The White Coup(1975)

movie - first aired/released 1975-03-04 - audience 8.0

Directed by Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski

At the parliamentary elections that the Unidad Popular won, there were activities to overthrow Salvador Allende. By a white, supposedly clean coup, the rightwing powers of Chile tried unsuccessfully to gain a two thirds majority in the national congress. Months later, the armed, violent coup took place.