1
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Oh, look.
Heather and Narcissus.

2
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Eleanor.

3
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I'm marrying a flower thief.

4
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No one saw.

5
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There, that's a sure sign that spring
is just around the corner.

6
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Everything wonderful is just
around the corner for us.

7
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I love you so.

8
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And will?

9
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And will for
a very long time.

10
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Boy dearest,
that's not good enough.

11
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Don't you remember the poem
I copied out and sent you?

12
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Mrs. Browning?

13
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The very last part?

14
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- "Unless...
- "Unless...

15
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you can swear

16
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'For life, for death! '...

17
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Oh, fear
to call it loving!"

18
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Franklin.

19
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Miss Eleanor Roosevelt,
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt.

20
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Miss Eleanor.

21
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- Mr. Roosevelt.
- Mr. Hoover.

22
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Would you like to
leave your coats here?

23
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I'll just check your names
off the guest list.

24
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Mrs. Roosevelt's already
gone into the dining room

25
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with some of
the family.

26
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We're not late?

27
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No, no, the president
hasn't come down yet.

28
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Who says he hasn't?

29
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Mr. President.

30
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- Isn't the elevator working?
- Yes.

31
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So are my legs.
What of it?

32
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Ha!
My favorite niece.

33
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Hello, Uncle Ted.

34
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- Cousin.
- Mr. President.

35
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Thank you, Ike.
I'll look after these children.

36
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By Godfrey, don't we all
look swell in our finery?

37
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Ha! I never have grown up
in that respect.

38
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I still love dressing up,
no matter what the costume.

39
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Ah, we'll join
the others in a minute.

40
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Oh, it's bully to have so much family
on hand for this inauguration.

41
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That first time
I took the oath,

42
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it all seemed as haphazard
as it was sudden.

43
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Now tonight,
after dinner,

44
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you Aunt Edith and I
will lead the dancing in here.

45
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Oh, it's going
to look fine.

46
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Ha!

47
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This is the room where
the president dances.

48
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And if he's careless enough
to die in office,

49
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this is where
they lay him out.

50
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It looks grand.

51
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The whole house looks just grand
since you did it over.

52
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And Uncle Ted, it's officially
the White House now, is it,

53
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instead of
the Executive Mansion?

54
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Yes, we've had all
the stationary changed.

55
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It's what the people outside
have always called it anyway.

56
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Now listen you two.
Remind me.

57
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What day am I due in
New York for your wedding?

58
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- The 17th.
- Two weeks.

59
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- Two weeks from yesterday.
- Ah, yes.

60
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I've got the St. Patrick's Day
Parade first.

61
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And then I'm to go
straight on to you.

62
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We're awfully grateful
you could find the time.

63
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This is an occasion,

64
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you two coming to the White House
together for the first time.

65
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Now, once you're
Mr. And Mrs.,

66
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we're going to expect to
see a lot of you around here.

67
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Oh, we'll be back.
Never fear.

68
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Will you listen to
this Young Turk?

69
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I don't know if that means he plans
a more or less permanent occupancy

70
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of one of the guest rooms,
or that he has his eye on mine.

71
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I, Theodore Roosevelt,

72
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do solemnly swear that
I will faithfully execute

73
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- the office of President...
- I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

74
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do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully execute the office

75
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of President of
the United States

76
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and will, to the best
of my ability,

77
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preserve, protect,
and defend

78
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the Constitution of
the United States.

79
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So help you, God.

80
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So help me, God.

81
00:05:04,918 --> 00:05:08,513
This great nation will endure...

82
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as it has endured;

83
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will revive,
and will prosper.

84
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So first of all, let me
assert my firm belief

85
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that the only thing
we have to fear

86
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is fear itself.

87
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Nameless, unreasoning,
unjustified terror,

88
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which paralyzes needed efforts
to convert retreat into advance.

89
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Even as the new president
took the oath of office,

90
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new unemployment
figures revealed

91
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no increase in the
availability of jobs.

92
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The first task of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

93
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will be, in his own words,

94
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"to put people to work."

95
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An impoverished nation
looks to the future with hope.

96
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Don't look at me, look at them.

97
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Remember what I told you.
That's my stride.

98
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Keep your head up.
Smile.

99
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Look people right in the eye.
Keep them from noticing what we're doing.

100
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Two things to
remember, kid:

101
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You never catch him moving,
only standing still;

102
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and never in a wheelchair,
except from the waist up.

103
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Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Nice day.

104
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Well, it started out
kind of gray,

105
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but it sure has brightened
up, Mr. President.

106
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Oh, we take that as
a favorable omen.

107
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The sun shines
on the New Deal.

108
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Can we have you like that
for just a minute, Mr. President?

109
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Like this?

110
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That's perfect.
Hold it.

111
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- What about the First Lady?
- She's camera shy.

112
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Hates having
her picture taken.

113
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Mrs. Roosevelt,
would you mind?

114
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Come on, darling.
It's for the history books.

115
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Ah, that's...
that's beautiful.

116
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Beautiful. Now if you can
hold that for just a minute longer.

117
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As long as you like.
We're not going anywhere.

118
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Ha!
We're home.

119
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Ghosts?

120
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Inevitably, I suppose.

121
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How little the place
has changed since he was here.

122
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You realize the usher is the same one
who received us 28 years ago?

123
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He's top dog now.

124
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Ike Hoover. He called me Miss Eleanor,
exactly as he did then.

125
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You know what he said
to me just now?

126
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"It's good to have a Roosevelt
in the White House again."

127
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I said, "Uh-oh, if
that's my cue to say,

128
00:08:01,694 --> 00:08:03,491
'lt's good to still have
a Hoover on the place,'

129
00:08:03,530 --> 00:08:04,929
I'm afraid
I'll have to pass."

130
00:08:06,099 --> 00:08:07,430
He swears
they're not related,

131
00:08:07,467 --> 00:08:08,991
so I expect we'll
let him stay.

