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Marianne Gebhardt [translating] He's saying that the Games are an opportunity to welcome the world to a new Germany, to move on from the past.
Marvin Bader Yeah, sure.
Marianne Gebhardt I mean, it's what we all hope for. What else can we do but move on, try to be better?
Marvin Bader [stops the video] Are your parents still around?
Marvin Bader Let me guess- they didn't know either, right?
Marianne Gebhardt [pause] Well, I'm not them.
Marvin Bader No. No, you're not. I'm sorry.
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Hank Hanson Can you get us a cup of coffee?
[Marianne pauses, humors the request]
Carter Jeffrey [picking up a German transmission] Great. You just sent away the one person who can translate this.
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Geoffrey Mason Are you alright?
Marianne Gebhardt No... 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 Bader Black 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 Arledge I know it might not feel like it, but you did a great job today.
Geoffrey Mason It was a catastrophe.
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Geoffrey Mason We never said it was a fact. We used, "As we are hearing".
Marvin Bader That's a fucking technicality, Geoff.
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Reporter in Olympic Village And what is it you play?
Gary Slaughter Weightlifting. Uh, I gotta go.
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Roone Arledge Okay, 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.
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Hank Hanson Fucking Arabs.
Jacques Lesgards Hey, watch it. My mother is Algerian.
Hank Hanson I'm not talking about your mother.
Jacques Lesgards Just the bad Arabs?
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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 Bader Thank you, Peter, for, uh, clarifying. It does bring up a good question. What should we call them on the air?
Peter Jennings In News, we would refer to them as commando guerrillas.
Roone Arledge Commando? That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something.
Geoffrey Mason What was it they called them in German radio?
Marianne Gebhardt "Terrorists."
Roone Arledge What was that?
Marianne Gebhardt They used "terrorists."
Roone Arledge Okay. Let's... let's go with that.
Peter Jennings That's a charged term. Terrorism is the organized and systematic use of violence against civilians to affect a political goal.
Marvin Bader Isn't that pretty much what's happening here?
Peter Jennings Nobody 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 Mason That... Marv, it's not okay if we made it worse. You know that.
Marvin Bader We don't even know why they called it off. The Germans seem generally pretty overwhelmed.
Marianne Gebhardt They 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 Mason Why doesn't the German Army just do it itself?
Marianne Gebhardt They're not allowed to operate here. German Constitution.
Geoffrey Mason That's ridiculous!
Marvin Bader The rumor is Israel offered to send a special unit to help them out, and that Germany refused it.
Marianne Gebhardt They are just making one mistake after another and trying to act like they've got it all under control.
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Executive at CBS [over the phone, seeking assurance ABC will wrap in time for CBS to take the satellite feed] Are you sure you'll be done by then?
Roone Arledge The Germans are gonna have this taken care of in no time.
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Marvin Bader You don't want anybody to see their kid executed on live television.
Roone Arledge Of course not, Marv...
Marvin Bader So 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 Arledge Well, 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.
Jacques Lesgards Of course it was!
Marianne Gebhardt [pause] I guess they didn't want the world to be reminded of the last time armed Germans patrolled fences.
Jacques Lesgards So, Germany's makeover is more important than people's safety?
Marvin Bader C'mon. This isn't our business.
[points at TV screens]
Marvin Bader That is our business, and in less than an hour, we go live.
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Jacques Lesgards Was that our fault?
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Marvin Bader Since when am I ABC's expert on Judaism?
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Roone Arledge He said that we had made broadcast history. Probably more people have seen this than watch Armstrong land on the moon.
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Marvin Bader If we air it, then everybody else will.
Geoffrey Mason So, what - we let CBS or NBC take the scoop?
Marvin Bader This isn't a competition. Wait for confirmation. Geoff, do you read?
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Geoffrey Mason Roone wanted me to get it out there.
Marvin Bader No, no, no. Geoff, Geoff. You! You pulled the trigger. Not Roone.
Geoffrey Mason It's on ZDF, Marvin! That's German state television.
Marvin Bader And this is ABC!
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Marvin Bader So, you prep that tease, while I contemplate the demise of my fellow Jews.
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Marvin Bader So you want to ask a Jew about the Holocaust - on live television?
Roone Arledge Yeah! Ask him what it's like to win a Gold in Hitler's backyard.
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Marianne Gebhardt Innocent people died. In Germany. Again. And we failed.Germany failed.
Geoffrey Mason Marianne, I'm sorry I sent you out there. I can only imagine the things you saw.
Marianne Gebhardt I 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 Arledge Did you check out Jennings' Dachau piece?
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Roone Arledge What happened?
Marvin Bader All of them.
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Marvin Bader Are you going on a date?
Geoffrey Mason I just got off one. Your wife says hello.
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Marianne Gebhardt Whatever happened, it happened here.
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Roone Arledge [on the phone] I said not to disturb me.
Geoffrey Mason I understand that, Roone. But, there's a hostage situation going on right now in the Olympic Village.
Roone Arledge What're you talking about?
Geoffrey Mason I'm talking about a *hostage* situation. And it gets worse. It's in the Israelis' quarters.
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Marvin Bader Sure you want to bring in the politics?
Roone Arledge Not the politics. It's about emotions.
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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 Jennings No 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.
[quickly exits]
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Geoffrey Mason Tower 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 Bader Uh, Geoff, can you turn it down a notch? It's not track and field.They threatened to kill people.
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Roone Arledge I'll handle CBS and the satellite.You make sure we have something to feed the bird.
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Geoffrey Mason What do I tell the cameras?
Marvin Bader What do you mean?
Geoffrey Mason I mean, can we show someone being shot on live television?
Roone Arledge We can't control what happens.
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Carter Jeffrey I saw some pay phones there. We'll call as soon as there's any news.
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Hank Hanson I can't believe she's the negotiator? She doesn't strike me as the hard-boiled type.
Marianne Gebhardt Well, if the terrorists underestimate her, like you do, she probably has a chance to get information.
Hank Hanson Just look! She's asking him for a cigarette.
Marianne Gebhardt No, no, no. She's earning his trust.
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Roone Arledge Back on the bird.
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