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First the Critics Choice Award, then the Golden Globe, then the SAG Award, then the Director’s Guild Award, and now an Oscar for Best Picture!!  You have to believe that Ben Affleck, the CIA, and Canada are all basking in the glory right now.

Since the events in the award-winning movie are based on a very real historical event, artifacts are beginning to surface.  And now some of those declassified materials used by the CIA in its elaborate rescue operation are on display at an in exhibit in New York’s Discovery Times Square.

If you’re unfamiliar with the events that took place in 1979 Iran, then here’s a quick rundown:  A rescue mission was coordinated by members of the CIA, Canadian government, and Hollywood to retrieve six U.S. embassy employees from Iran who had gone into hiding after militant mobs raided the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution.  Using a science-fiction film as cover, which of course was a fake, the CIA and Hollywood created a production studio to serve as a front while the spies extracted the Americans, who were hiding in the home of the Canadian ambassador.

The pieces on display range from historical concept art by comic book artist Jack Kirby to actual business cards and stationary from the fake production studio!

Check out some of the never before seen items…