132
00:08:10,603 --> 00:08:13,401
I just want to see how
they're getting on down here.

133
00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:16,704
My first order of business
is a little pep talk to the Cabinet

134
00:08:16,743 --> 00:08:18,677
before the swearing in.
What's yours?

135
00:08:18,711 --> 00:08:20,679
I'm going up to my room
for a few minutes,

136
00:08:20,713 --> 00:08:22,305
and then I'll
see what's being done

137
00:08:22,348 --> 00:08:24,816
in the way of tea and little
sandwiches for the reception.

138
00:08:24,851 --> 00:08:26,375
- How many expected?
- Multitudes.

139
00:08:26,419 --> 00:08:28,148
Multitudes?
That's a lot.

140
00:08:28,188 --> 00:08:30,884
And 75 for dinner.

141
00:08:32,759 --> 00:08:35,785
"Where the president
dances."

142
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And what was the other?

143
00:08:38,198 --> 00:08:39,825
I don't remember.

144
00:08:39,866 --> 00:08:42,596
Oh, of course.
Lies in state.

145
00:08:42,635 --> 00:08:44,626
Hmm.

146
00:08:44,671 --> 00:08:47,469
I won't so much mind
not being able to do the one,

147
00:08:47,507 --> 00:08:51,102
if it means I'm excused
from doing the other.

148
00:08:52,812 --> 00:08:56,043
So this is where
you are, you bad boy.

149
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When you didn't come straight upstairs,
I thought, "Good grief.

150
00:08:58,785 --> 00:09:02,221
Maybe he's caught between floors
in that awful little elevator."

151
00:09:02,255 --> 00:09:05,418
Jim Farley and most of the others
are already assembled.

152
00:09:05,458 --> 00:09:08,018
Miss Perkins and Mr. Hull
are just arriving.

153
00:09:08,061 --> 00:09:10,427
I knew you'd want to
be settled in your study

154
00:09:10,463 --> 00:09:12,397
and have them all
come in together.

155
00:09:12,432 --> 00:09:15,526
I mean, I assumed
that's what you'd want.

156
00:09:15,568 --> 00:09:19,060
You assumed correctly,
as always, my dear Missy.

157
00:09:19,105 --> 00:09:21,539
Lead on,
"O Ship of State."

158
00:09:21,574 --> 00:09:24,338
You are the Ship
of State, Sire.

159
00:09:24,377 --> 00:09:26,004
I'm just
a little tugboat.

160
00:09:26,045 --> 00:09:28,138
Such modesty!

161
00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,286
Tell me this,
Tugboat Annie...

162
00:09:36,322 --> 00:09:38,381
Did anyone of
your many admirers

163
00:09:38,424 --> 00:09:40,915
ever tell you he liked
the cut of your jib?

164
00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,451
It's a pretty fresh remark,
wouldn't you say?

165
00:09:43,496 --> 00:09:45,657
No, it's a perfectly
orthodox naval expression.

166
00:09:45,698 --> 00:09:47,689
Witness is directed to
answer the question.

167
00:09:47,734 --> 00:09:50,862
Sorry, your honor.
If anyone ever did,

168
00:09:50,904 --> 00:09:54,601
it'll just have to remain a secret
between him and me.

169
00:09:54,641 --> 00:09:57,041
How jolly.
I love secrets.

170
00:09:57,076 --> 00:09:59,943
I'm very good at keeping secrets.
Did you know that?

171
00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:06,746
Beloved and revered
First Lady.

172
00:10:06,786 --> 00:10:07,878
Louis!

173
00:10:09,255 --> 00:10:11,382
First Lady of the land.

174
00:10:11,424 --> 00:10:13,392
- Do you believe it?
- No.

175
00:10:13,426 --> 00:10:15,860
It's unreal,
isn't it?

176
00:10:15,895 --> 00:10:18,887
I figured it out
in the car just now.

177
00:10:18,932 --> 00:10:21,594
It's 21 years since
I first addressed him

178
00:10:21,634 --> 00:10:24,398
as "beloved and revered
future president."

179
00:10:24,437 --> 00:10:28,032
That big uppity Dutchman
from Duchess County.

180
00:10:28,074 --> 00:10:29,564
Who'd have thunk it?

181
00:10:29,609 --> 00:10:32,874
I mean, who'd have
believed way back then

182
00:10:32,912 --> 00:10:36,143
that we'd really
pull it off?

183
00:10:36,182 --> 00:10:39,208
Good afternoon.

184
00:10:39,252 --> 00:10:41,311
The Cabinet all
get here?

185
00:10:41,354 --> 00:10:43,720
Yes, according to Missy.
They're in the study.

186
00:10:43,756 --> 00:10:46,486
Check.
I'll see you later.

187
00:10:47,493 --> 00:10:49,518
Oh, by the way,

188
00:10:49,562 --> 00:10:51,757
I just remembered
something.

189
00:10:51,798 --> 00:10:53,857
What?

190
00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:56,528
I've never been
up here before.

191
00:10:56,569 --> 00:10:58,400
Which one is it?

192
00:10:58,438 --> 00:11:00,167
Straight ahead.

193
00:11:05,211 --> 00:11:08,476
Ah, Colonel Howe has
arrived at last.

194
00:11:08,514 --> 00:11:11,483
- Colonel?
- Your Excellency.

195
00:11:22,095 --> 00:11:24,996
Eleanor?
Is anybody here?

196
00:11:25,031 --> 00:11:26,794
Who is it?

197
00:11:26,833 --> 00:11:28,698
Ah.

198
00:11:28,735 --> 00:11:30,828
- Oh, Mama.
- Well.

199
00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:34,169
Thank heavens. I've been
looking all over the place

200
00:11:34,207 --> 00:11:37,643
and I haven't been able
to rouse one familiar soul.

201
00:11:37,677 --> 00:11:41,374
It's like a great drafty
old commercial hotel, isn't it?

202
00:11:41,414 --> 00:11:44,383
Complete even to the house
detective in the hall.

