My Dad, Willis Webster, was the audio man from CBS for this event. He had told me about the prep for Nixon's resignation, and some of what Nixon said, but it's so cool to watch and listen to this, knowing my dad was doing the sound.

@christopherthorkon3997

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing. Your dad was part of history.

@mikedee718

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, incredible story. He knew him well?

@clayp7284

6 жыл бұрын

That's just TOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ridgenappier2255

6 жыл бұрын

Leah King thats awesome. God bless and have a great day

@gabepenn7386

6 жыл бұрын

Dad did a good job

My brother knew someone who was on a 'speed' (amphetamine) trip for about three days or so and then slept for a long time after they came down. While he slept, Nixon resigned and Ford became President. That must've been a REAL trip!!!

@ACNC1

Жыл бұрын

Just wait until we wake Michael Schumacher up from his coma.

@rayali9854

11 ай бұрын

My brother was on a "speed."he did the same.slept during Carter and Reagan,woke up during the Clinton's, then ran back and hid in the Bushes.

@nathanalpert710

7 күн бұрын

What a loser

"The interest of the Nation must Always come before any personal considerations."

@robertskinner7064

4 жыл бұрын

It's not like that anymore, unfortunately. If you lose an election, they will investigate you and sabotage your presidency. Hillary Clinton was involved in the Watergate hearings. You'd think she would have listened to his speech. But no, blind person ambition "trumps" everything else.

@Rosarium2007

4 жыл бұрын

Fez Paladin she really was. She was one of several young staff lawyers for the committee that held the Watergate hearings. I have heard her talk about it during interviews last December/January. Her extensive research on impeachments at the time came in handy when her husband got in trouble for being handy with a certain White House intern.

@facund8

3 жыл бұрын

Perfectly said for Trump right now.

@balrog322

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly the only saving virtue in Nixon’s resignation speech, which was otherwise bereft of any trace of mea culpa.

@shahrulamar5358

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rosarium2007 Which save their marriage.

The opening moments with the crew rank as one of the most unexpected things I've ever seen. I feel empathy for Mr. Nixon, so lonely & awkward, having the worst day of his life yet still trying to find a bright side. America has had worse.

@AlyAyeee

4 жыл бұрын

Bryan Gadow same

@AlyAyeee

4 жыл бұрын

Bryan Gadow you can feel the loneliness watching this. I just see such a sad, defeated man trying to pretend otherwise. I too feel empathy for him

@aaronz7056

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlyAyeee He did it all to himself.

@timothybarr8241

6 ай бұрын

feeling empathy for someone who caused his own undoing is normal, just remember not to feel bad. President Nixon knew how much power he had, how much trust the american ppl had in him, and he chose to corrupt that trust in order to keep being the president. A man who would literally do ANYTHING to remain president, Including violating our very own constitution he is binded by, just like the rest of us. When it mattered most, he faltered as a man, as a president. He lied to the entire country for YEARS, his deserves everything bad that came from this.

Translation: "I should have stayed in office, but the assholes in congress betrayed me, so f*ck it. It's becoming embarrassing."

@jsotx6556

9 жыл бұрын

Haha that's pretty much my interpretation as well zD

@NESherv

8 жыл бұрын

Some things never change...

@asidhow4859

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

On August 8,1974, I was 8 years old playing in our backyard. My parents called me in and insisted I watch this historical Nixon resignation speech.

Fascinating look at the man. So determined not to look vulnerable, even when resigning in disgrace, that he can't drop the wise-cracking bravado in the room.

Definitely not calm. He is very nervous, you can tell by the jokes and nonstop talking.

@shadowprince4482

8 жыл бұрын

Way more calm than a regular person would be. It's still pretty amazing.

@williamcurry1132

6 жыл бұрын

def nervous

@shikat2371

6 жыл бұрын

Nevertheless, he did a pretty good job of staying relaxed as he delivered his resignation speech. He talked like any normal person, both before and during the deliverance of that speech.

@kefahatumi9095

6 жыл бұрын

he is so calm, that he even jokes with others

@kathrynhilliard3940

6 жыл бұрын

You are definitely more astute than the write-up above as far as President Nixon's demeanor.

