Videos

The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 three-hour silent film which traces the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction with a sympathetic view of the southern cause. Based on the novel The Clan…

Released in 1969, “A Chronology of Hope” is a U.S. Information Agency film promoting America’s diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War from 1964 to the beginning of the Ric…

This U.S. Information Agency report examines the meaning of the term “silent majority” as used by President Nixon in his November 3, 1969, address on Vietnam War policy. Anchored by Baltimor…

This NASA documentary tells the story of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the moon. Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, command module pilot Richard Gordon, and lunar module pilo…

Vice President Spiro Agnew addressed a midwest regional Republican party conference in Des Moines, Iowa, and argued that television network commentators were an unelected elite who were bias…

President Nixon talked to the nation about the prospects for peace in Vietnam. He outlined a program of “Vietnamization” in which the U.S. military would gradually turn over operations to So…

This series that aired on NBC beginning in September 1969 looks at the women’s movement. Hosted by several female correspondents, it examines women’s protests, court cases regarding fair pay…

This is a portion of a Civil Defense documentary about the 1969 Hurricane Camille.