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"If Nixon Stayed" Episode 1 - When Nixon Left
The first episode of a new show from the CAPTURED team. August 8th, 1974 marked the end of Richard Nixon’s presidency, but what if it didn’t? In this series premiere, we revisit the emotional final…
If Nixon Stayed - Coming April 10
From the team that brought you CAPTURED comes a new series that explores the concept of Richard Nixon staying in office for his full second-term: If Nixon Stayed. Learn more about your ad choices.…
Introducing: If Nixon Stayed (Trailer)
Introducing a new docuseries, from the team that brought you CAPTURED: Shot Down In Vietnam, that reimagines the course of history. Using newly-released archival materials, expert interviews and…
Bonus Episode | An Interview w/ Sid Stockdale
Recorded live at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum's 50th-Anniversary Reunion for former Vietnam War POWs in May 2023, Sid Stockdale, one of Vice Admiral Jim and League of Wives…
S1E10 Chapter 10: Freedom Bird
The finale of our story brings us to December 1972, as President Richard Nixon's administration strives to bring an end to the stalemate in peace negotiations with the North Vietnamese.In this…
S1E9 Chapter 9: The Son Tay Raid
In November of 1970, fifty-six U.S. Special Forces soldiers executed the most ambitious rescue mission of the Vietnam War, raiding a North Vietnamese prison camp known as "Son Tay," just outside of…
S1E8 Chapter 8: Seal Team Six in Pearls
In Part 2 of our two-part focus on the League of Wives, we examine how exactly this courageous band of women was able to organize under Sybil Stockdale and make a significant impact on the return of…
S1E7 Chapter 7: Not a Widow, Not a Wife
In Part 1 of our two-part focus on the League of Wives, we are introduced to Andrea Rander and Pat Mearns, each young mothers to two girls when their husbands were shot down in North Vietnam.Guided…
S1E6 Intermission: The Tapes
In this special episode, we depart from our central narrative and turn our attention to Washington D.C., where Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson & Richard Nixon were making a crucial impact on the…
S1E5 Chapter 5: The Last Word We Heard
Mike McDaniel was nine years old when his father, Capt. Red McDaniel, was shot down and captured in the jungles of North Vietnam on May 19, 1967. It would be three long years until he and the rest of…
S1E4 Chapter 4: One Thing After Another
18 months into Cmdr. Everett Alvarez's captivity, the North Vietnamese "torture regime" begins as he and fellow prisoners are forced to endure physical abuse, in addition to mental torture, amidst…
S1E3 Chapter 3: Hanoi Hilton
On a crisp afternoon in August of 1964, Everett Alvarez Jr. found himself floating in the emerald waters of Hạ Long Bay, North Vietnam, having just ejected from his flaming A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. He…
S1E2 Chapter 2: Better Red Than Dead
The story continues with the harrowing Vietnam wartime experience for Naval Capt. Eugene "Red" McDaniel. His shoot-down and capture, three years after Alvarez's, highlights the differences in…
S1E1 Chapter 1: The First Guy
We rewind to the year 1964 and are introduced to 26-year-old Naval aviator Everett Alvarez Jr. Hear from the now-85-year-old Commander Alvarez himself, as we follow his journey from modest beginnings…
Introducing CAPTURED (Full Trailer)
Exactly 50 years ago, the Nixon administration saved 591 prisoners of war from North Vietnamese captivity. Many of them are still with us and willing to tell their stories like never before in this…
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CAPTURED: Shot Down In Vietnam has published 15 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Documentary, History.
CAPTURED: Shot Down In Vietnam is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 27m.
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