As speeches go -- under the circumstances -- this was an excellent speech.

@aaronz7056

2 жыл бұрын

Except for not admitting any guilt and trying to make it sound like he was being forced out on a technicality.

Times like this I'm glad for KZread so I can watch historical events like this. I was born on August 8, 1972 so I was obviously too young to have watched this on TV. I mean I might have because I'm sure my parents must have watched but I'm definitely too young to remember watching it on TV. Every year on my birthday I hear about Nixon & Watergate & I've read the newspaper articles & learned about it in History class but I've never watched the video. So, I'm thankful to the person who put this on their channel. Reading about history isn't the same as watching it, at least in my opinion of course.

@nicestrat

7 жыл бұрын

Did you just type, "blah blah blah" over and over again or am I seeing things? Just messing with you Chrissy.

Outstanding piece of American History! Thanks for this upload!

Nixon calling for total nuclear disarmament, I hope everyone heard that!!!

@kev_inchen

5 жыл бұрын

JoeyD credits to Reagan with Gorbachev for the final step of that.

All I can say is wow. That was truly astonishing. I wonder what it was like to listen to that from your easy chair so many years ago.

This is TV pool footage, including several minutes prior to the speech that weren't broadcast. The first part was fed to the control rooms of the American TV networks, and by satellite to control rooms of overseas TV networks, but wasn't switched onto the respective networks until 9 P.M. EDT. Very fascinating!

He got us the EPA and the ESA and dozens of other environmental protection policies, without which big money would have completely raped our Earth. For this alone he has my respect.

@marcdelacruz2000

9 жыл бұрын

@kylewilcox Why is he worthless? Because he believes that we should have a clean earth with clean air to breathe and clean water to drink? Do you want to become like China that has almost completely polluted all of its country and is now running short on drinking water. Do you want air quality so bad that we have to resort to masks in order to protect our lungs? Do you want the destruction of all of America's natural beauty? Do you want to destroy the forests that clean our air? Do you want to leave our children a world so toxic and polluted that just stepping outside is unhealthy?

@BustinTheRecords

9 жыл бұрын

***** Worthless conservative.

@austinp7966

7 жыл бұрын

He was a reluctant environmentalist. At the time of the first earth day environmental protection and environmental quality were top 5 issues for most Americans. It was a bipartisan grassroots swell that even Rs couldn't afford to ignore. Now, despite the climate crisis, water system failures, pipeline leaks, it's hardly a top 10 issue for everyday folks because middle class/lower class wages have stagnated so badly, not to mention racism, foreign threats, police brutality, campaign reform, civil rights, etc. Oh, and the nitwit currently in the office of president stressing us all the hell out day after day.

@UncleBiscuits97

6 жыл бұрын

He also signed OSHA into law i believe. Thank goodness!

@jo-ryansalazar4555

5 жыл бұрын

And I hate you. Viva Hate. And I love Morrissey.

The first four minutes are almost like an SNL sketch: "I hope he doesn't catch me picking my nose!"

@nicestrat

7 жыл бұрын

SNL wish they had a sketch that good in the last 20 years....

I vividly remember watching this as a 12-year old from my hospital bed the day before being discharged.

Yeah he isn't really calm here. He almost loses his temper a couple of times

@vintageroze5557

6 жыл бұрын

cottagechskitty: I can’t agree with you. I found the speech to have been delivered with suprising equanimity, and with a moving nobility of idealism. Before you write me off as a Republican Apologist, I feel it necessary to mention that I arive at these conclusions despite being a Yellow Dog Democrat. If I can see the virtue on display in this historic speech, how much more evident such virtue must be to those who do not view Republicans with an ingrown and long-fostered bias against them. I suspect Nixon went to his grave with a tenacious conviction that he had been persecuted. But I have to admit that, in this speech at least, he ended by showing a lot of grace and humility.

