, President Anwar Sadat, Represntatives Henry Reuss, Robert Bauman, and Edward Derwinski, and Senators Frank Church, Henry Jackson, John Glenn, and Robert Packwood. Begin Time: 09:00:00 pm End Time: 09:58:40 pm TVN Record Number: 862202 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1980-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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