# Essay on Watergate (part 1)

Part 2 available HERE. Summary Reflects journalist Bill Moyers' personal attempt to understand how a political scandal the proportion of Watergate could occur in the United States. Moyers reviews the taped testimony of Mitchell, Erlichman, Magruder, and other Senate witnesses, and, in discussions with journalists and historians, looks at other scandals in American history, the expanding role of the presidency, and other aspects of American history that might help to explain how a Watergate could happen. Produced by WNET Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Reflects reporter Bill Moyers' attempt to understand how a political scandal such as Watergate could occur in this country. Reviews the taped testimony of Mitchell, Ehrlichman, Magruder and other Senate witnesses.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1975
- Runtime: 33 min
- By: Moyers, Bill D
- Genres: Education, History, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/essayonwatergatereel1of2)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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