1950-1975NIXON
THE POLITICAL LIFE OF RICHARD NIXON: FROM THE EISENHOWER YEARS TO HIS RESIGNATION FROM OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
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| 01:35:08 0.2 |
INSIDE THEATER AUDITORIUM, ANNOUNCER INTRODUCES "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES" AS ORCHESTRA PLAYS PRESIDENTIAL INTRODUCTION.
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| 01:35:19 11.2 |
CU PRESIDENT NIXON SEATED AT DESK APPEARS ON LARGE MOVIE SCREEN, PROCEEDS IN TELLING AUDIENCE ABOUT HIS LIFE. "I WAS BORN IN 1913......".
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| 01:35:29 21.2 |
MS NIXON WASHES CAR WINDSHIELDS OF PASSING CARS AS CROWD WATCHES AND HE TELLS NEWSMAN THAT HE GREW UP WORKING AT FATHER'S SERVICE STATION.
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| 01:35:37 29.2 |
RICHARD NIXON AND PAT NOXON POSE WITH DRINK IN HANDS, AS HE TELLS THAT THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO HIN IN 1940 WAS HIS MARRIAGE TO PAT. HE TELLS OF DIFFICULT TIMES AND THAT HE WAS PRACTICING LAW.
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| 01:35:45 37.2 |
MS PAT NIXON TALKS ABOUT HER MARRIAGE.
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| 01:35:57 49.2 |
PHOTO OF NIXON AS NAVAL OFFICER IN 1942.
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| 01:36:01 53.2 |
NIXON TELLS HOW HE RETURNED FROM WAT IN 1946, THEN RAN FOR CONGRESS. SHOT OF NIXON CAMPAIGNING.
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| 01:36:04 56.2 |
NIXON STANDING AT PRESIDENTIAL PODIUM SAYS< "WHEN I LEFT OFFICE AFTER 4 YEARS AS CONGRESSMAN, 2 YEARS AS SEBATOR, 6 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT AT $45,000 PER YEAR, "YOU KNOW WHAT MY NET WORTH WAS? $47,000 AND A 1958 OLDSMOBILE THAT NEEDED WORK"
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| 01:36:12 64.2 |
NEWSMEN TAKE NOTES AS PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
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| 01:36:21 73.2 |
NIXON ON MOVIE SCREEN SAYS, "I HAVE NO APPOLIGIES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR MY PART IN PUTTING ALGER HISS WHERE HE IS TODAY".
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| 01:36:27 79.2 |
ALGER HISS SPEAKING BEFORE NIXON SENATE COMMITTEE. "I AM NOT NOW, OR AHVE EVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY....".
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| 01:36:34 86.2 |
MS SENATOR NIXON HOLDS OUT INCRIMINATING MICROFILM EVIDENCE.
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| 01:36:47 99.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS NIXON AND PAT ON BEACH WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS IN ARMS. CU LITTLE DAUGHTER HUGGING MOM. CU OTHER DAUGHTER BEING CARRIED BY HER FATHER, AS BACKGROUND MUSIC PLAYS "BY THE SEA".
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| 01:36:57 109.2 |
COMMITTEMAN AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMITTEE CONVENTION, NOMINATES RICHARD NIXON AS VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. NIXON AND WIFE COME TO PODIUM, VIXON WAVES WILDLY AT AUDIENCE.
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| 01:37:14 126.2 |
NEW YORK POST FRONT PAGE HEADLINE, "SECRET NIXON FUND". CU NIXON ON FILM "I COME TO YOU AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND A MAN WHOSE HONOR AND INTEGRITY HAS BEEN QUESTIONED".
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| 01:37:28 140.2 |
NIXON, "THE TOUGHER IT GETS, THE COOLER I GET". ON PODIUM - I"N ALL THE YEARS OF MY PUBLIC LIFE, I HAVE NEVER PROFITTED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE".
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| 01:37:45 157.2 |
NIXON ON PODIUM, "IN ALL MY YEARS OF PUBLIC LIFE, I NEVER PROFFITED FROM PUBLIC SERVICE". MORE OF NIXON DENIALS.
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| 01:38:02 174.2 |
CU NIXON ON FILM ADMITS OF RECEIVING GIFT OF LITTLE BLACK COCKER SPANIEL. CU SHOT COCKER SPANIEL WITH NIXON LITTLE DAUGHTER.
