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- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsAdolf HitlerHermann GöringMax AmannThe infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
- StarsClark GableWilliam A. HatcherPhilip J. HullsA documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany.
- DirectorJohn FordGregg TolandStarsWalter HustonHarry DavenportDana Andrews"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
- DirectorFrank CapraJoris IvensStarsJohn BealHoward DuffWalter HustonA comprehensive look at the war in the Pacific during World War II. Shot as a propaganda film by acclaimed Hollywood director Frank Capra
- DirectorFrank CapraAnatole LitvakStarsWalter HustonVictor Bulwer-LyttonKai-Shek ChiangThe official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJohn HustonWalter HustonMilton AshkinFilmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
- DirectorPeter DavisStarsTin ChanChau DiemNgo Dinh DiemA startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsPaul RoeblingJulie HarrisArthur MillerThis documentary chronicles the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview current notables who describe the effects that the Brooklyn Bridge has had upon New York society and beyond.
- DirectorThomas LennonStarsPeter ThomasThe spread of Prohibition from Henry Ford's Detroit factories nationwide
- 1985– 56mTV-146.6 (221)TV EpisodeDirectorAviva SlesinStarsHeywood Hale BrounMarc ConnellyMargalo GillmoreSurely one of the most profound and outrageous influences on the times following World War I, was the group of a dozen or so taste-makers who lunched together at New York City's Algonquin Hotel.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamAn account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.
- DirectorTom WeidlingerAmerica's experiences in France during World War I.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsMaxine McNairWalter CronkiteChris McNairA documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
- DirectorChris MillsStarsMike GoodaleShawn NelsonDale SizemoreThe story behind the infamous downing of an American Black Hawk helicopter by Somali gunmen.
- DirectorMichael KloftStarsIon AntonescuMartin BormannEva BraunMost of what we know about World War II comes from monochromatic images and pictures. But this documentary brings something different: it's a fascinating collage of colored images from that period, filmed in 8mm and 16mm. All the footage was gathered from private collectors, soldiers, tourists, state institutions, even footage shot by Hitler's private pilot and there's also images captured by Eva Braun, Hitler's companion. Most of the images were recently discovered, some of them hidden for more than 40 years and they were all remastered and put together by director Michael Kloft.
- DirectorDavid GrubinStarsWinston ChurchillDavid McCulloughEleanor RooseveltPolio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the first of two parts.
- DirectorDavid GrubinStarsDavid McCulloughWinston ChurchillAdolf HitlerPolio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of two parts.
- DirectorIrv DrasninStarsDavid McCulloughIrv DrasninTo understand J. Edgar Hoover's rise to power is to understand the America of the 1920s and 1930s and the building of both the power and the mythology of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsAlfred CrosbyJohn De LanoShirley FanninThe great influenza pandemic of 1918 - the worst epidemic ever seen in the United States.
- The historic battle discussed from the perspective of both sides that participated in the conflict.
- DirectorKen BurnsStarsHal HolbrookAdam ArkinJohn Logan AllenThe story of the most important American exploration expedition in American history and the participants in it.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsArnold ForsterBrendan GillStacy KeachAfter his famous flight, Charles Lindbergh becomes known to all the world but struggles with life in the limelight.
- DirectorMark DavisStarsChristian AnguishDavid BodnerPeter Coyote
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsMichael DouglasAnkie SpitzerJamal Al GasheyThe Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.
- 1987–6.8 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorLance BirdJohn CrowleyTom JohnsonStarsJason RobardsRecounting the historic attack of 1941, including the planning and military outlook of both the United States and Japan at the time.
- DirectorChana GazitStarsMatthew ModineLiev SchreiberIn 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains--the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl." This American Experience film presents the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease--even death--for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters.
- StarsDavid McCulloughSam WaterstonJulie HarrisA comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
- StarsPhilip BoscoReuben L. CainCalvin CoolidgeExamines the stock market crash of 1929 with interviews from descendants of several Wall Street insiders.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsDavid McCulloughJ.D. CannonTimothy HuttonDocumentary exploring the struggles of The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers and their two Indigenous guides who became stranded in the Sierras during a horrible winter.
- DirectorDaniel HelfgottStarsJames Earl JonesOleg NechiporenkoL. Fletcher ProutyUp to now, no one knows the truth about the JFK assassination. But now, in a fast-paced two-hours, learn what really happened, who ordered it, and how the truth was hushed up for all these years.
- StarsPeter CoyoteN. Scott MomadayMurphy GuyerStephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.
- StarsDaniel CostelleNguyen Giap VoHo Chí MinhThe Vietnam War is the most filmed conflict in history, but also heavily censored. This series features formerly classified films from U.S. Combat cameramen, and offers a raw and shocking battlefront view. The Vietnam war as it really was.
- DirectorHenry SingerStarsSteven MackintoshEric LiptonIliana GuibertThe Falling Man is a documentary that examines one of the many images that were circulated by the press immediately after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. The image in question can be seen above on the cover of the disc. It shows a man plummeting headfirst to the ground, having leapt from the burning towers. After touching on the events of the day and how the nation reacted, the program focuses specifically on this image, the photographer who took it, its subsequent circulation, the public's reaction to it and why it was later deemed UN-newsworthy...
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsMaria BartiromoJoe BidenJudy BiggertAn investigation of the 2008 banking crisis: what went wrong, who is to blame, and how long it will take to repair the damage.
- DirectorRobert StoneStarsJonathan AlterRobert FechnerLeo GorceyAmerican Experience celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Founded by Roosevelt during the Great Depression, the CCC put over 3 million men to work improving the countries infrastructure and national parks.
- StarsArthur GartnerRoy WardThis documentary is a visual encyclopedia of the fighters deployed and their strategic use, by both Allied and Axis Forces during the Second World War.
- DirectorDavid BattyStarsBrian CoxThe history of Imperial Japan's involvement in World War II with full color footage.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsRene AuberjonoisMelendy BrittScott CleverdonDocumentary on the life of American abolitionist John Brown.
- DirectorDavid PadruschStarsJeffery A. BakerOrion BarnesErin Bennett"Last Stand of the 300" is a 2007 special that tells the tale of when in 480 BCE, a small number of Greeks stood against the might of the Persian empire at Thermopylae.
- DirectorChristine LesiakAnnie MumgaardStarsPaul BoyerWilliam Jennings BryanClarence DarrowIn 1925 a Tennessee high school teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A momentous trial ensues, pitting fundamentalist preaching against freedom of thought and speech.
- DirectorMark ZwonitzerStarsGutzon BorglumMichael MurphyFranklin D. RooseveltThe grand vision of sculptor Gutzon Borgum and the logistics behind the massive monument located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- DirectorRobert StoneStarsRuss LittleMichael BortinTimothy FindleyThe story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage heiress Patty Hearst, which set off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history.
- DirectorGordon Forbes IIIStarsGianni Biasetti Sr.Cade CourtleyJess KingAn Army Ranger quick reaction force attempts to rescue a patrol pinned down on a mountaintop in southeast Afghanistan. They have no idea that within twelve hours five of them will lie dead in the mountain snow after an intense and deadly battle.
- DirectorDavid GrubinStarsBlair BrownRoy M. CohnRobert DallekPart One: The Garish Sun: Robert F. Kennedy devotes himself to his brother John, then deals with the pain of the assassination.
- DirectorMatt NormanStarsChristopher KirbyBob BeamonRalph BostonThe black power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic moment in the US civil rights movement. What part did the white Australian who ran second play and what price did these athletes pay for standing up for their beliefs?
- DirectorBarak GoodmanDaniel AnkerStarsFrances McDormandStanley TucciAndre BraugherThe history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
- DirectorIlan ZivStarsYaron LondonJohn TarzwellLevi EshkolThe shooting lasted on six tense days in June 1967, but the Six Day War has never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades stems from those six fateful days. On its 40th anniversary, the region remains trapped in conflict and is every bit as explosive as it was in 1967. "Six Days" chronicles the events of forty years ago with a fresh historical perspective. Beginning with the buildup for the war, and the political and military maneuvering of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Egyptian President Jame Adel Nasser, the film takes us through the six days of fighting, the war with Jordan, the occupation of the West Bank and the annexation of Jerusalem. Featuring stunning archival footage and first-hand accounts of the war from both the Israeli and Arab soldiers who fought it, "Six Days" explores how these events became the flash point in history that reshaped the regional political landscape, destroyed old systems and brought new forces to the surface. Rarely in modern times has so short and localized a conflict had such profound global consequences.
- DirectorGail DolginVicente FrancoStarsMartine AlgierEdward BeggsThomas J. CahillThousands of young people flock to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in the summer of 1967.
- DirectorChico Arnaldo-GuizarStarsStanislav AnnenkovElinor BellFred DeRuvoWhen a 7.1 earthquake explodes with the force of 2000 kilotons of TNT across San Francisco, citizens become heroes to save lives.
- 1987– 1h 30mTV-PG7.6 (108)TV EpisodeDirectorBarak GoodmanStarsWill PattonGuy GaneJason Roberts
- DirectorJoe WiechaStarsChristopher ClawsonBilly AsaiStephanie BannevichThis documentary follows the steps of the boys of H Company as they fight on the island of Iwo Jima.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsCourtney B. VanceSteve AcuntoGus AdamsDocumentary on the boxing match between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling, which captured the world's attention on June 22, 1938.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsAndre BraugherPat AnticiOudie BrownA documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his death, his funeral, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his white killers.
- StarsBruce BoxleitnerDescribes the inception and activities of the Flying Tigers, aka American Volunteer Group. How Claire Chennault implemented new tactics for air warfare for a clandestine group that fought in China during early WW2.
- StarsBettany HughesRay LonnenMargaret RobertsonA history of the ancient Spartans, featuring historian Bettany Hughes as presenter and narrator.
- DirectorDavid KeaneStarsDavid JeremiahHussein AididMohamed Farrah AididReal footage is shown to prove that the film Black Hawk Down (2001) was very true to the real events that occured in Mogadishu in 1993. Actual militia and US rangers are interviewed to tell us the different sides of the conflict when Somalia was under the power of Aidid.
- DirectorDavid KeaneStarsDavid JeremiahMark BowdenMorris BusbyThe career and death of notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
- DirectorKeith BeauchampStarsMamie Till MobleyWheeler ParkerSimeon WrightNever-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
- StarsKeith DavidKatharine PhillipsTom HanksA seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
- StarsGary SiniseCharles ScheffelRon LivingstonFollow the lives of soldiers who lived World War II, through previously unseen color footage.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiStarsHarold AgnewShuntaro HidaKiyoko ImoriUsing extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- StarsRobert PowellSwaylee LoughnaneRecounts the events of world War II in color.
- DirectorJoseph TovaresStarsHector ElizondoSteve AcevedoSalome Aguilar Jr.On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: zoot-suits. The tragic murder and the injustice of the trial that followed, coupled with sensational news coverage of both, fanned the flames of the racial hostility that was already running rife in the city. Within months of the verdict, Los Angeles was in the grip of some of the worst violence in its history.
- DirectorMark DavisGeorge RoyStarsKeith DunnavantDon KeithDave UllinA Showtime Sports chronicle of the seminal 1970 college football match up between Alabama's Crimson Tide and USC Trojans at Birmingham's Legion Field. Through interviews with former Alabama legends Joe Namath, John Mitchell and USC stars Sam "Bam" Cunningham, Jimmy Jones and more, this documentary examines coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's surprising decision to bring a dominant, racially integrated football team onto the field in Birmingham for the very first time and reveals the impact college football played in the struggle for integration.
- StarsDaniel WebbLiev SchreiberTom BrokawWhy did the United States become a global superpower? America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that explores the country's remarkable journey.
- DirectorAlexandra DeanStarsHedy LamarrMel BrooksJennifer HomThe life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
- DirectorAlexandra DeanStarsErica NewhouseJoe UrlaThis episode page reflects the reshowing of the original title Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) as part of the American Masters Series
- DirectorSacha JenkinsStarsAlex AlonsoNicolas AlonsoB-RealExplores the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
- DirectorMiles LagozeCreated out of war footage taken by combat camera for the Marine Corps.
- DirectorStephen IvesStarsJennifer Lee AndrewsGerard BakerLouise BarnettFollow General George Armstrong Custer from his memorable, wild charge at Gettysburg to his lonely, untimely death on the windswept Plains of the West. On June 26, 1876, Custer, a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. By day's end, Custer and nearly a third of his army were dead.
- DirectorSharon PetzoldCommemorates the 75th Anniversary of the June 6, 1944 Normandy Invasion, D-Day Invasion, with Interviews of the Last Remaining Survivors of the Normandy Invasion, and actual very graphic film footage of the Normandy Invasion.
- DirectorMuffie MeyerStarsCatherine AllgorCarl Sferrazza AnthonyJim BarbourDolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world.
- DirectorMichelle FerrariStarsThomas A. EdisonMichael MurphyAmazing biography and introspective on the boy, the man, the husband, the father, the entrepreneur and the businessman as well as the inventor and his genius.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsRaymond ArsenaultGenevieve HoughtonGordon CareyThe story of the Civil Rights Movement interstate busing protest campaign.
- DirectorStanley NelsonFrom PBS and American Experience - This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders.
- DirectorFritz MitchellStarsKendel CarsonJames MeredithDan RatherIn the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first African-American to attend class at the University of Mississippi, the campus erupted into a night of rioting between those opposed to the integration of the school and those trying to enforce it. Before the rioting ended, the National Guard and Federal troops were called in to put an end to the violence and enforce Meredith's rights as an American citizen. Two people died and hundreds more were injured during the riots. Against this backdrop, the University of Mississippi football team was in the early stages of what would prove to be an unprecedented season in school history. Directed by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Fritz Mitchell, "Ghosts of Ole Miss" explores the intersection of that football team with the Civil Rights history being made on campus. Told through the perspective of writer and Mississippi native Wright Thompson, the film explores the tumultuous events that not only continue to shape the state half a century later, but also led to his discovery of a personal family connection to the story.
- StarsDerek JacobiGeoffrey WawroJames HollandA series of colorized archive footage of important events during World War II.
- DirectorJulian JonesStarsPeter CapaldiMatthew LandrusInside the Mind of Leonardo is based on the artist's private journals dating from the Italian Renaissance. With more than 6,000 pages of handwritten notes and drawings, Da Vinci's private journals are the most comprehensive documents that chronicle the work of the world's most renowned inventor, philosopher, painter and genius. Never before has access been granted to capture these works in 3D HD format. Using this precious collection of writings and drawings to recount Da Vinci's story in his own words, the film re-creates the mindscape and ideas of mankind's greatest polymath. In a powerful and haunting performance, actor Peter Capaldi portrays Leonardo, dramatically narrating passages and monologues from his journals. Capaldi captures the passion of Leonardo's genius, his understanding of the workings of the natural world, his insights on art and life and his inner fears and torments.
- DirectorCory TaylorStarsAlex AkalovskyGünter BischofAndrea CousinsNarrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, "JFK: A President Betrayed" uncovers new evidence that reveals how JFK embarked on secret back channel peace efforts with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro and was determined to get out of Vietnam despite intense opposition inside his own government.
- DirectorErik NelsonStarsBill PaxtonClint HillMartin K.A. MorganThe final day of Kennedy's life through first-hand accounts from people who were among the last to interact with him.
- DirectorMalcolm McdonaldStarsAlex IvanoviciHoward DonahueColin McLarenAustralian detective Colin McLaren investigates the JFK assassination using ballistics expert Howard Donahue's evidence of a second shooter in Dealey Plaza.
- DirectorAlan BradleyStarsGeorge AnastasiaDavid AshenfelterAlan BradleyJimmy Hoffa was one of America's most powerful men. He fought the Kennedys, made deals with the Mafia, and controlled 2 million union members. Then he disappeared.
- DirectorSebastian JungerStarsLaMonta CaldwellMiguel CortezStephen GillespieKorengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsRichard NixonHenry KissingerStuart HerringtonDuring the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.
- DirectorGreg BarkerStarsJason AmerineGeorge W. BushMark NutschImmediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, illuminating the impact of 15 years of constant combat.
- StarsJosh BrolinRichard MachowiczJames MeigsFrom the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
- DirectorRicki SternAnne SundbergStarsJeff BaumanKelly CastineCeleste CorcoranDocumentary about several survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombing which took place April 15, 2013.
- DirectorRandall MacLowryStarsMichael MurphyJames Robert GreenDoug EsteppEfforts of the United Mine Workers, led by Mother Jones, to organize coal miners in southern West Virginia at the beginning of the 20th century leads to violence and insurrection.
- StarsKyle FemathPeter James Stednick Jr.A documentary series following American Soldiers in Afghanistan. Real footage captured from on the ground camera's.
- DirectorBarak GoodmanStarsAubrey DanielFred WidmerLawrence La CroixAmerican Experience investigates the My Lai massacre an atrocity during the Vietnam War that killed more than 300 unarmed civilians.
- DirectorJason SklaverStarsAnnie JacobsenThe story of the German blitzkrieg and how methamphetamine and other drugs fueled it
- DirectorAndré SingerStarsHelena Bonham CarterJasper BrittonLeonard BerneyResearchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps.
- DirectorPeter W. KunhardtStarsRamona BanuelosDavid BrinkleyPat BuchananOn Aug. 9, 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon became the first American president to resign from office. From 1971 to 1973, he had secretly recorded his private conversations, purportedly for the purpose of historical record, but in the wake of the Watergate scandal the revelation of the tapes led to his downfall. Fearing that the blunt and candid remarks on the tapes would sully the presidency forever, Nixon sought to prevent their public release for the rest of his life after leaving office. However, after his death in 1994, the government began releasing the 3,700 hours of recordings. The final tapes were made public on Aug. 20, 2013. In 1982, John Ehrlichman, Nixons former chief domestic advisor, voiced concern about the Nixon tapes, noting, The problem is that historians are going to grab an hour of tapeand if you listen to a snippet of tape, youre going to form an impression of this man thats going to be wrong. Sometime, hopefully, there will be a committee of historians who will listen to all the tapes and go into all the archives and then come out and say Richard Nixon was the strangest collection, the strangest paradoxical combination of any man I ever heard of. And theyll be right. Only Chief of Staff H.R. Bob Haldeman, Deputy Assistant Alexander Butterfield and Special Assistant Stephen Bull knew of the recordings. Those who did not know included John Ehrlichman, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Deputy National Security Advisor Andrew Haig, Attorney General John Mitchell and Secretary of State William Rogers, among others. It was voice activated everything was taped which was probably stupid, Nixon conceded in 1983. The declassified tapes revealed the Presidents opinions on a vast number of topics, including the Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and other matters of state. Nixon derided anti-war protesters in private conversations with Henry Kissinger, saying, It really burns me up. We have no pride do we anymore, Henry? He had equally harsh words for young Vietnam vet John Kerry, calling him quite a phony. Years later, Nixon insisted that despite the anti-war sentiment in Congress and the media, That was not the voice of America. The voice of America was the silent majority. Nixons angry reaction to the New York Times publication of thousands of secret Pentagon documents detailing Americas involvement in Vietnam revealed his growing hatred of the press. This is treasonable action on the part of the bastards that put it out, he exclaimed to Henry Kissinger. Daniel Ellsberg of the Rand Corporation, who released the papers to the Times, became a target of his anti-Semitic outbursts. The Jews are, are born spies, he said, and asked Chief of Staff Haldeman to look at any sensitive areas around where Jews are involved. With two vacancies open on the Supreme Court and pressure mounting to nominate a woman, Nixon told the press his list of candidates included Mildred Lillie and Sylvia Bacon. But behind closed doors, he told John Mitchell, I would like to sorta get them off the woman kick if we can. Years later, Nixon called the appointment of the Supreme Court justices the most important achievement domestically of his presidency. Internationally, Nixon described his historic trip to China in 1972 as a watershed moment, and cited his trip to Moscow to negotiate an arms control agreement, as another major foreign policy achievement. The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy, Nixon can be heard telling Henry Kissinger. You must keep up the attack on the media. Youve got to keep destroying their credibility, he told Special Counsel Charles Colson. Whether calling them sons of bitches or bastards, Nixons distaste of reporters was only thinly veiled in interviews, and entirely open behind closed doors. After the Watergate break-in, Nixon discussed with Bob Haldeman bailing out the five men arrested saying, Well, they took a hell of a risk. And they have to be paid. Later, he told speechwriter Pat Buchanan, The Watergate thing well, thats going to pass. Thatll be over. Theyll indict a few people, and then the goddam things over. Despite Nixons reelection landslide victory and the achievement of what he called, peace with honor in Vietnam, Watergate did not pass. At the Senate Watergate hearing on July 16, 1973, former Deputy Assistant Alexander Butterfield revealed the secret electronic listening devices in the office of the president. Facing certain impeachment, Nixon subsequently resigned.