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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Aug 4, 2014

1h 12m

★ 7.2

Overview

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films

Kunhardt Films

Cast

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

David Brinkley

Self (archive footage)

David Brinkley

Pat Buchanan

Self (archive sound)

Pat Buchanan

No Image

Self - White House Aide (archive sound)

Stephen Bull

No Image

Self (archive footage)

Alexander Butterfield

John Chancellor

Self (archive footage)

John Chancellor

No Image

Self (archive footage)

Charles Colson

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

No Image

Self (archive footage)

John Dean

Sam Donaldson

Self (archive footage)

Sam Donaldson

No Image

Self (archive sound)

John Ehrlichman

Daniel Ellsberg

Self (archive footage)

Daniel Ellsberg

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