@TroyJensen13

4 жыл бұрын

Vintage Roze Well stated. Nixon was on his game that evening. He absolutely did not “nearly lose his temper” here. He was about to resign the Presidency, and Richard Nixon was a lot of things, but he wasn’t a weak man. You’re seeing incredible strength here and his usual commanding presence. I think it’s just depressing as hell that Americans have zero intellectual curiosity in seeking out the truth in history. I have spent many years and a lot of money researching Richard Nixon, who was just a profoundly fascinating President. The commenter obviously was reverting to the longtime media-driven caricature of Richard Nixon. Sadly, seeking out the truth takes effort - there’s no app for that. 🙄

@navillus15

2 жыл бұрын

@@TroyJensen13 Put plainly and bluntly, he's got balls. Imagine you're about to address a national audience of what, 50 million? I don't know the numbers but it must have been pretty huge, and the message you're about to deliver is that you're the first and only US President to resign after a long and probably debilitating political battle. To be able to appear relaxed in those circumstances really, really impresses me, I have to say.

Thank you so much for posting this. It's invaluable ... extraordinary stuff.

Fascinating look behind the scenes and portrait of how relaxed he was. Hard to believe it was 37 years ago.

@maximecomeau9637

Жыл бұрын

Not arguing with you but, I don't see him as relaxed AT ALL the way he snaps at his faithful photographer, Ollie. I see a man doing his very best to appear relaxed and, hopefully, relax the people in the room but ... I see great pain, sadness and disbelief in his eyes and behavior. I suppose it's all up to interpretation but one thing we do definitely agree on is: it IS a fascinating look behind the scenes.

Despite all of the controversy surrounding his time in office, I really have respect for the image Nixon seemed to portray. Very calm and even mannered, and it’s that type of character that helped citizens trust their politicians. It’s an art that has been lost on today’s politics. Everything is so blatant and without any regard, tact, or integrity. And it’s getting worse..

think about it...the "37th time" he spoke...the last time for the 37th president.

@nathanaellingerfelt6314

8 жыл бұрын

I thought that too! Haha

@hunter371

8 жыл бұрын

+Tanner Goodman This was the 37th occasion President Nixon addressed the nation on National television from the White House.

@ericaleslie257

3 жыл бұрын

WOW...😳 WHAT A COINCIDENCE!!...🤣😂 The 37th time...😳 As... The 37th President Of The United States Of America!!...😳 NOW... WHO would have EVER thought??!!...😳

@JimBob-pg4ig

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericaleslie257 add those 2 numbers together you get 74. And he resigned that year

@JimBob-pg4ig

3 жыл бұрын

37+37 equals 74. He resigned In 1974

One huge difference between then and now is that at least Nixon had a threshold of shame. He realized he went well beyond the norms of ethical behavior, and in the end did the right thing. Today, there seems to be absolutely no shame. Anything goes, and not only do the perpetrators fail to take responsibility for their actions, their supporters are so mindless they will not condemn blatant dishonesty, hypocrisy, criminality, and treasonous acts.

@toddshreve

Жыл бұрын

It's a simple transition from valuing group vs valuating self. From 1776 to now is a reasonably straight line. The end of US democracy is solidly a when question. It's remarkable how long this system stayed operational. The US has the longest living constitution on Earth. But it will eventually fail.

@eugenewattson3524

10 ай бұрын

Wrong. He resigned because he didn't have enough votes in the Senate to beat the trial.

This is STILL sad to me. It was like the President had been fired in my mind. I was small, and I felt bad for him. Now, I think I still do, having a greater understanding of the "Dark State" we now see.

Thank you for sharing this. I believe his pre-broadcast levity stems from the finality of his decision and relief of having that unimaginable weight removed from his life. I feel much better watching again with the benefit of this added context

Richard Nixon handled the most tragic of downfalls with absolute grace. The way he dealt with the shame of being forced to lose the presidency seemed like a loss at the time, but in the long run, it was really a victory for himself and for our country.

@kevinlongman007

Жыл бұрын

Nixon brought the resignation on himself. He is totally responsible for his own downfall.

@JazzyUte

Жыл бұрын

lol no he didn't. He did everything he could to destroy the constitution so he could remain in power. He handled nothing with grace. The only reason he resigned and didn't try to tear this country apart further than he already had is because back then Republicans had a backbone and they told him if he didn't resign, they'd not only impeach and remove him from office but he would be prosecuted for his crimes.

@mrb4886

10 ай бұрын

Are you drunk?

