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Daniel Ellsberg's View From Inside The Pentagon During 1967 Protest

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Military police face screaming anti-Vietnam War demonstrators at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 21, 1967. (AP)
Military police face screaming anti-Vietnam War demonstrators at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 21, 1967. (AP)

The final episode of "The Vietnam War," an 18-hour documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, airs Thursday night on PBS. The film covers many aspects of the war, including the protest movement at home.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd spoke with two anti-war activists of that era who watched the film. Daniel Ellsberg (@DanielEllsberg), the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, describes his view from inside the Pentagon as protesters marched to the building in 1967.

This segment aired on September 28, 2017.

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