Chapter 1 | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Season 21 Episode 1

American Experience

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Operation Ajax

The secret U.S. and U.K. plan to put the Shah in control of Iran in 1953.

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Trailer | Taken Hostage

The Iran hostage crisis through the stories of those whose ordeal riveted the world.

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Title Sequence

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1:07
Jimmy Carter

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0:58
The Shah

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last shah of Iran.

1:00
Barry Rosen

Barry Rosen was the press attaché at the U.S. embassy during the Iran hostage crisis.

0:46
Hilary Brown

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0:48
Snapshot: America in the 1970s

A snapshot of each year from 1970 to 1979.

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