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| 01:38:25 197.2 |
MS EISENHOWER AND WIFE MAMIE, WATCHES NIXON HAPPENINGS ON TV.
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| 01:38:31 203.2 |
CU PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SPEAKS ABOUT NIXON. "WHEN A MAN STANDS UP BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE AND BARES HIMSELF, HE IS A COURAGEOUS MAN".
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| 01:38:45 217.2 |
CU NATIONAL COMMITTEMAN AT CONVENTION, "ALL THOSE THAT FAVOR RICHARD NIXON TO CONTINUE AS CANDIDATE , RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, "AYE". HUGE CROWD STANDING AND SAYING "AYE'.
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| 01:38:57 229.2 |
RICHARD NIXON IS SWORN IN AS VICE PRESIDENT.
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| 01:39:19 251.2 |
NIXON SPEAKING, SAYS HE AGREES WITH PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT COMMUNISTS ARE "RATS", AND SHOULD BE SHOT. BUT,"IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SHOOT RATS, YOU BEWTTER SHOOT STRAIGHT".
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| 01:39:32 264.2 |
ADLAI STEVENSON MAKING SPEECH AT TIME HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST EISENHOWER - NIXON IN 1952, WHICH HE LOST.. MS NIXON ASKS FOR "FOUR MORE YEARS" (WITH EISENHOWER)....."THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDER EISENHOWER, HAD THE BEST 4 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES".
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| 01:39:48 280.2 |
PAT AND RICHARD NIXON WAVE TO PEOPLE AFTER EXITING AIRLINER DURING THEIR VISIT TO LATIN-AMERICA. HE IS GREETED BY LEADERS AND HOSTILE PROTESTORS WITH BANNERS.
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| 01:40:05 297.2 |
NIXON MOTORCADSE IS MET BY HOSTILE CROWDS WAVING FISTS. CU VIEW OPEN LIMO WINDSHIELD SHATTERED BY STONES THROWN BY CROWDS. VOICE
OVER EISENHOWER, "....THERE WAS DANGER, NOT ONLY TO RICHARD NIXON, BUT TO HIS WIFE PAT". |
| 01:40:19 311.2 |
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, THEN NIXON, SPEAKING TO GATHETRED CROWD, TELL OF THE "REAL" DANGER NIXON AND WIFE FACED. HE MAKES JOKE OF IT.
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| 01:40:40 332.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS, NIXON MEETING NIKITA KHRUSCHEV ON SOVIET LEADER'S VISIT TO U. S. AND, ESCORTING HIM AROUND. EISENHOWER GREETS KHRUSCHEV. NIXON VOICE OVER DESCRIBES VISIT.
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| 01:40:57 349.2 |
KHRUSCHEV, NIXON, SIP CONTAINERS OF COFFEE AS THEY VISIT VARIETY STORE. NIXON TELLS KHRUSCHEV, HE WORKED IN ONE OF THESE STORES WHEN HE (NIXON) WAS YOUNGER. KHRUSCHEV WAVES FIST AND SHOUTS, "ALL SHOP KEEPERS ARE THIEVES".
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| 01:41:05 357.2 |
COMMITTEE MEMBER AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONVENTION, ANNOUNCES THET VICE PRESIDENT NIXON HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO BE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 1960 ELECTION.
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| 01:41:19 371.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE JOHN F. KENNEDY, DEBATING RICHARD NIXON, ON TV, FOR OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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| 01:41:34 386.2 |
CU MRS.PAT NIXON COMMENTS ON THE DEBATE.
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| 01:41:48 400.2 |
MS NIXON SPEAKS TO MEDIA AS PAT NIXON STANDS BY HIM. "I WANT SENATOR KENNEDY TO KNOW, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IF SENATOR KENNEDY WINS, HE WILL HAVE MY FULL HEARTED SUPPORT".
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| 01:42:02 414.2 |
NIXON, "I SHALL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1964". "I SHALL BE A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA IN 1962".
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| 01:42:18 430.2 |
NIXON GIVES FAMED SPEECH WHERE HE SAYS, "YOU WON'T HAVE NIXON TO KICK AROUND ANYMORE, BECAUSE GENTLEMEN, THIS IS MY LAST PRESS CONFERENCE".
