jungle. i could see bodies all over. when you re running, they re still shooting? i m still hearing shots. they had identified people they wanted to kill. we were on top of a powder keg. it s almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. it was something out of a horror movie. you re telling me this man said, drink this poison, and they drank it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that exposed the dangerous truth. don t you touch my kids! i m thinking, oh my god, it s true. everything we feared is true. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said, i could never put this camera down. rare pictures, powerful details from those who survived. they were shooting point blank my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden, i was hit. i thought, oh my god, this is it. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the world. the enormity of
jungle. while you are running they are still shooting? they had identified people they wanted to kill. it is almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. you are telling me this man says drink this poison and they drink it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that observed the dangerous truth. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said i can never put this camera down. rare pictures and powerful details. my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden i was hit. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the whole world. whole world. and welcome to dateline. jim jones led nearly 1,000 americans hello and jim jones led nearly 1000 americans to a remote area in south america, promising a religious paradise. what followed was more like hell on earth. the horror almost too horrible to believe. you are about to hear from some eyewitnesses who lived t
before press jim jones left town. he resurfaced thousands of miles away at a jungle compound the temple had established in guyuna . why guyuna of all places? for one reason guyuna is an english-speaking country. it is small enough and poor enough that the temple s financial resources would buy a welcome. over the next few months jones brought over 1000 of his followers. in promotional films jones betrayed his jonestown settlement as and tropical paradise. and the new settlers urged family and friends to join them there. it will be nice when you can come down and share our