Operation Eagle Claw fails
- Title
- Operation Eagle Claw fails
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:03:53
- Description
- Statement by US Defence Secretary Harold Brown about Operation Eagle Claw - the abortive operation on 24/04/80 by US forces in Iran to rescue hostages in Tehran.
- Contributors
- Harold Brown
- Keywords
- USA; Iran; Deaths; Government; Military affairs; Military personnel; Jimmy Carter; Hostages; Presidents; Military operations; Rescue work; Helicopters
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LBC/IRN, "Operation Eagle Claw fails". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002600458008 (Accessed 07 Jul 2025)