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American Experience; Nixon; Cambodia: Congress reacts
Part of The Vietnam Collection.
05/11/1970
Senator Stennis defending Nixon's move into Cambodia, two cuts.
License Clip
- Series
- American Experience
- Program
- Nixon
- Program Number
302
- Title
Cambodia: Congress reacts
- Series Description
Premiered October 1988 As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its eighteenth season, the series has produced over 180 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. Series release date: 10/1988
- Program Description
In this three-hour presentation, Richard Nixon's life and political career are reassessed primarily by those who knew him best. The program chronicles his life from boyhood in Yorba Linda, California, through his days as a young Congressman to his presidency where he astounded the nation with his foreign policy initiatives and then left office in disgrace.
- Duration
00:03:32
- Asset Type
Stock footage
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Bombing, Aerial
- Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995
- Washington (D.C.)
- Press conferences
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Cambodia
- United States--Politics and government
- International relations
- United States--History, Military--20th century
- Cambodia--History--Civil War, 1970-1975
- Executive power
- Politics and war
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- United States--Armed Forces
- Locations
- Washington, DC
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- History
- Contributors
- Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 (Speaker)
- Publication Information
- ABC News VideoSource
- Rights Summary
Footage courtesy of ABC News Rights Holder: ABC News VideoSource (http://abcnews.go.com)
- Citation
- Chicago: “American Experience; Nixon; Cambodia: Congress reacts,” 05/11/1970, GBH Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8AC24D8D91B54A1492F47AED00118892.
- MLA: “American Experience; Nixon; Cambodia: Congress reacts.” 05/11/1970. GBH Archives. Web. November 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8AC24D8D91B54A1492F47AED00118892>.
- APA: American Experience; Nixon; Cambodia: Congress reacts. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8AC24D8D91B54A1492F47AED00118892