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| 01:42:42 454.2 |
NIXON BEING FOLOWED AROUND BY NEWSMEN. "NIXON VOICE OVER, "ALLOW ME TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I AM NOT A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I AM NOT WRITING MYSELF OFF AS POLITICAL LEADER FOR THE U. S.".
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| 01:42:56 468.2 |
NIXON SPEAKS ON VIETNAM. SAYS, "WE ARE FIGHTING THE COMMUNIST KIND OF A WAR........". THAT IS GROUND FOR NEW LEADERSHIP, A NEW PRESIDENT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN 19 67
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| 01:43:29 501.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS NIXON ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR PRESIDENT, GREETING PEOPLE, CUTTING RIBBONS, MAKING SPEECHES. PEOPLE HOLD UP SIGNS "HAPPINESS IS A NIXON LANDSLIDE". "NIXON THE ONE".
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| 01:43:59 531.2 |
NIXON AT PODIUM WITH WIFE PAT AND DAUGHTER TRISHIA. CU PAT CU NIXON AT PODIUM RAISES HANDS, SHOUTS "THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO WIN".
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| 01:44:07 539.2 |
NIXON, "I SHALL RECOMMEND AT THE CONVENTION, GOVERNOR AGNEW OF MARYLAND FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. SIGN HELD UP AT CONVENTION "PAT AND DICK". VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE TICKER TAPE, GRAFITI SHOWERING DOWN ON NIXON MOTORCADE IN NEW YORK.
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| 01:44:37 569.2 |
SIGN, "NIXON WINS" BEHIND NEWSCASTER AS HE TELLS OF NI XON HIGH ELECTORIAL VOTE COUNT.WIN.
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| 01:44:53 585.2 |
NIXON AT PODIUM, "I'M PARTICULARILY HONORED TO STAND HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES".A
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| 01:45:02 594.2 |
BLINDFOLDED, BARE CHESTED ENEMY SOLDIER HELD BY ARM BY TWO MARINES, IS MOVED ALONG TOWARDS CAMERA. OTHER BATTLEGROUND SCENES.
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| 01:45:12 604.2 |
NIXON SPEAKS TO "THE BRAVE SILENT MAJORITY". "MY FELLOW AMERICANS, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT".
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| 01:45:18 610.2 |
SHOTS OF ASTRONAUT ON MOON, NEXT TO SPACECRAFT. VOICE OVER NIXON, "FOR ONE PRICELESS MOMENT, IN THE HISTORY OF MAN, ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH ARE TRULY ONE".
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| 01:45:19 611.2 |
CU NIXON READING FROM SCRIPT, "....... THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTS LIKE A PITTIFUL GIANT ...". VARIOUS SHOTS POLICE TRYING TO CONTROL VIETNAM PROTESTORS.
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| 01:45:54 646.2 |
PRESIDENT NIXON SPEAKS ABOUT VIETNAM PROTESTORS DAMAGING THE PRESIDENT'D CAR, DAMAGING CAR WINDOWS. CU VARIOUS SHOTS DAMAGED WINDOWS ON LIMO.
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| 01:46:12 664.2 |
CU LARGE SIGN HELD UP BY DEMONSTRATORS, "FREEZE NIXON, NOT WAGES". CROWQD SHOUTS SAME MESSAGE.
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| 01:46:30 682.2 |
CU NIXON SPEAKS OF VISITING THE PEOPLE'S TELLS OF CHO EN LAI EXTENDING HIM AN INVITATION. OF CHINA.
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| 01:46:43 695.2 |
PRESIDENT NIXON, WITH WIFE PAT, SPEAKS FROM THE GREAT WALL OF CHINS. LS PAN OF GREAT WALL OF CHINA
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| 01:46:59 711.2 |
PRESIDENT NIXON AND WIFE PAT EXIT AIRLINER AS THEY ARRIVE AT WASHINGTON AIRPORT FROM CHINA. THEY ARRE MET BY DAUGHTERS TRICIA AND JULIE AND HUGE CROWD.
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| 01:47:10 722.2 |
CU NIXON, "MY STRONG POINT, IF I HAVE A STRONG POINT, IS THE PROMISE".I ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD WHEN I PROMISE, I ALWAYS PRODUCE MORE WHEN I PROMISE ........".
