Nixon By Nixon: In His Own Words /
From 1971-73, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. When the existence of the tapes was exposed during the Watergate scandal, Nixon refused to allow their release, explaining they contained "blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects" that c...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional closed captions. |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
HBO Documentary Films,
2014.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019. |
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| Summary: | From 1971-73, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. When the existence of the tapes was exposed during the Watergate scandal, Nixon refused to allow their release, explaining they contained "blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects" that could sully the presidency forever. Only certain conversations pertaining to Watergate ended up being heard at the time, but after Nixon's death in 1994, the government began releasing the tapes. In 2010, hundreds more hours of recordings were released by the Nixon Library. Based on the annotated transcripts of scholars who are studying the tapes at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, NIXON BY NIXON: IN HIS OWN WORDS chronicles Nixon's conversations about historic events including the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more. The tapes expose many of the "blunt and candid" statements made by the President about women, people of color, Jews, and - perhaps his favorite target - the media. In addition to extensive tape excerpts, the film includes original press reports and Nixon's reflections a decade after he left office. Directed by Peter Kunhardt and edited by Phillip Schopper, the team behind HBO's In Their Own Words films, NIXON BY NIXON: IN HIS OWN WORDS offers a more complete picture of the only U.S. president to resign from office. ©2019 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. HBO® and all related programs are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film. In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (70 minutes): .flv file, sound, color |
| Production Credits: | Executive producers, Peter Kunhardt, Dylan McGee, Sheila Nevins ;editor, Phillip Schopper ; music Michael Bacon ; senior researcher, Jill Cowan ; co-producers, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt |