Efter en komet karriere over kongresleder, senator og vicepræsident tabte den utrolig ambitiøse Richard M. Nixon i 1960 valgkampen til Kennedy. 8 år senere, på trods af vedholdende rygter om indblanden i mordet på Kennedy og CIA's mislykkede kup mod Castro, bestiger Nixon magtens tinde som De Forenede Staters præsident. Problemerne i det amerikanske samfund udvikler sig, modstanden mod Vietnam krigen tager til, ungdomsoprøret og utilfredsheden breder sig. Nixon begynder hurtight at føle sig afmægtig over for det enorme apparat, han er sat til at styre. I et desperat forsøg på at fravriste bl.a CIA og FBI deres enorme magt over alting, opretter Nixon sit eget hemmelige efterretningsvæsen. Det bliver starten på den lavine, der samlet kom til at gå under betegnelsen Watergate…
I 1972 kommer journalisterne Woodward og Bernstein lidt tilfældigt på sporet af en forbindelse mellem et indbrud i Demokraterne hovedkvarter og Det Hvide Hus, hvor republikanerne regerer. De to graver dybere og forgrener sig stadig højere i det politiske system. Efterhånden bliver journalisternes viden farlig - også for dem selv.
Da den vanærede præsident Richard Nixon indvilligede i at lade sig interviewe af tv-stjernen David Frost, troede han, at det ville være vejen til at redde sit plettede ry. Men David Frost, der var på jagt efter seertal og et navn som seriøs talkshow-vært, viste sig også at blive en af Nixons mest frygtindgydende modstandere. Han tvang Nixon ud i en boksekamp på ord, som fuldstændigt ændrede folks opfattelse af politik.
Vi skriver 1974 og Sam Bicke har mistet alt. Hans kone forlader ham og deres 3 børn, han mister sit arbejde, hans bror vender sig fra ham, og banken vil ikke låne ham penge til at starte noget nyt. Han forsøger at finde nogen til at bebrejde for sin ulykke og det ender med at USA's præsident er den skyldige, som han så planlægger at myrde.
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes.
A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on our political leaders? And has hope and optimism forever been replaced in our national dialogue by doubt and cynicism? In 1973, Watergate's most pivotal year, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein doggedly investigated the scandal exposing the long, twisted trail of cover-ups and lies.
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.
Follows the crime and scandal that took down President Richard Nixon the day of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House, addressing the charges being made against his Presidency. Produced by Dimitri Devyatkin, with Walter Wright on synthesizer, the video is an overlay of mesmerizing computerized animations that reflect upon the speech.