Marianne GebhardtNo... Innocent people died in Germany again. We failed. Germany failed.
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Marvin Bader[watching the German press secretary speaking with Jim McKay in the studio]As far as we can see?... What is that? As we hoped?... That doesn't sound right.
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Marvin BaderBlack September, they know the whole world is watching. If- I'm saying if- they kill a hostage on live television, whose story is it? Is it ours, or is it theirs?
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Roone ArledgeI know it might not feel like it, but you did a great job today.
Reporter in Olympic VillageAnd what is it you play?
Gary SlaughterWeightlifting. Uh, I gotta go.
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Roone ArledgeOkay, look, I know this isn't a responsibility that everyone wants. But does it make more sense to have a talking head from News take over from halfway across the fucking world? Our job is to tell the stories of these individuals, whose lives are at stake, 100 yards away. And our job is really straightforward. We put the camera in the right place, and we follow the story as it unfolds in real time. News can tell us what it all meant after it's over, and I'm sure they're gonna try. But this is our story. And we're keeping it.
Hermann Jäger[in German, to Marianne]Tell the Frenchman I still remember exactly what gunshots sound like.
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Peter Jennings[over the phone]Whatever conception you have of Arabia or Arabs, you need to understand how sensitive this situation is. This is no longer the Olympics.
Marvin BaderThank you, Peter, for, uh, clarifying. It does bring up a good question. What should we call them on the air?
Peter JenningsIn News, we would refer to them as commando guerrillas.
Roone ArledgeCommando? That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something.
Geoffrey MasonWhat was it they called them in German radio?
Peter JenningsThat's a charged term. Terrorism is the organized and systematic use of violence against civilians to affect a political goal.
Marvin BaderIsn't that pretty much what's happening here?
Peter JenningsNobody knows yet what is happening here. So we have to be very careful about everything we say on air.
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Geoffrey Mason[reviewing film footage on a monitor, sees a masked captor peering over a balcony]That's our opener.
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Marvin Bader[about the terrorists having access to the ABC coverage]Then they should have cut the electricity to the apartment! It's not up to us to double-check on them.
Geoffrey MasonThat... Marv, it's not okay if we made it worse. You know that.
Marvin BaderWe don't even know why they called it off. The Germans seem generally pretty overwhelmed.
Marianne GebhardtThey are. I'm listening to the police radio; it's local cops doing things they have never done before. The German Army gave them sniper rifles and had to instruct them on how to use them.
Geoffrey MasonWhy doesn't the German Army just do it itself?
Marianne GebhardtThey're not allowed to operate here. German Constitution.
Marvin BaderSo I... I don't know about the Israelis, but David Berger's folks are in Ohio, so I'm pretty sure they'll watch.
Roone ArledgeWell, someone should tell them not to watch it. But we have a bigger responsibility here.
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Marianne Gebhardt[translating interview on the radio]Someone's asking the chief of police if he thinks it was a mistake that the Olympic Village had no armed police.
Marvin BaderSo, you prep that tease, while I contemplate the demise of my fellow Jews.
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Marvin BaderSo you want to ask a Jew about the Holocaust - on live television?
Roone ArledgeYeah! Ask him what it's like to win a Gold in Hitler's backyard.
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Marianne GebhardtInnocent people died. In Germany. Again. And we failed.Germany failed.
Geoffrey MasonMarianne, I'm sorry I sent you out there. I can only imagine the things you saw.
Marianne GebhardtI saw nothing. I was there with hundreds of people. We stared into the night. We were waiting for something to happen, because we wanted to take a picture of it.
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Roone ArledgeDid you check out Jennings' Dachau piece?
Roone Arledge[on the phone] We're not giving this story to News. Because, we're in Munich. We're 100 yards away from where it's happening. We're not giving it to anyone. Yeah, Sports is keeping this. That's it.
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Peter JenningsNo offense guys, but - you're Sports. You're in way over your head. News should take over.
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Marianne Gebhardt[on the walkie talkie] Seems like the police will seal the Village. Reporters here are rushing to get in now.
Geoffrey MasonTower cam, I want you to start with an establishing pan over the spectators. And then push in. I want a - gut-punch close-up of that terrorist.
Marvin BaderUh, Geoff, can you turn it down a notch? It's not track and field.They threatened to kill people.
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Roone ArledgeI'll handle CBS and the satellite.You make sure we have something to feed the bird.