On Wings of Eagles Films, 1986

Contents List

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Episode 1
Scope and Content Note: EDS executives Bill Gaylord and Paul Chiapparone are arrested and held for $13 million ransom in an Iranian prison. Meanwhile, EDS company head H. Ross Perot assembles a rescue team comprised of EDS employees and headed by retired Army Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simmons. Reel contains opening credits.
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Episode 2
Scope and Content Note: The team arrives in Iran and enlists the help of an Iranian EDS trainee named Rashid. Perot flies into Iran to see if he can help from there only to turn back. The Colonel and the team attempt to take Bill and Paul out by force only to find that they've been moved to another prison.
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Episode 3
Scope and Content Note: After misinformation about the prison thwarts initial attempts to free Bill and Paul, Rashid instigates a mob uprising to break into the jail, freeing Bill and Paul.
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Episode 4
Scope and Content Note: With Bill and Paul free, the team decides to flee Iran via Turkey. The rest of EDS' employees and their families safely evacuate Iran and fly back to the U.S. Rashid is taken hostage by Iranian extremists but escapes and rejoins the team. Reel contains opening credits.
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Episode 5
Scope and Content Note: Only a couple of hours from the Turkish border, the team hits a roadblock and is taken hostage by a local tribe only to be set free and taken hostage by another. After escaping, the team reaches the border. Safely back in the U.S. the team is welcomed home by their families. Reel contains closing credits.