And this video was published exactly 37 years after his resignation

@selvitr3945

3 жыл бұрын

I will and shall resign on 1.4.2021 and I did it gt8ly

@shahrulamar5358

2 жыл бұрын

Nixon only had almost 20 years to live.

People only want to remember Nixon for Watergate and for his resignation. That is a shame. Nixon, if not for this event, would be considered one of the top ten presidents of all time. I still consider him to be one of the best. He need the war in Vietnam, he opened up relations in China, and before Watergate, he united the country in ways that very few presidents have ever done.

@briankelleywastaken

5 жыл бұрын

Nixon lobbied with Vietnam leaders to prolong the war so he could end it when he was elected. Scumbag through and through.

@olaoluwabode-omoleye356

5 жыл бұрын

He should have rotted in jail.

The nation lost more than it gained when Richard Nixon resigned .

Oh god. Must've been that one time Henry brought in that album with the triangle and rainbow on it along with a couple bottles of Johnnie Walker. I don't know, I was really drunk at the time.

@richardferrer1945

7 жыл бұрын

absolutely right

@RichardMNixon-zh6uz

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. Absolutely in the right.

@kylegallagher321

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Nixon nice profile pic

@lhart99

5 жыл бұрын

It must have been a pretty epic trip, Dick. ;-)

I remember this as a young child. My mother walked around the corner with me on a hot August night in Detroit and watched this over at my grandparents house on their colored TV.

Fantastic footage.

Wow! I was born in '77 and obviously knew nothing of watergate until I became an adult and interested on our history. I've seen the short clip many times of Nixon resigning but never the full speech. Very interesting. Thank you for uploading the entire speech and especially the banter before airing live. Very interesting how he dealt with the stress at the time.

Pres. Nixon's voice Really and Actually sounds like someone imitating Pres. Nixon's voice.

@nicestrat

7 жыл бұрын

Really and Actually???? lol...ok

@debbiemacwilliams9540

5 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@PaulGreen11

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicestrat "Really 🍌! Actually 💦!!"

This was before I was born so I'm used to only seeing him in speeches. It's easy to forget that historical figures are also humans.

I have always been obsessed with the day Nixon resigned from office once I learned it was the very day I was born.

Nixon said "NBC camera" but CBS was providing video pool coverage (with a Norelco PC60 video camera). The NBC camera he mentioned was a 16mm film camera. What I'd like to know is where is that 16mm film? It can be scanned in HD and can give a crystal clear image instead of this fuzzy video image.

7:02 You're welcome

Thank you for sharing this vital historical footage. The open channels of the internet invite very stimulating debate! (Once you we'd out the trolls, of course!)

Its amazing he still kept a sense of even before he resigned

@eugenewattson3524

10 ай бұрын

A sense of what?

Regardless of the political situation here (which of course was of historic proportions) someone who can be so relatively calm before delivering an extraordinarily difficult speech in front of almost the entire American nation really has, dare I say, balls(!) I'd be as nervous as hell even if it were a speech that was in triumph let alone being the first and only US president to resign the office.

2023 now, I was 14 in 74; what a different time.

@asidhow4859

4 ай бұрын

You mean in 1973 you were 14 years old

I was in my mid teens In high school when this happened. I Absolutely despised Richard Nixon, And had volunteered on George McGovern’s 1972 campaign handing out leaflets at a local shopping center. Being I was in Southern California which was big Nixon territory--because this was where he was from originally--The reaction to McGovern was of course not too warm LOL! Anyway, over the years and a Masters degree in political science and a just concluded 30 year career in government service later, I must say I have developed A respect for Richard Nixon. Show me of his domestic policies were very liberal, and internationally he opened up China, and laid the groundwork for peace in Vietnam. Nixon to me now is a flawed but very honorable man.

Will do.

I was working second shift at the former G.E plant in Waynesboro , VA in 1974 and therefore missed it. I have never seen the actual speech in its entirety

@nickmackovic2274

5 ай бұрын

Hello Mr. Howard, did you happen to know or meet a man named Paul Inserra while working for G.E. in Waynesboro. He is my late grandfather and he also worked for GE in Waynesboro at some point in his career, im not sure what years exactly but its possible that it was around that time. I know this is super random but I just so happened to come across your comment completely by chance

Nixon's choking up during his speech. I can understand this. He was an ambitious guy, wanted nothing more than to be Richard the Great. He went from the depths of his career in 1962 to an astounding victory in 1972. And then all he worked to created collapsed, ironically, because of all he did to stay victorious.

