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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
OKC scene breakdown
- Aired: 02/07/2017
- 01:32
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- Rating: NR


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Oklahoma City, Chapter 1
OKLAHOMA CITY traces the events — including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco — that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. With a virulent strain of anti-government anger still with us, the film is both a cautionary tale and an extremely timely warning.
Timothy McVeigh at Waco, from Oklahoma City
During the stand-off between federal agents and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas in 1993, people gathered on a hill roughly three miles away to see what was happening at the compound. One of those drawn to Waco was a 24-year-old Army veteran named Timothy McVeigh.
OKC scene breakdown
The aerial image of the half-blown Murrah Federal building in 1995 stunned America. Director Barak Goodman explains the reason for choosing this image to open the film OKLAHOMA CITY and the close attention to the connections between the events that led to the bombing and ultimately to Timothy McVeigh’s capture.
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