203
00:11:44,417 --> 00:11:46,908
He's a Secret Service man.

204
00:11:46,953 --> 00:11:50,912
Franklin has shut himself up
in his study with a lot of strangers.

205
00:11:50,957 --> 00:11:54,222
I know he's far too busy
for his tedious old mother,

206
00:11:54,260 --> 00:11:57,491
but has he spent any time
with the children in the past few days?

207
00:11:57,530 --> 00:11:59,293
Not much, I'm afraid.

208
00:11:59,332 --> 00:12:02,961
Is he aware that Elliott and Betty
are on the verge of separating?

209
00:12:03,002 --> 00:12:05,937
And that Anna and Curtis
may not be long to follow?

210
00:12:05,972 --> 00:12:09,339
I think he senses that
things are not quite right.

211
00:12:09,375 --> 00:12:12,833
Has he ever discussed the
matter with Anna or Elliott?

212
00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:14,506
No, of course not.

213
00:12:14,547 --> 00:12:16,139
Why "of course not"?

214
00:12:16,182 --> 00:12:19,743
You know your son,
Mama.

215
00:12:19,786 --> 00:12:22,380
Very difficult for him
to discuss personal things.

216
00:12:22,422 --> 00:12:23,821
It always has been.

217
00:12:23,856 --> 00:12:26,086
That's meant as a reproach
to me, I suppose.

218
00:12:26,125 --> 00:12:27,558
Not at all.

219
00:12:27,593 --> 00:12:30,221
Oh, don't think I'm not
aware of what people think.

220
00:12:30,263 --> 00:12:34,359
Naturally, he had to learn to keep
his innermost feelings to himself.

221
00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,164
He's secret and deep...
even when he was little,

222
00:12:37,203 --> 00:12:40,536
because he had such a bossy,
interfering mama.

223
00:12:40,573 --> 00:12:43,838
Is this really where
you're expected to sleep?

224
00:12:43,876 --> 00:12:47,175
Why not? Abraham Lincoln
slept here.

225
00:12:47,213 --> 00:12:49,306
Not in that bed,
I dare say.

226
00:12:49,348 --> 00:12:53,648
No. It is a bit short,
even for me.

227
00:12:53,686 --> 00:12:58,487
When I find another, I think
I'll put it in the dressing room.

228
00:12:58,524 --> 00:13:01,652
And I can use this
as my sitting room.

229
00:13:01,694 --> 00:13:03,753
I could have my desk
over here.

230
00:13:03,796 --> 00:13:07,391
Mmm. Some new curtains
and a decent carpet

231
00:13:07,433 --> 00:13:10,095
will make a world
of difference.

232
00:13:10,136 --> 00:13:12,036
Know what I'm
reminded of?

233
00:13:12,071 --> 00:13:15,199
The time you and Franklin
first moved to Washington,

234
00:13:15,241 --> 00:13:17,869
20 years ago, and I came
to see you settled in.

235
00:13:17,910 --> 00:13:20,708
- Do you remember?
- Oh, yes.

236
00:13:20,746 --> 00:13:24,443
Coming back to this city must have
all sorts of associations for you?

237
00:13:24,484 --> 00:13:26,543
Yes, a good many.

238
00:13:26,586 --> 00:13:28,816
Not all of them pleasant.

239
00:13:28,855 --> 00:13:30,823
No, not all.

240
00:13:30,857 --> 00:13:33,451
You must put it
out of your mind.

241
00:13:33,493 --> 00:13:36,155
It's all dead and
buried in the past.

242
00:13:36,195 --> 00:13:39,096
If my instinct is correct,
and it usually is,

243
00:13:39,132 --> 00:13:42,260
Franklin has completely
forgotten her.

244
00:13:43,836 --> 00:13:46,566
With Franklin, it would be
hard to know, wouldn't it?

245
00:13:46,606 --> 00:13:49,006
I'm going to my bed,
such as it is.

246
00:13:49,041 --> 00:13:51,771
I'll never get through
the evening without a nap.

247
00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:56,473
Is the inevitable Missy LeHand
in there with the others?

248
00:13:56,516 --> 00:13:59,280
Of course.
She's his secretary.

249
00:13:59,318 --> 00:14:03,652
You're only his wife,
just as I'm only his mother.

250
00:14:03,689 --> 00:14:07,682
Pity neither of us is
an advisor or an employee.

251
00:14:07,727 --> 00:14:11,823
It would give us so much more
legitimate a claim on his time.

252
00:14:11,864 --> 00:14:15,664
You don't begrudge her the fact
that she's with him more than you are?

253
00:14:15,701 --> 00:14:18,499
Missy?
Certainly not.

254
00:14:18,538 --> 00:14:21,166
You don't think it ought
to be you by his side?

255
00:14:21,207 --> 00:14:25,405
Not every waking minute
of ever day, no.

256
00:14:25,444 --> 00:14:27,708
And that's what
Franklin needs.

257
00:14:27,747 --> 00:14:31,205
Someone to be on call
at a moment's notice,

258
00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:32,945
all day long.

259
00:14:32,985 --> 00:14:36,716
How could I possibly
begrudge her anything?

260
00:14:36,756 --> 00:14:39,020
Even if you did,
of course,

261
00:14:39,058 --> 00:14:42,721
even if you were jealous
as sin, you'd never let on.

262
00:14:42,762 --> 00:14:44,491
In your own quiet way,

263
00:14:44,530 --> 00:14:47,966
you're ever bit as secret
and deep as he is.

264
00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:50,525
What time is dinner,
by the way?

265
00:14:50,570 --> 00:14:52,265
7:30.

266
00:14:52,305 --> 00:14:54,637
We've arranged it, as we
did in Albany,

267
00:14:54,674 --> 00:14:57,040
so that Franklin will always
be seated at the table

268
00:14:57,076 --> 00:15:00,102
before the guests arrive
in the dining room.

