American Presidents: Life Portraits

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Richard M. Nixon Program Video Clip List
1	0:17	5:04	John Taylor of the Nixon Library and Birthplace, explains Nixon's childhood and family
2	5:25:	6:26	Melvin Small, author, The Presidency of Richard Nixon; speaks on his interest in Richard Nixon
3	7:02	8:27	Taylor's personal knowledge of Richard Nixon
4	8:49	9:26	What led young Richard Nixon to public service?
5	9:27	10:12	Nixon's particular attributes as a good politician
6	10:34	13:02	The first campaign as a politician
7	13:08	13:40	Nixon's most influential accomplishments
8	13:59	16:02	Nixon and Watergate
9	16:08	17:53	Invasion of Cambodia and failure to keep his promise of ending the Vietnam War Watch Clip 9
10	18:04	20:43	The last liberal president in the U.S. history in terms of domestic policies
11	21:08	22:15	Pat Nixon, the first lady
12	22:22	23:38	Has Nixon ever had a cat?
13	24:04	25:28	Nixon's decision on bombing on the Vietnam War
14	25:36	27:18	Nixon's approach to the Vietnam War Watch Clip 14
15	27:24	29:04	The silent majority speech Watch Clip 15
16	29:12	30:28	1968 social movements and changes Watch Clip 16
17	30:43	31:44	What made 1960s in the U.S. so turbulent? Watch Clip 17
18	32:01	34:00	Judgement on Nixon as president
19	34:00	35:54	The legal challenge that the Nixon Library has to retain Nixon tapes
20	35:59	37:19	Why did Richard Nixon open relations with China?
21	37:40	38:11	Yorba Linda, Nixon's birthplace, and Los Angeles
22	38:43	39:43	Nixon's political career, a chronology
23	39:51	40:38	The video clip of Nixon's commentary on Eisenhower during 1960 campaign
24	40:39	41:01	By what margin did Nixon lose the 1960 election against John F. Kennedy?
25	41:03	41:56	Why did Nixon lose the 1962 California governor's election?
26	42:03	44:47	Criminal acts and money on Watergate
27	44:53	47:45	Nixon's personality and interpersonal and communication skills
28	48:07	49:02	Was Nixon a fan of the Green Bay Packers?
29	49:19	51:30	Inside of the Nixon Library
30	52:16	53:40	The 1960 campaign
31	53:43	54:28	Friendly relationship with JFK
32	54:38	55:54	Interview with Jo Lyons, Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace docent
33	56:23	58:19	Nixon as an attorney
34	58:28	59:37	Relationship with Jimmy Carter
35	59:49	1:01:06	Nixon's vindictive character and activities in CREEP
36	1:01:07	1:03:18	Nixon tapes
37	1:03:56	1:06:30	Alger Hiss case and Nixon's involvement as a prosecutor
38	1:06:38	1:08:45	Nixon and world leaders
39	1:08:54	1:09:55	Wage and price controls during the presidency of Nixon
40	1:09:58	1:11:11	Jewish advisors and President Nixon
41	1:11:18	1:13:17	International impact of the Nixon administration
42	1:13:25	1:15:41	Artifacts from the White House years in the museum of the Nixon Library
43	1:15:45	1:17:13	Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, advisors of president Nixon
44	1:18:20	1:20:15	Nixon's funeral
45	1:20:15	1:20:59	Military service in the Navy as a Quaker
46	1:21:06	1:23:43	Supreme Court appointments by Richard Nixon
47	1:25:14	1:26:25	Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, a foreign policy advisor
48	1:26:27	1:29:03	A limousine that Nixon had during his presidency
49	1:29:26	1:33:08	Relationship with Bebe Rebozo, one of Nixon's closest friends and Gerald Ford, Vice President
50	1:33:40	1:36:05	1972 re-election; Eisenhower's choice of Nixon as Vice President
51	1:36:47	1:39:30	Video clip of an interview with Richard Nixon after the White House years about Vietnam and Watergate Watch Clip 51
52	1:39:44	1:40:58	Joan Hoff, Author, Nixon Reconsidered, explains her different (from Dr. Small) view on Nixon
53	1:41:15	1:42:26	Nixon's preparation for a national address on the possibility of the moon project failure
54	1:42:27	1:45:51	How did Nixon's policies and Watergate change the U.S. society?
55	1:46:17	1:47:57	Why did Nixon choose Agnew as vice president for the first term and consider dumping him on the 1972 campaign?
56	1:47:58	1:48:44	Spiro Agnew's scandal
57	1:48:51	1:49:57	Did Nixon consider choosing Robert Finch, Governor of California, as vice president?
58	1:50:05	1:51:18	The reason why Nixon moved to New York and New Jersey after the resignation
59	1:51:19	1:52:59	Pat Nixon's support as the First Lady
60	1:53:05	1:55:36	Creation of the "Super Secretary" idea and new cabinet positions
61	1:55:44	1:58:06	Discussion of Oliver Stone movie Nixon
62	1:58:34	2:00:14	Discussion on accuracy of Haldeman's diary
63	2:00:15	2:02:19	Nixon as a liberal president
64	2:02:19	2:04:59	Economic policies and influence of Nixon's personality
65	2:05:02	2:06:17	Welfare program during the Nixon administration
66	2:17:26	2:21:47	Interview with Donna Schlampp, a just retired teacher from Richard Nixon Elementary school
67	2:22:00	2:22:44	Questions raised by young people about Nixon to Professor Small
68	2:22:45	2:24:58	The Nixon White House alumni who are prominent in American life today Watch Clip 68
69	2:25:02	2:26:02	Nixon and his "blacklist" Watch Clip 69
70	2:26:19	2:28:31	Nixon's environmentalism
71	2:28:32	2:29:59	The Democrat opponent of 1972 election and campaign issues
72	2:30:00	2:30:44	Ben Stein, Nixon's speechwriter
73	2:30:47	2:32:06	Discussion on Vice President Agnew and Watergate
74	2:32:11	2:35:30	Susan Naulty explains archives in the Nixon Library and Museum.
75	2:36:16	2:38:59	Foreign policy expertise as President
76	2:39:00	2:41:29	Introducing some crucial archives in the Nixon Library
77	2:41:52	2:44:59	Explanation on Watergate
78	2:45:00	2:46:28	Final years during the Nixon administration
79	2:46:31	2:47:42	Video clip of President Nixon's decision to resign, August 8, 1974
80	2:47:48	2:50:11	Nixon's view on Watergate and Taylor's comments
81	2:50:30	2:50:13	Would Richard Nixon have been elected in 1968 without the Vietnam War?
82	2:51:19	2:52:08	Are some Nixon records sealed? Can public see them?
83	2:52:09	2:52:54	What if Nixon had been elected in 1962 instead of JFK?
84	2:52:57	2:54:16	Nixon's death
85	2:55:20	2:55:56	Was it possible that Nixon could have not resigned?
86	2:55:58	2:56:43	After Nixon's resignation


A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999