The Century: America's Time 1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse (Season 1, Episode 12)
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The Century: America's Time

1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse (Season 1, Episode 12)

TV Episode | Documentary

From Nixon's inauguration to his resignation, this episode details the developments in the American psyche from the first moon landing to the end of the Vietnam war and beyond to disco and Attica and the Watergate scandal.

Director

Roger Goodman

Writers

Richard Gerdau | Michael Plante

Producer

Michael Plante

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 26, 1999

Release date

Apr 26, 1999 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

3 nominations

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Spiro Agnew Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip (1970)
Buzz Aldrin Self - Astronaut Self - Astronaut See fewer	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Stephen Ambrose Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Band of Brothers (2001)
Neil Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Forest 404 (I) (2019)
Leonid Brezhnev Self - Soviet Leader (archive footage) Self - Soviet Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Pat Buchanan Self - Presidential Speech Writer Self - Presidential Speech Writer See fewer	Crossfire (1982)
Thomas Burns Self - AFL-CIO Self - AFL-CIO See fewer	Barbarians (2004)
Phil Caputo Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet See fewer	Crossers
Charles Champlin Self - Critic Self - Critic See fewer	The Player (1992)
Betty Ford Self - First Lady (archive footage) Self - First Lady (archive footage) See fewer	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Gerald Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dynasty (1981)
Leonard Garment Self Self See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
John Glenn Self - Astronaut Self - Astronaut See fewer	Frasier (1993)
Bob Hope Self - at White House (archive footage) Self - at White House (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Dennis Hopper Self Self See fewer	Easy Rider (1969)
Nguyen Hung Self - North Vietnam Soldier Self - North Vietnam Soldier See fewer	Kancl (2014)
Peter Jennings Self - Host-Narrator Self - Host-Narrator See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Bob Jones Self - Former Vietnam P.O.W. Self - Former Vietnam P.O.W. See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Henry Kissinger Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Dennis Mannion Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet See fewer	Khe Sanh: A Walk in the Clouds (2003)
Zedong Mao Self - Chinese Leader (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) Self - Chinese Leader (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Pat Nixon Self - First Lady (archive footage) Self - First Lady (archive footage) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Steve Schwartz Self - Anti-War Archivist Self - Anti-War Archivist See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Truman Springer Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Oliver Stone Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet See fewer	JFK (1991)
John Updike Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
John Wayne Self - at White House (archive footage) Self - at White House (archive footage) See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Tom Wicker Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Bus Stop (1961)