269
00:15:00,146 --> 00:15:04,242
Afterward,
he'll go back to work

270
00:15:04,283 --> 00:15:06,911
and the rest of us will go on
to the inaugural ball.

271
00:15:06,953 --> 00:15:10,116
That's when I shall go
definitively to my bed.

272
00:15:10,156 --> 00:15:13,990
I do hope you'll all be quiet
and not wake me coming in.

273
00:15:31,143 --> 00:15:34,237
About time you came
crawling in, you night owl.

274
00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,510
Have you any idea
of the hour?

275
00:15:36,549 --> 00:15:40,542
I know. It was a question of finding
the right moment for a graceful departure.

276
00:15:40,586 --> 00:15:42,520
I thought you'd
be in bed.

277
00:15:42,555 --> 00:15:44,284
Ah, no such luck.

278
00:15:44,323 --> 00:15:47,724
The night's final conference didn't
break up until about 10 minutes ago.

279
00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,523
Did the children
get back all right?

280
00:15:49,562 --> 00:15:51,496
I lost track
of them earlier.

281
00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:55,256
What on earth?

282
00:15:55,301 --> 00:15:58,566
They brought a few friends
and part of a rumba band with them.

283
00:15:58,604 --> 00:16:01,437
Jimmy phoned to ask if it
was all right, and I said "yes."

284
00:16:01,474 --> 00:16:04,068
I was just about to look
in and say goodnight.

285
00:16:09,081 --> 00:16:11,379
Your mother's sleeping
directly overhead.

286
00:16:11,417 --> 00:16:12,941
Don't worry.
If she could hear them,

287
00:16:12,985 --> 00:16:15,419
there'd have been a loud
thumping up there by this time.

288
00:16:15,454 --> 00:16:17,979
- Hey, look who's here.
- Oh, Mother.

289
00:16:18,024 --> 00:16:21,653
- How you doing, Boss?
- Grand, Jimmy, perfectly grand.

290
00:16:21,694 --> 00:16:24,822
When I spoke of a good neighbor
policy this afternoon,

291
00:16:24,864 --> 00:16:27,628
I had no idea we'd see it
implemented so quickly

292
00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:29,692
or so close to home.

293
00:16:29,735 --> 00:16:32,761
I suppose you all know
it's after 1:00.

294
00:16:34,173 --> 00:16:35,606
How long is this
going to go on?

295
00:16:35,641 --> 00:16:38,542
- Weeks.
- Years and years.

296
00:16:38,577 --> 00:16:40,511
I hope not.

297
00:16:40,546 --> 00:16:43,640
We all have to be at
St. Thomas' bright and early.

298
00:16:43,683 --> 00:16:45,082
Mother!

299
00:16:45,117 --> 00:16:47,847
Come on, Babs, I can remember
a certain Saturday night

300
00:16:47,887 --> 00:16:49,650
when you and I danced
on and on,

301
00:16:49,689 --> 00:16:52,214
without any thought as to
how bright we'd be for church.

302
00:16:52,258 --> 00:16:55,785
Anna, don't your Latin friends know
any other sort of music?

303
00:16:55,828 --> 00:16:57,819
What about a waltz
just for variety?

304
00:16:57,863 --> 00:17:00,457
Oh Pa, nobody does
the waltz anymore.

305
00:17:00,499 --> 00:17:05,493
Really? Time was when it was
practically all they did.

306
00:17:13,212 --> 00:17:16,511
That orchestra doesn't seem
to know anything but waltzes.

307
00:18:00,526 --> 00:18:03,222
- Good night.
- Good night.

308
00:19:08,928 --> 00:19:11,089
Mmm.

309
00:19:25,811 --> 00:19:27,745
Babs?

310
00:19:29,748 --> 00:19:31,113
Is it all right?

311
00:19:31,150 --> 00:19:33,277
I'm just spending a quiet
moment with the stamps,

312
00:19:33,319 --> 00:19:34,752
trying to unwind.

313
00:19:34,787 --> 00:19:37,255
- Shall I leave you to it?
- No, no, come in.

314
00:19:37,289 --> 00:19:40,417
I'm always glad when we can catch
a few minutes to ourselves.

315
00:19:40,459 --> 00:19:42,324
They are rare.

316
00:19:42,361 --> 00:19:44,727
I expect they'll
be getting rarer now.

317
00:19:44,763 --> 00:19:47,323
Well, the next few days...

318
00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:50,301
the next few weeks...
are bound to be pretty hectic.

319
00:19:50,336 --> 00:19:53,032
So much to be done.

320
00:19:54,340 --> 00:19:57,673
14 million unemployed,
by latest count.

321
00:19:57,710 --> 00:20:00,338
20 million on
the public doles.

322
00:20:00,379 --> 00:20:03,712
And that many more unable
to make a decent living.

323
00:20:03,749 --> 00:20:06,582
Do you know what I was thinking
just before you came in?

324
00:20:06,619 --> 00:20:09,144
I thought, I'm sitting
here in this bed,

325
00:20:09,188 --> 00:20:11,520
where Herbert Hoover
sat last night,

326
00:20:11,557 --> 00:20:14,822
and I'm wondering just how seriously
he took the possibility

327
00:20:14,860 --> 00:20:17,090
of a second
American Revolution.

328
00:20:17,129 --> 00:20:19,962
Could that
really happen?

329
00:20:19,999 --> 00:20:21,899
Anything could happen

330
00:20:21,934 --> 00:20:25,700
with the country in
the awful mess it's in.

331
00:20:25,738 --> 00:20:27,865
At dinner tonight,
Cousin Alice said,

332
00:20:27,907 --> 00:20:30,467
"No inauguration has seen
it so near collapse

333
00:20:30,509 --> 00:20:33,069
since the day Lincoln
took the oath."

334
00:20:33,112 --> 00:20:37,913
She said if I fail, I'll be the last
Democratic President of the United States.

335
00:20:37,950 --> 00:20:40,748
I said, "Alice,
if I fail,

336
00:20:40,786 --> 00:20:44,119
I'll be the last President
of the United States, period."

