American Experience 35x4 - The Movement and the "Madman"

The Movement and the "Madman" shows how two antiwar protests inthe fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen —pressured President Nixon to cancel what he called his "madman"plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam,including a threat to use nuclear weapons. At the time,protestors had no idea how influential they could be and howmany lives they may have saved.Told through remarkable archivalfootage and firsthand accounts from movement leaders, Nixonadministration officials, historians, and others, the filmexplores how the leaders of the antiwar movement mobilizeddisparate groups from coast to coast to create two massiveprotests that changed history.