Attica Prison Riot
Robert Douglass served as Counsel and later Secretary to Governor Nelson Rockefeller from 1965-1972. He was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the Governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted as a guard during the uprising, trying to assure that none of the officials sent in to negotiate with the prisoners were harmed.
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Paul Krugman Interview
S13 E1 - 8m 48s
In this exclusive interview, Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman discusses the relevance of the Rockefellers in today's business environment of mergers, monopolies, and the new "age of the heroic entrepreneur."
Rockefellers at Play
S13 E1 - 1m 35s
Home videos of Rockefeller family members at the family estate -- playing in the yard, learning to drive, swimming, and John D. Sr. arriving home.
The Rockefellers Chapter One
S13 E1 - 9m 37s
John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America. Watch the epic story of the man who monopolized oil.
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