Chicago 1968
Chana Gazit1995-11-13
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60 min
American Experience looks at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where Vice President Hubert Humphrey won his party's nomination for president amid massive civil unrest and violence perpetrated by Chicago Police and anti-Vietnam War protesters.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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David McCullough | Self - Host | Unowned |
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William Stanley Merwin | Self - Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Tom Wicker | Self - Journalist | Unowned |
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Albert Eisele | Self - Biographer | Unowned |
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Ted Van Dyk | Self - Humphrey Staff | Unowned |
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Marilyn Katz | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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David Dellinger | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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David Farber | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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Roger Wilkins | Self - US Justice Department | Unowned |
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Joel Weisman | Self - Chicago Journalist | Unowned |
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David Stahl | Self - Chicago Deputy Mayor | Unowned |
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Abe Peck | Self - Anitwar Activist | Unowned |
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Thomas Foran | Self - US Attorney, Illinois | Unowned |
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Rennie Davis | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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Richard Samuel | Self - McCarthy Delegate | Unowned |
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William Frapolly | Self - Undercover Police | Unowned |
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Mike Spiegel | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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Frank Sullivan | Self - Police Spokesman | Unowned |
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Tom Hayden | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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Reuven Frank | Self - NBC News | Unowned |
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David Ginsburg | Self - Humphrey Staff | Unowned |
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Edward Collins | Self - Chicago Police | Unowned |
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Bill Ayers | Self - Antiwar Activist | Unowned |
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Jean Wallin | Self - McCarthy Delegate | Unowned |
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Joseph Alioto | Self - Mayor, San Francisco (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Richard J. Daley | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Wayne Hays | Self - Representative, Ohio (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Hubert H. Humphrey | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eugene McCarthy | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Pierre Salinger | Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Theodore Sorensen | Self - Convention Speaker (archive footage) | Unowned |