The Fall Of The Shah And Ayatollah Khomeini's Return From Exile

(31 Dec 1979) Iran: The fall of the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini's return from exile
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Iran - 1979
Sound: Part Commentary / Part Black and White
(Natural Sound)
Shah in full dress uniform putting on crown
Wideshot - Banquet with US President Jimmy Carter and Shah
Carter drinking toast to the Shah
CS Carter
CS Shah
CS Carter
(Commentary on Sound)
Plane landing in Teheran (at sunset)
Khomeini being helped off plane
Balloons in air (pulls out to huge crowd)
Khomeini blessing small boy and then waving to crowd
(b/w) Huge crowd greeting Khomeini in his home town of Qom
(b/w) Crowd chanting with raised fists
(b/w) CS Crowd
(b/w) Khomeini addressing crowd (pulls in to CS)
(b/w) Crowds
(b/w) CMS Ayatollah Khalkhali, Head of Teheran revolutionary court
(b/w) Ext. Hotel Inter-continental
(b/w) Muslims pouring away alcoholic drinks from bottles
(b/w) Pile of empty beer cans
(b/w) Police standing outside gate
(b/w) Int. Press conference with deputy premier Sahabi for the announcements of a new draft constitution
(b/w) CS Sahabi
(b/w) Journalists? listening to the announcement
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[@Nullius_in_verba]

0:43 "This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause"

[@yhaffejee4440]

Who is the pilot escorting Khomeini down the stairs

[@michelesanpietro3013]

Iran really fell out of the frying pan into the fire.

[@sadeq3951]

درود بر خمینی 🇮🇷✋

[@marmary5555]

We need the Shah back

[@syedmohammadkashif9727]

May be you'll get some remains of shahs skeleton in the grave of that evil. Khomeinism has captured all over the Asia.

[@user-ej1dh9nh8q]

Of course

[@harunrashid7612]

We need the Ottoman Empire back!! In Sha Allah

[@hadi7943]

And safvids

[@marmary5555]

Hi dumbass. The Ottoman's never controlled Iran

[@AliKemal7890]

@@marmary5555 So we need the Seljuk Empire back.