With this speech, and throughout his presidency, Nixon set the precedent for US policy in years to come.

the only reason he resigned was that he struck a deal: leave the presidency and avoid jail time.

Any other young people on here who just find Nixon as the most interesting president? Like he is an insane rabbit hole to dig through.

At this stage he just wanted outta there.

I know I joked a lot when I knew I was waiting for my father to get home and correct me for some misdeed I would joke with my siblings to demonstrate that I was calm and not afraid all the while I was terrified of the impending correction by my father that would shortly pursue.

Wow, he was fairly composed. He was cracking jokes to ease the tension and nervousness. Pres Nixon became a broken man after this. I was 2 when he resigned, my parents remembered this and cried watching this. Nixon was actually a good President but Watergate scandal brought him down.

@ChicoTheMan69

2 жыл бұрын

It should've been much worse for him, Exactly why he was nervous before Ford set the awful precedent giving a preemptive pardon undermining rule of law that led up to trump and the attempted coup.

@brandontaylor8957

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChicoTheMan69 Not a coup

@brucewayne5140

2 жыл бұрын

A good president would have taken care that the laws be faithfully executed. You know, his job as stated in the Constitution.

@johnnylongfeather3086

2 жыл бұрын

Ya think?

Great President Richard Nixon resignation on 8th August 1974 You are great President of United States of America 🇺🇸 I too lived in USA California State and in Arizona State

I love how the tv tuner is fucking up lol

Really neat piece of history.

Thank you to whomever posted this. I was in high school when this happened, and I remember it VERY clearly. Glad he resigned!

@raylenefilley8582

8 жыл бұрын

LOVE to see someone use "whomever" correctly!

@MeBiGn00b

8 жыл бұрын

+Raylene Filley actually that wasn't correct....

@Tapster2010

8 жыл бұрын

+jdsgfser when are you supposed to use whomever then ?

@MeBiGn00b

8 жыл бұрын

S Tap you use it when it refers to the direct object. So like "he who replied" would be correct, and "he to whom I replied" would also be correct.

@Tapster2010

8 жыл бұрын

thanks

Where/how was this televised? It looks like the Resolute Desk but turned around with a blue screen behind it?

One of the great leaders this country has had this was a sad time I remember it well as a young lad I think Redemption is what Richard milhous Nixon received before he passed on rest in peace mr. President

10:22 "Therefore I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow "

@StacksOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

"Vice president Ford, will be sworn in as president, at that hour, in this office"

@johnnylongfeather3086

2 жыл бұрын

SPOILER ALERT

This video is priceless

Fascinating...

hey MediaBurnsUpdate, do you want this in french?

@jean-francoistremblay8182

7 жыл бұрын

Merci de mettre un lien ici!

Where's the part where he cries and flies away in his chopper?

@RichardMNixon-zh6uz

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Cinema Louis CK is full of shit.

@lottatozatsudan

8 жыл бұрын

It was probably referring to his farewell speech to the white house staff. Not in this video.

@RichardMNixon-zh6uz

8 жыл бұрын

That was from a hangover. Ordered some heavy duty Kentucky goodness the night before. Good stuff. Should be legalized. Piss on that diluted trash that's on the shelves at liquor stores. True product made by the good folks of the mountains is the best...or what you hippies today refer to as "organic". God bless Popcorn Sutton. And fuck you.

@kevinnelson66

29 күн бұрын

He departed the White House the following day.

“I’m not a crook.” No Rich, I said your nose is crooked.

The lead in photography shows the White House, with the lights on, but the Oval Office is not in the main residence. It is in the West Wing, off to the left side of what is shown in the picture.

The television camera was attached to an equipment pallet on the side of the LM that unfolded when Armstrong pulled its release at the top of the ladder. Inside the LM, Buzz Aldrin closed the circuit-breaker to supply it with power.

