Series
American Experience
Program
Nixon
Episode Number
302
Raw Footage
Nixon Illinois press conference, 1966
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-5x2599z36s
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Description
Description
Nixon press conference (for Illinois Republicans). 1) "What's involved here is not merely the future of Vietnam... What is involved is whether we have war with China... whether we are going to have World War III" (15'). 2) "...It's not just war with Vietnam, it's the Pacific, it's all of Asia, it's World War III, it's war with China... If we get out of Vietnam, we're going to pay for it with millions of American lives in three to four years..." (25')
Date
1966-05-15
Asset type
Raw Footage
Subjects
Vietnam (Republic); Capitulations, Military; draft; United States--Foreign relations--Asia; United States--Foreign relations--China; China; China--Politics and government; United States--Politics and government; World War III; Communism; United States--History--1945-; United States--History, Military--20th century; Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976); Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Democratic Republic); Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989
Rights
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Media type
Moving Image
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Credits
Distributor: ABC News VideoSource
Speaker2: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: 5277ebeb3348580d6597aaac9b2ebc4d32879b6d (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: B&W
Duration: 00:01:56:00
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Citations
Chicago: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Nixon Illinois press conference, 1966,” 1966-05-15, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 19, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5x2599z36s.
MLA: “American Experience; Nixon; 302; Nixon Illinois press conference, 1966.” 1966-05-15. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 19, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5x2599z36s>.
APA: American Experience; Nixon; 302; Nixon Illinois press conference, 1966. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-5x2599z36s