During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
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00:00Ready camera one, cut it.
00:03Good morning, I'm Jim McKay speaking to you live from the Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
00:08Talk me through the day.
00:09Starts with volleyball, then there's boxing.
00:12Good. It's America versus Cuba.
00:13Sure you want to bring in the politics?
00:15It's not about politics, it's about emotions.
00:21And we're clear.
00:22Great job, everyone.
00:30Did you hear that?
00:31Were those gunshots?
00:37What's the situation?
00:39The police are reporting that armed terrorists have attacked the Israeli athletes.
00:43There's a hostage situation going on right now in the Olympic Village.
00:48ABC wants news to take over.
00:50Your sports, you're in way over your head.
00:53We're 100 yards away from where this is happening.
00:55We are the only people capable of following it live.
00:57This is our story.
00:59And we're keeping it.
01:00What do I tell the cameras?
01:01What do you mean?
01:02I mean, can we show someone being shot on live television?
01:06We're on.
01:07The piece of what have been called the Serene Olympics was shattered this morning.
01:11The games are still going on.
01:13Within a few hundred yards, nine terrified living human beings are being held prisoner.
01:21You need to understand how sensitive this situation is.
01:26These are just local cops doing things they have never done before.
01:33We're making broadcast history.
01:35More people have seen this than watched Armstrong land on the moon.
01:38Now police are on the roof.
01:40Oh, guys.
01:42That's a TV.
01:44Are they seeing what we're seeing?
01:47What are you talking about?
01:48Are the terrorists seeing this?
01:55Our job is to tell the story of these individuals whose lives are at stake.
01:59It's not okay.
02:00We made it worse.
02:01Cameras!
02:02It's a manhouse down here.
02:04They know the whole world is watching.
02:07If they shoot someone on live television,
02:12whose story is that?
02:14Is it ours or is it theirs?