337
00:20:44,156 --> 00:20:46,750
It is a fearful
responsibility.

338
00:20:46,792 --> 00:20:51,024
I wonder what I can do.

339
00:20:51,063 --> 00:20:55,363
Well, with multitudes coming
to tea several times a week,

340
00:20:55,401 --> 00:20:57,767
all those receptions and
state dinners,

341
00:20:57,803 --> 00:21:00,271
looks to me as if you have
your work cut out for you.

342
00:21:00,306 --> 00:21:03,673
But just planning menus
and standing in a line

343
00:21:03,709 --> 00:21:06,109
shaking hands,
making small talk...

344
00:21:06,145 --> 00:21:07,544
All very necessary.

345
00:21:07,580 --> 00:21:09,980
But not very inspiring,
is it?

346
00:21:10,015 --> 00:21:13,314
I only wish I had
a real job to do,

347
00:21:13,352 --> 00:21:15,820
something that might
keep us in close touch.

348
00:21:15,854 --> 00:21:17,344
Such as?

349
00:21:17,389 --> 00:21:21,155
Well one thing did...
did occur to me.

350
00:21:21,193 --> 00:21:25,254
You're going to be getting
a much larger amount of mail

351
00:21:25,297 --> 00:21:27,424
than you ever did
as governor.

352
00:21:27,466 --> 00:21:30,458
I wondered if I mightn't
take some of it over for you.

353
00:21:30,502 --> 00:21:31,901
And what about Missy?

354
00:21:31,937 --> 00:21:34,030
Missy has so many
things to do.

355
00:21:34,073 --> 00:21:36,268
Yes, and one of them is
dealing with my mail.

356
00:21:36,308 --> 00:21:40,404
How do you suppose she'd feel if you
suddenly exercised a wife's prerogative

357
00:21:40,446 --> 00:21:42,676
and walked off with
a major part of her duties?

358
00:21:42,715 --> 00:21:45,946
I never thought of it as exercising
a wife's prerogative.

359
00:21:45,985 --> 00:21:48,351
Well, think about it
and tell me if I'm not right,

360
00:21:48,387 --> 00:21:51,220
if it doesn't smack
of pulling rank.

361
00:21:56,161 --> 00:21:58,288
You're right,
of course.

362
00:21:58,330 --> 00:22:00,059
Don't go away mad.

363
00:22:00,099 --> 00:22:01,999
Oh, don't be silly.
I'm not mad.

364
00:22:02,034 --> 00:22:04,867
Don't be Griselda.

365
00:22:04,903 --> 00:22:06,302
Griselda?

366
00:22:06,338 --> 00:22:07,703
You know what I mean.

367
00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:09,970
You've said it yourself.

368
00:22:10,009 --> 00:22:12,773
"Poor Griselda,
suffering in silence.

369
00:22:12,811 --> 00:22:15,678
Feeling like a martyr,
and acting like one."

370
00:22:15,714 --> 00:22:18,376
But I've outgrown that.
I mean, good heavens,

371
00:22:18,417 --> 00:22:20,476
- I hope I have.
- Good night, darling.

372
00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:21,918
- Good night.
- See you in church.

373
00:22:21,954 --> 00:22:23,285
Yes.

374
00:23:40,132 --> 00:23:43,465
My friends, I want to talk
for a few minutes

375
00:23:43,502 --> 00:23:46,471
with the people of
the United States about banking.

376
00:23:46,505 --> 00:23:49,997
To the comparative few who understand
the mechanics of banking,

377
00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:53,443
but more particularly
with the majority of you

378
00:23:53,479 --> 00:23:56,073
who use banks for
the making of deposits

379
00:23:56,115 --> 00:23:58,015
and the writing
of checks.

380
00:23:58,050 --> 00:24:00,883
I want to tell you what has
been done in the last few days

381
00:24:00,919 --> 00:24:05,253
and why it was done, and what
the next steps are going to be.

382
00:24:05,290 --> 00:24:09,021
I do not promise you that
every bank will be reopened,

383
00:24:09,061 --> 00:24:12,189
or that individual losses
will not be suffered.

384
00:24:12,231 --> 00:24:17,066
But, there will be no losses
that possibly could have been avoided.

385
00:24:17,102 --> 00:24:19,832
I can even promise
you salvation

386
00:24:19,872 --> 00:24:23,399
for some, at least, of
the sorely pressed banks.

387
00:24:31,250 --> 00:24:33,912
Ah, wait a minute.

388
00:24:36,355 --> 00:24:40,792
I wish you'd stop being mysterious.
We're miles from nowhere.

389
00:24:40,826 --> 00:24:42,953
Take a right.

390
00:24:46,298 --> 00:24:48,630
You were all right
until you lit that.

391
00:24:48,667 --> 00:24:50,100
You hadn't coughed
for hours.

392
00:24:50,135 --> 00:24:51,625
When will you learn?

393
00:24:51,670 --> 00:24:54,230
Look for a sign
up ahead.

394
00:24:57,075 --> 00:24:59,509
Fort Hunt?

395
00:24:59,545 --> 00:25:01,809
Isn't that where the
Bonus Marchers are camped?

396
00:25:01,847 --> 00:25:03,678
6,000 of them.

397
00:25:03,715 --> 00:25:05,649
- 6,000?
- Six.

398
00:25:05,684 --> 00:25:09,142
The Veterans Administration
has put them up in tents

399
00:25:09,188 --> 00:25:13,022
without running water,
with trench latrines.

400
00:25:13,058 --> 00:25:16,084
Even so, they're a hell
of a lot better off than last year,

401
00:25:16,128 --> 00:25:19,188
when they turned up
over 10,000 strong,

402
00:25:19,231 --> 00:25:22,200
and that kind-hearted
little Quaker, Herbert Hoover,

403
00:25:22,234 --> 00:25:25,203
sicced the army on them.
Can you believe it?