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| 01:47:37 749.2 |
NIXON ON VIETNAM SPEAKS OF NOT THE PEACE OF SURRENDER, BUT THE PEACE OF HONOR"
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| 01:48:02 774.2 |
KISSINGER ON VIETNAM, "I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE PEACE IN VIETNAM IN OF WEEKS OR LESS".
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| 01:48:08 780.2 |
MRS PAT NIXON COMMENTS ON ELECTION. MS RICHARD NIXON ENTERS ELECTION BOOTH. AS HE RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION.
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| 01:48:25 797.2 |
CROWD CHEERS , SHOUTS, OVER AND OVER, "4 MORE YEARS"AS NIXON AND PAT GO TO PODIUM. NIXON, "THANKS FOR MAKING MY CAMPAIGN THE BEAT ONE OF ALL".
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| 01:48:44 816.2 |
"TODAY I HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN KNOWN AS "THE WATERGATE AFFAIR". "I WAS APPALLED AT THIS SENSELESS ILLEGAL ACTION". "I CONDEMN ANY ATTEMPT TO COVER UP ....".
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| 01:49:09 841.2 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "NIXON AXE FALLS .......".
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| 01:49:19 851.2 |
CU NIXON ON WATERGATE., "IN ANY RELIABLE ORGANIZATION, THE MAN AT THE TOP MUST BARE THE RESPONSIBILITY"
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| 01:49:22 854.2 |
CU NIXON DAUGHTER TRISHIA (?) COMMENTS ON WATERGATE COVER-UP.
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| 01:49:39 871.2 |
SENATOR ON COMMITTEE SAYS THEY HAVE TAPES OF THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE CONVERSATIONS SINCE spring of 1971".
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| 01:49:40 872.2 |
CU NIXON "I HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE COVER-UP,..........".
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| 01:50:16 908.2 |
CU VICE PRESIDENT AGNEW SPEAKS OF TRUST. "FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS NOW, YOU HAVE NOT HAD SUCH A VICE PRESIDENT". HE RESIGNED OCTOBER 1973, AFTER 5 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT. THE 1ST VICE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL CHARGES.
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| 01:50:33 925.2 |
NIXON APPOINTS CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT.
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| 01:50:52 944.2 |
CU NIXON, "TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY ANSWER TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUGGESTED THAT I RESIGN". "I HAVE NO INTENTION WHATEVER IN WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB I HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO DO".
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| 01:51:18 970.2 |
NIXON MAKING HIS "I'M NOT A CROOK SPEECH AT PRESS CONFERENCE"
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| 01:51:22 974.2 |
CU BARRY GOLDWATER ON NIXON, "HE WAS NEVER ONE OF THEW BOYS ......".
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| 01:51:55 1007.2 |
NIXON,"I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THESE TRANSCRIPTS FOR WHAT THEY ARE. FRAGMENTARY RECORDS OF A YEAR AGO ......". CU PILE OF RECORDS ON INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTE"S DESK.
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| 01:52:04 1016.2 |
cCU PAN MEMBERS OF INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTE MEMBERS VOTING "AYE FOR IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESICENT. CU PAN MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE VOTING "AYE" TO IMPEACH NIXON.VOTE SUPERIMPOSED ON SCREEN _ 27 - 11, TO IMPEACH.
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| 01:52:51 1063.2 |
NIXON, :I HAVE NEVER BEEN A QUITTER".
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| 01:52:56 1068.2 |
NIXON, "I DO NOT BELIEVE I SHOULD RESIGN, BECAUSE I AM NOT A CROOK, AND INCIDENTALLY PAT IS NOT A CTIMINAL ......". HE POINTS TO PA SITTING ON SOFA NEARBY.
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| 01:53:08 1080.2 |
NIXON: "I SHALL RESIGN THE PRESIDENCY, EFFECTIVE NOON TOMORROW"
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| 01:53:26 1098.2 |
LS PRESIDENT NIXON WAVES FROM HELICOPTER ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN AS HE LEAVES FOR THE LAST TIME AS HE LEAVES FOR THE LAST TIME. NIXON VOICE OVER, "ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE DEEPEST VALLEY, DO YOU KNOW HOW IT IS TO BE ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN".
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| 01:53:37 1109.2 |
LS AS HELICOPTER RISES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN, VOICE OVER OF VICE PRESIDENT GERALD FORD (NOW PRESIDENT) SAYS, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR LONG NIGHTMARE IS OVER, THE CONSTITUTION WORKS ......".
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