Eye of the Storm Documentary Film Collection, Series V. Audiovisual Materials, 1995-1998

Summary

Creator:
American International Television
Date:
1995-1998
Extent:
1197 item(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Eye of the Storm Documentary Film Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

Eye of the Storm Documentary Film Collection, Series V. Audiovisual Materials includes 455 betacam videocassettes, 31 audiocassettes, 33 D2 videocassettes, 8 digital audio tapes (DAT), ten DLT data storage tapes, 180 DVDs, one microcassette audio tape, one Umatic videocassette, 473 VHS videocassettes, one one-inch open reel video tape, one two-inch open reel video tape. The papers in the collection can be found in Series I-IV (click here). This series includes production media for In the Eye of the Storm, comprised of original interviews with people involved in the Watergate scandal, an interview with John Ehrlichman by Bob Woodward, interviews with Ehrlichman by Tom Clancy, the London production An Evening with John Ehrlichman, the Boca Raton, Florida production Watergate Revisited, footage of Tom Clancy's narration, video transfers of John Ehrlichman's home movies, soundtrack and score media, and footage purchased from NARA and other sources. Copies of the finished video production, In the Eye of the Storm, Part 1: Defeat and Triumph and Part 2: Watergate and Disgrace, are available for viewing at the Library and for purchase. Contact the Russell Library (russlib@uga.edu) for further details.

Biographical / historical:

In 1995, Jack and Mark Barnette engaged John Ehrlichman, White House Counsel on Domestic Affairs to President Richard Nixon, to collaborate with them on a film project to tell the inside story of those working in the White House during the Watergate scandal that ultimately brought down the Nixon presidency. The goal of the project was to produce a broadcast-quality television documentary that would air on the 25th anniversary of the scandal. The Barnettes formed Three Bees Production, LLC and American International Television, LLC based in Marietta, Georgia. Over the next two years, the project team conducted video interviews with the principal characters in the cover-up, and developed the script. The project's work culminated in long and short versions of the video documentary In the Eye of the Storm, hosted by author Tom Clancy, as well as the video production An Evening with Ehrlichman at London University, and video footage of Bob Woodward's interview with Ehrlichman. The production group was unsuccessful in marketing the documentary for broadcast, and only a small number of home videos were distributed.

Access and use restrictions

Terms of access:

Library acts as "fair use" reproduction agent.

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Preferred citation:

Eye of the Storm Documentary Film Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.