404
00:25:25,237 --> 00:25:29,435
The same army they served in,
burning their camp, shooting at them.

405
00:25:29,474 --> 00:25:31,374
Surely something can be
done for them?

406
00:25:31,410 --> 00:25:34,811
We're thinking about enlisting
as many of them as want to join

407
00:25:34,847 --> 00:25:37,509
in the CCC.

408
00:25:37,549 --> 00:25:41,451
We could put them to work
building dams, planting trees,

409
00:25:41,486 --> 00:25:43,215
and fighting forest fires.

410
00:25:43,255 --> 00:25:45,280
And if they'd
agree to it,

411
00:25:45,324 --> 00:25:48,953
we could turn Fort Hunt
into a training camp for them.

412
00:25:49,962 --> 00:25:53,022
The idea hasn't been
put to them yet.

413
00:25:53,065 --> 00:25:56,694
I want you to be aware
of that when you meet them.

414
00:25:56,735 --> 00:25:58,532
When I meet them?

415
00:25:58,570 --> 00:26:01,596
You can pull up
right over here.

416
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,302
Ah, right under that
tree is all right.

417
00:26:07,779 --> 00:26:09,644
Perfecto.

418
00:26:13,919 --> 00:26:15,819
Louis?

419
00:26:15,854 --> 00:26:18,652
I'm gonna catch
a little snooze.

420
00:26:18,690 --> 00:26:23,559
All this driving around is
bad for a semi-invalid.

421
00:26:23,595 --> 00:26:25,392
There's nobody here.

422
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:27,591
Oh, they're here.

423
00:26:27,633 --> 00:26:30,966
Most of them are out
in the field doing calisthenics.

424
00:26:31,003 --> 00:26:33,267
But the leaders,
the real hotheads,

425
00:26:33,305 --> 00:26:35,500
are always in
the mess hall at this hour,

426
00:26:35,540 --> 00:26:37,030
shouting and
snarling and...

427
00:26:37,075 --> 00:26:39,441
And I'm to simply walk in,
big as life,

428
00:26:39,478 --> 00:26:41,776
and say, "Hello,
I'm Mrs. Roosevelt."

429
00:26:41,813 --> 00:26:44,441
Well, why not?
It's your name.

430
00:26:46,852 --> 00:26:49,286
They'll eat me alive.

431
00:26:49,321 --> 00:26:53,485
No, no. They're not allowed
snacks between meals.

432
00:26:53,525 --> 00:26:56,460
Dreadful man.

433
00:27:00,332 --> 00:27:04,268
...beginning to look like
the same old runaround!

434
00:27:04,303 --> 00:27:08,740
All we ever got from Herbert Hoover
was a kick in the butt!

435
00:27:08,774 --> 00:27:10,571
Yeah!

436
00:27:10,609 --> 00:27:15,512
And now, I'm beginning
to wonder if FDR's any better,

437
00:27:15,547 --> 00:27:17,674
after all those
perfectly grand

438
00:27:17,716 --> 00:27:20,184
campaign promises
he made!

439
00:27:22,654 --> 00:27:26,647
You got to ask yourself if maybe
the newspapers were right,

440
00:27:26,692 --> 00:27:30,128
that said he was nothing
but a feather duster!

441
00:27:31,763 --> 00:27:33,287
A political
corkscrew!

442
00:27:33,332 --> 00:27:34,799
Yeah!

443
00:27:34,833 --> 00:27:37,927
A Boy Scout covering up
his shallowness

444
00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:41,201
with a big
India Rubber smile

445
00:27:41,239 --> 00:27:43,935
full of unproductive
optimism.

446
00:27:45,477 --> 00:27:50,346
Just another way of saying
more baloney!

447
00:28:11,770 --> 00:28:13,499
Oh.

448
00:28:13,538 --> 00:28:16,530
I've lost my shade.

449
00:28:26,418 --> 00:28:28,045
Thanks for coming,
Mrs. Roosevelt.

450
00:28:28,086 --> 00:28:30,111
Goodbye, ma'am.

451
00:28:34,326 --> 00:28:36,294
- It's an honor, Mrs. Roosevelt.
- Hello. Thank you.

452
00:28:36,328 --> 00:28:38,023
- Bye, ma'am.
- Goodbye!

453
00:28:38,063 --> 00:28:40,896
- Goodbye!
- Goodbye.

454
00:28:48,006 --> 00:28:49,906
Well?

455
00:28:51,610 --> 00:28:53,339
Eleanor?

456
00:28:53,378 --> 00:28:54,811
Yes?

457
00:28:54,846 --> 00:28:56,507
What happened?

458
00:28:56,548 --> 00:28:58,516
Oh, it was
quite nice, really.

459
00:28:58,550 --> 00:29:01,610
They gave me tea and
I told them about the work

460
00:29:01,653 --> 00:29:04,121
I did for the Red Cross
after the war.

461
00:29:04,156 --> 00:29:08,422
And about the battlefields
I visited afterwards.

462
00:29:08,460 --> 00:29:11,759
And, they seemed
very interested.

463
00:29:13,131 --> 00:29:15,656
Yes, but what about
the...?

464
00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:17,258
What about what?

465
00:29:17,302 --> 00:29:20,533
Oh, oh yes, and then we sang
some of the old war songs.

466
00:29:20,572 --> 00:29:22,472
Dreadful woman.

467
00:29:22,507 --> 00:29:25,908
Oh I see. You mean,
what about your idea?

468
00:29:25,944 --> 00:29:29,175
Yes, yes.

469
00:29:29,214 --> 00:29:32,047
My impression is that
a considerable number of them

470
00:29:32,084 --> 00:29:35,576
will accept your proposal
to train here for the CCC,

471
00:29:35,620 --> 00:29:37,884
and that quite a few
of the rest of them

472
00:29:37,923 --> 00:29:40,687
will enlist in
their own hometowns

473
00:29:40,725 --> 00:29:43,694
after they've dispersed
peaceful and left Washington.

