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The Resource Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history, Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio

Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history, Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio

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Summary
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics. But there's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 sound media player (approximately 9 1/2 hr.)
Note
  • Title from Playaway label
  • "HDAUDIO."
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Previously released by Blackstone Audio, Inc
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • In container (19 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm) with one set of earphones and one AAA battery
Contents
  • Welcome to the revolution
  • Picking up the pieces
  • Diplomacy
  • Nowhere to run
  • Canada to the rescue
  • Lessons from the past
  • Assembling the team
  • Cover story
  • Hollywood
  • Studio Six
  • A cosmic conflagration
  • Getting ready to launch
  • On location in Iran
  • Final preparations
  • The escape
  • Aftermath
Isbn
9781470832506
Instance
Label
Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Title
Argo
Title remainder
how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Statement of responsibility
Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics. But there's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired
Accompanying matter
technical information on music
Cataloging source
PLAYA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Mendez, Antonio J
Dewey number
955.05/42
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
E183.8.I55
LC item number
M46 2012d
Literary text for sound recordings
other
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Dylan Baker
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Baglio, Matt
  • Baker, Dylan
  • Playaway Digital Audio
  • Findaway World, LLC
  • Blackstone Audio, Inc
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Iran
  • Mendez, Antonio J
  • Diplomats
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history, Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from Playaway label
  • "HDAUDIO."
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Previously released by Blackstone Audio, Inc
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • In container (19 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm) with one set of earphones and one AAA battery
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
other
Carrier category code
  • cz
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Welcome to the revolution -- Picking up the pieces -- Diplomacy -- Nowhere to run -- Canada to the rescue -- Lessons from the past -- Assembling the team -- Cover story -- Hollywood -- Studio Six -- A cosmic conflagration -- Getting ready to launch -- On location in Iran -- Final preparations -- The escape -- Aftermath
Control code
1417185
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 sound media player (approximately 9 1/2 hr.)
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781470832506
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
18152
Quality assurance targets
absent
Reformatting quality
unknown
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) u218829
  • (Sirsi) 1417185
  • (OCoLC)816978455
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history, Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio
Publication
Note
  • Title from Playaway label
  • "HDAUDIO."
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Previously released by Blackstone Audio, Inc
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • In container (19 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm) with one set of earphones and one AAA battery
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
other
Carrier category code
  • cz
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Welcome to the revolution -- Picking up the pieces -- Diplomacy -- Nowhere to run -- Canada to the rescue -- Lessons from the past -- Assembling the team -- Cover story -- Hollywood -- Studio Six -- A cosmic conflagration -- Getting ready to launch -- On location in Iran -- Final preparations -- The escape -- Aftermath
Control code
1417185
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 sound media player (approximately 9 1/2 hr.)
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781470832506
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
18152
Quality assurance targets
absent
Reformatting quality
unknown
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) u218829
  • (Sirsi) 1417185
  • (OCoLC)816978455
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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