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Watergate investigators and Nixon

President Nixon's refusal to assist the Watergate investigators.

• 15 mins

Should Nixon resign?

The Arab embargo on oil to the US, and what the polls show about Nixon's reputation.

• 15 mins

Nixon's tax returns go public

Nixon makes tax returns public after evasion claims.

• 14 mins

Corruption

When lobbying goes too far, and degenerates into morally contemptible corruption.

• 15 mins

Duke Ellington

A profile of jazz musician Duke Ellington (1899-1974).

• 15 mins

San Francisco: Detroit of the Pacific?

The crime, gang problems and skyscrapers spoiling San Francisco, and Patty Hearst.

• 15 mins

Nixon's resignation, 1974

Nixon's political downfall and resignation on 9 August 1974.

• 15 mins

Nixon's resignation speech, August 1974

Nixon's resignation speech. No apology from Nixon in resignation speech.

• 14 mins

Gerald Ford, the new man in the White House, 1974

New revelations about President Gerald Ford's past, are discussed by the press.

• 15 mins

Boston busing crisis, 1974

The violent protests against W Arthur Garrity Jr's forced busing in South Boston.

• 15 mins

TV news coverage, 1974

America's rolling TV news coverage, and why it makes for better democracy.

• 15 mins

Changing United Nations

How the power balance at the UN is shifting to the Third World.

• 15 mins

US import restrictions, March 1975

US import restrictions. Possible trade with Cuba.

• 14 mins

Row over Cambodia aid

Ford presses for further aid package to Cambodia.

• 14 mins

Women's Lib, 1975

Equal Rights amendment splits both Women's and Men's Lib factions.

• 14 mins

Arab-Israeli peace deal collapses, March 1975

Arab-Israeli peace deal fails. King Faisal shot. Cambodia collapses.

• 14 mins

Cambodia gunboat diplomacy

Reports that the US has sunk three Cambodian ships lead to tense diplomacy.

• 15 mins

Global climate change

Global weather is cooling, say forecasters.

• 14 mins

English language problems

Same language, different country can lead to misunderstandings.

• 14 mins

Doctors' strike

Doctors strike over rocketing insurance cover.

• 14 mins

Big MAC saves New York

Big MAC to take over troubled NYC finances.

• 14 mins

Travel myths

Travel myths rarely live up to reality.

• 14 mins

The Ford presidency

Ford's presidency is working better than most expected.

• 14 mins

Tax exiles, July 1975

Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Tony Jacklin - all tax exiles.

• 14 mins

The Helsinki Accords

Signing of the Helsinki Accords treaty.

• 14 mins

US/USSR handshakes, 1975

Russian-American handshakes in space, and the denunciations of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

• 15 mins

The secret of longevity

What’s the secret to a long, happy life?

• 14 mins

Nuclear power

Hazards of relying on nuclear power.

• 14 mins

The president's holiday

President Ford takes a holiday.

• 14 mins

Grain export boycott

Dock workers boycott grain shipments to USSR.

• 14 mins