474
00:29:45,230 --> 00:29:46,959
Louis!
Ah!

475
00:29:46,998 --> 00:29:49,330
I want you to tell me
everything you saw

476
00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:50,800
and everything they said.

477
00:29:50,836 --> 00:29:52,428
Everything
you remember.

478
00:29:52,471 --> 00:29:55,269
Well, one man,
an ex-sergeant,

479
00:29:55,307 --> 00:29:57,571
Sgt. Lee Goodwin
of Elizabeth, New Jersey,

480
00:29:57,609 --> 00:30:00,840
said something I think
he meant as a compliment.

481
00:30:00,879 --> 00:30:02,176
At least I hope so.

482
00:30:02,214 --> 00:30:06,446
He said, "Hoover sent the army.
Roosevelt sent his wife."

483
00:30:06,485 --> 00:30:08,180
Ha, ha!

484
00:30:08,220 --> 00:30:10,188
Ah, I love it.

485
00:30:10,222 --> 00:30:13,350
I want you to put it all
down on paper.

486
00:30:13,391 --> 00:30:16,952
I want you to tell everything
you saw in detail.

487
00:30:16,995 --> 00:30:20,260
Find out what people
are saying, what they think,

488
00:30:20,298 --> 00:30:22,266
what they feel.
Watch their faces.

489
00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,825
And if anyone asks you
why you've come,

490
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:27,771
you say, "Because
my husband asked me to."

491
00:30:27,806 --> 00:30:30,536
You say, "I've come
because he can't."

492
00:30:47,225 --> 00:30:48,658
What's wrong?

493
00:30:48,693 --> 00:30:50,490
With me?
Nothing.

494
00:30:50,529 --> 00:30:52,292
What's wrong with you?

495
00:30:52,330 --> 00:30:54,890
- Something wrong?
- It's an epidemic.

496
00:30:54,933 --> 00:30:56,958
The way the buzzers
are all ringing out there...

497
00:30:57,002 --> 00:31:00,529
Everything's perfectly grand.
Last appointment of the day concluded,

498
00:31:00,572 --> 00:31:03,598
and yet, here it is,
only half past 6:00.

499
00:31:03,642 --> 00:31:05,269
Unheard of.

500
00:31:05,310 --> 00:31:08,143
Here sits a president
with nothing to do.

501
00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:10,546
Hasn't anyone something
for me to do?

502
00:31:10,582 --> 00:31:13,346
I believe Louis has
something scheduled,

503
00:31:13,385 --> 00:31:15,683
if you don't want
to answer any mail now.

504
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,347
No, no, leave it
till tomorrow.

505
00:31:17,389 --> 00:31:20,847
What boring order of business does
the colonel wish to plague me with?

506
00:31:20,892 --> 00:31:23,554
- I heard that.
- I intended you to.

507
00:31:23,595 --> 00:31:26,496
You'll sing another tune when
you see what I've brought you,

508
00:31:26,531 --> 00:31:27,759
you ingrate.

509
00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:30,233
Great Jumping
Jehosophat!

510
00:31:30,268 --> 00:31:32,668
Ah, Mr. President,

511
00:31:32,704 --> 00:31:35,138
with all due respect, would you
kindly move your ass?

512
00:31:35,173 --> 00:31:37,664
Oh!

513
00:31:37,709 --> 00:31:39,404
You really are surprised.

514
00:31:39,444 --> 00:31:41,207
You forgot
what day it is.

515
00:31:41,246 --> 00:31:42,611
By George if I didn't.

516
00:31:42,647 --> 00:31:44,877
I thought about it this morning,
but then it slipped my mind.

517
00:31:44,916 --> 00:31:47,476
My friends, we are
about to enjoy

518
00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:50,920
the first legal Martini to be
served in the White House

519
00:31:50,956 --> 00:31:52,651
for over 13 years.

520
00:31:52,691 --> 00:31:54,386
Let's hope I
remember the proportions.

521
00:31:54,426 --> 00:31:56,451
Otherwise, for "legal,"
read "lethal."

522
00:31:59,564 --> 00:32:02,362
Ah, sweet music.

523
00:32:04,803 --> 00:32:07,795
Historians will no doubt
make much of the first 100 days

524
00:32:07,839 --> 00:32:11,070
- of your administration...
- Thank you.

525
00:32:11,109 --> 00:32:13,441
The special session
of Congress.

526
00:32:13,478 --> 00:32:16,606
The fantastic amount of
legislation accomplished

527
00:32:16,648 --> 00:32:19,082
to heal the nation's wounds.

528
00:32:19,117 --> 00:32:23,918
They'll say, "On March 16th
came the Agriculture Bill."

529
00:32:23,955 --> 00:32:28,221
Or, "On March 21st,
he launched the CCC,

530
00:32:28,260 --> 00:32:31,957
and asked for federal grants
for unemployment relief."

531
00:32:31,997 --> 00:32:35,228
Others will recall that
on such-and-such a day,

532
00:32:35,267 --> 00:32:37,758
the National Recovery Act
went into effect.

533
00:32:37,802 --> 00:32:39,997
And how, through it all,

534
00:32:40,038 --> 00:32:43,997
FDR's smile
and his vitality

535
00:32:44,042 --> 00:32:46,602
lifted the spirits
of millions.

536
00:32:46,645 --> 00:32:48,078
Hear, hear!

537
00:32:48,113 --> 00:32:49,375
Bravo.

538
00:32:49,414 --> 00:32:51,075
But...

539
00:32:51,116 --> 00:32:53,880
for the man
on the street,

540
00:32:53,918 --> 00:32:55,476
the forgotten man,

541
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,648
the little man,

542
00:32:58,690 --> 00:33:00,851
- little me...
- Oh.

