On November 14, Congressman Leo Ryan journeyed to Guyana, South America on a fact finding mission to investigate reports that Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, was holding Americans...

00:00 Leo Ryan and relatives meet at Georgetown airport10:00 group board plane to Port Kaituma18:40 aerial shota of Jonestown20:54 group arrives at Port Kait...

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

NBC News archive footage of Jonestown

Apr 9, 2007 · In 1978 over 900 people led by Rev. Jim Jones died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history, at Jonestown, Guyana. The story is told by survivors, Temple defectors, relatives, and...

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

The documentary reveals new footage of the incidents surrounding the Peoples Temple and its leader Jim Jones who led over 900 members of his religious group to a settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where he orchestrated a mass suicide with poisoned Flavor Aid, in …

Jul 25, 2013 · During the last-ever filmed interview with Jim Jones, there is a bit of footage taken from behind Jones and focusing on Harris. In television-speak, this angle is known as “noddies.”

This powerful series tells the story of cult leader Jim Jones, and how 908 of his followers died in Jonestown, Guyana. Remarkably, the events leading up to the massacre were captured on film, allowing a rare insight into the days and final hours leading up to November 18, 1978.

Aug 14, 2023 · On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of Guyana. Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced punch while others were forced to do so at gunpoint.