Nixon

The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.

Documentary History

Will Lyman

(Narrator (voice))

Richard Nixon

(Self (archive footage))

Pat Nixon

(Self (archive footage))

Hannah Milhous Nixon

(Self (archive footage))

Alger Hiss

(Self (archive footage))

Whittaker Chambers

(Self (archive footage))

Helen Gahagan

(Self (archive footage))

Dwight D. Eisenhower

(Self (archive footage))

Adlai Stevenson

(Self (archive footage))

John F. Kennedy

(Self (archive footage))

Hubert H. Humphrey

(Self (archive footage))

Walter Cronkite

(Self (archive footage))

John Ehrlichman

Charles Colson

Elliot Richardson

Henry Kissinger

(Self (archive footage))

Dick Gregory

(Self (archive footage))

Melvin Laird

(Self (archive footage))

Tricia Nixon Cox

(Self (archive footage))

Julie Nixon Eisenhower

(Self (archive footage))

Art Linkletter

(Self (archive footage))

Daniel Ellsberg

(Self (archive footage))

Winston Lord

Spiro Agnew

(Self (archive footage))

Mao Zedong

(Self (archive footage))

David S. Broder

William B. Saxbe

(Self (archive footage))

G. Gordon Liddy

(Self (archive footage))

James McCord

(Self (archive footage))

John Dean

Earl J. Silbert

Sam Ervin

(Self (archive footage))

Samuel Dash

Archibald Cox

(Self (archive footage))

Ray Price

Dan Rather

(Self (archive footage))

Gerald Ford

(Self (archive footage))

Betty Ford

(Self (archive footage))

Lawrence Hogan

(Self (archive footage))