Hostage...An Endless Terror

Duration: 42

Year Published: 1978

Creator: American Broadcasting Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Studies the nature of terrorism by retracing, through interviews with both terrorists and hostages, six incidents in which hostages were seized. Examines the origination of using hostages in terrorist incidents and discusses the psychological impact of the event on those captured. Includes actual footage from the taking of the hostages at Dawson Field and Mailot School, the Entebe hijacking, the kidnapping of Hans Schleyer in West Germany, the Croatian hijacking of a New York jet, and the Holland train hijacking. Narrated by Peter Jennings.

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