My uncle was an attorney for Nixon in WH. He went to prison because of it and eventually drank himself to death. As flawed as Nixon was even I can admit that he is probably one of the greatest attorney's our country has seen and far and away the most intelligent president we have ever had. If you look past watergate he was a great president.

@timothybarr8241

6 ай бұрын

if you look past politicial espionage, he was a great president? Thats literally like saying" If you look past the Holocaust, hitler wasnt so bad." lol hilarious

I like to imagine he just took LSD for the first time the night before

At least he quit and put American first

It really is fascinating to watch the pre-speech Nixon laughing and joking around. History has begun to mythologize him into this absolute force of evil, but you realize that he was just a guy. Every President is just a guy. It really makes me want to see Washington (a man who is basically 100% myth and 0% person to all of us) in a similar situation. Or any President really. We don't think of these people as humans.

@xman4un

9 жыл бұрын

Jay Gee You're not aware of his emotional breakdown the day prior to this tv event then. Kissinger was with him and it's well documented.

What's with the constant "I can see it" I'm afraid I don't understand that. Anyone? :)

Those of us who remember we're watching and some were happy, others angry but it was a moment in our history that we hope will never happen again

Nixon is so calm and upbeat even as his presidency is going down in flames

@xman4un

9 жыл бұрын

A Gaytheist He would have already went through his monumental breakdown just the previous night with Kissinger. And the following day in his goodbye speech.

@shikat2371

8 жыл бұрын

+A Gaytheist He had to. His family suggested they be in the same room with Nixon while he's delivering the resignation speech, but Nixon would have none of that. He said he wouldn't be able to finish the speech if his family were in the same room.

I rest my case.

Which minute he said he renounce ?

Ford Was a Good Guy Basically

Not a calm bone in his body in the intro. Fidgeting, nonstop joking and laughing, looking around side to side, the somberness he falls into when he begins reading the speech and sends everybody out. I almost feel bad for the guy, preparing to end his professional life and ruin his reputation around the world. This guy's reputation was everything to him and boy did he sure did kill that.

10:22 Got to do what you got to do :/

It's not an easy thing to end a war diplomatically. Believe it or not, both the US and North Vietnamese had different views of a post-US involvement Vietnam. I'm not going to begrudge him the fact that he didn't end Vietnam overnight.

I know Nixon always seemed calm and collected, but think he was really a much different person inside, probably always worried, stressed, or upset.

@tomloft2000

Жыл бұрын

Go back and look at the " I am not a crook" speech .He was anything but calm and collected.

When Kevin Rudd lost his job as the prime minister of Australia he wimped like a baby. We need presidents in Australia to get someone with a backbone to lead us.

@ChannelBlaino

10 жыл бұрын

instead we have a sexist,racist misogynist idiot by the name of Abbott

Nixon with the NBC reference. If only this speech took place on a Saturday. (this was on a Thursday) #SNL

No doubt. But the sad part is, he got in trouble not for the break in, which he had very little to do with if at all, but with covering it up. If you think about it, that really wasn't that bad if you compare it to something like Iran-Contra with Reagan. Frankly I consider the latter to be much more impeachment worthy.

Leah King: I did work in video production for a time.

If you put this on half speed it sounds just like Bill Belichick.

2:45 Me when someone asks to take my picture

AROO!

Say what you will about this Nixon, but the man, keep his cool under what I must imagine the worst circunstances of his life, most people would just buckle under the pressure!!

Harry Shearer not only captured the essence of Nixon, possibly more importantly he captured the skeleton and musculature.

If you only have time to read 1 book on the subject, read "On the Trail of the Assassins" by Jim Garrison.

my left ear really enjoyed this

@johnking5174

3 жыл бұрын

The original broadcast was not made in stereo

I think he knew he’d get a pardon.

can't believe going to resign on live TV that a president would be that relaxed.......

paused the vid to watch this

Rare behind the scenes footy

He sounds just like David Frye.

Do explain how.

did this come from a U-Matic tape ?

@navidpey194

6 жыл бұрын

SuperJasonGold one inch?

@navidpey194

6 жыл бұрын

And nagra 1/4"?

The guy wiil be good tv news anchor.

AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!