543
00:33:00,892 --> 00:33:03,292
The date that
will live in history,

544
00:33:03,328 --> 00:33:07,264
the one for which the name
of Roosevelt will forever be revered,

545
00:33:07,299 --> 00:33:10,393
is December 5th, 1933,

546
00:33:10,435 --> 00:33:13,632
when ever decent,
red-blooded American

547
00:33:13,672 --> 00:33:17,108
was once again able
to take a sip of gin

548
00:33:17,142 --> 00:33:18,109
without wondering

549
00:33:18,143 --> 00:33:21,374
what faintly
unsanitary bathtub

550
00:33:21,413 --> 00:33:22,573
it had been brewed in.

551
00:33:22,614 --> 00:33:24,479
Hear, hear.

552
00:33:24,516 --> 00:33:26,211
Never mind all that.

553
00:33:26,251 --> 00:33:28,913
Just be thankful it happened
at a time when the missus is out of town,

554
00:33:28,953 --> 00:33:31,615
or she'd be after us with
a hatchet, like Carrie Nation.

555
00:33:33,091 --> 00:33:34,854
What shall we drink to?

556
00:33:34,893 --> 00:33:36,485
Why, to the drink.

557
00:33:36,528 --> 00:33:38,018
The first.

558
00:33:38,063 --> 00:33:40,429
The first of many,
God willing.

559
00:33:40,465 --> 00:33:43,866
All right,
a tradition is born.

560
00:33:43,902 --> 00:33:46,700
Between the dark
and the daylight,

561
00:33:46,738 --> 00:33:48,968
when the night is
beginning to lour,

562
00:33:49,007 --> 00:33:51,976
comes a pause in
the day's occupations,

563
00:33:52,010 --> 00:33:54,808
that is known as
the Children's Hour.

564
00:33:54,846 --> 00:33:55,938
Children.

565
00:34:04,255 --> 00:34:06,416
- Is it all right?
- Oh, it's lovely.

566
00:34:07,759 --> 00:34:09,283
Good.

567
00:34:09,327 --> 00:34:11,591
And now, Father would like
someone to tell him

568
00:34:11,629 --> 00:34:13,790
what's playing at the movies
tonight after dinner.

569
00:34:16,835 --> 00:34:18,700
In Berlin, Germany,

570
00:34:18,737 --> 00:34:22,195
troops parade in review before
the recently elected chancellor,

571
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,208
Adolf Hitler.

572
00:34:24,242 --> 00:34:28,110
Foreign observers were surprised
that 92% of the German electorate

573
00:34:28,146 --> 00:34:31,445
voted for candidates of
the National Socialist Party,

574
00:34:31,483 --> 00:34:34,748
thereby giving the
party leader, Hitler,

575
00:34:34,786 --> 00:34:37,346
an overwhelming victory.

576
00:34:40,358 --> 00:34:42,588
Sieg heil!

577
00:34:46,765 --> 00:34:48,790
Boo, hiss!

578
00:34:48,833 --> 00:34:50,801
Quiet in the cheap seats, please.

579
00:34:50,835 --> 00:34:53,395
My God, if that's the Third Reich,

580
00:34:53,438 --> 00:34:56,271
give me the New Deal every time.

581
00:34:57,675 --> 00:34:59,267
Oh, look!

582
00:34:59,310 --> 00:35:02,404
November 7th,
Reedsville, West Virginia.

583
00:35:02,447 --> 00:35:05,939
A dream becomes a reality
as Mrs. Roosevelt

584
00:35:05,984 --> 00:35:09,249
welcomes the first contingent
of miners and their families

585
00:35:09,287 --> 00:35:13,280
to arrive at the site of the
abandoned 1200-acre estate

586
00:35:13,324 --> 00:35:15,758
where the government is launching
its Homestead Program.

587
00:35:15,794 --> 00:35:19,252
- Good girl!
- To be known in the future as Arthurdale,

588
00:35:19,297 --> 00:35:22,095
- Oh, good girl.
- The resettlement project is already known...

589
00:35:22,133 --> 00:35:24,294
- Hold it, gorgeous.
- Mrs. Roosevelt's baby.

590
00:35:24,335 --> 00:35:26,303
Here, along with
Harry Hopkins,

591
00:35:26,337 --> 00:35:28,828
former social worker,
and presently head

592
00:35:28,873 --> 00:35:31,341
of the Federal Emergency
Relief Administration,

593
00:35:31,376 --> 00:35:34,641
she is seen outside
the estate's original mansion,

594
00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:38,945
where the new arrivals, grim memories
of cold camp shacks behind them...

595
00:35:38,983 --> 00:35:42,942
All line up and do-see-do.
Swing your partners and away we go!

596
00:35:42,987 --> 00:35:45,217
Will you look at that?
That's my missus.

597
00:35:45,256 --> 00:35:47,656
I love it,
I love it!

598
00:35:47,692 --> 00:35:51,093
Lest the newcomers feel uneasy
in the estranged surroundings,

599
00:35:51,129 --> 00:35:54,895
Mrs. Roosevelt invites them
to a dance on their first night.

600
00:35:54,933 --> 00:35:58,562
But it is the miners who provide
the music and call the tune.

601
00:35:58,603 --> 00:36:02,061
And it is the First Lady's turn
to experience something new.

602
00:36:06,744 --> 00:36:09,042
Those things will kill you.
You know that.

603
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,638
Why don't you stop?

604
00:36:10,682 --> 00:36:13,048
Oh, you don't indulge,
of course.

605
00:36:13,084 --> 00:36:16,747
I don't have asthma,
and 17 other respiratory complaints.

606
00:36:16,788 --> 00:36:18,415
I'm trying
to cut down.

607
00:36:18,456 --> 00:36:20,447
Oh, spinach!

608
00:36:20,492 --> 00:36:24,258
I'm sorry, but I have really no patience
with you on this subject, Louis.

609
00:36:24,295 --> 00:36:27,822
If you won't slow down, if you won't
take better care for your own sake,

610
00:36:27,866 --> 00:36:29,697
you might at least consider
the people around you.

611
00:36:29,734 --> 00:36:32,100
What I've got
is not contagious.

612
00:36:32,136 --> 00:36:34,627
Who care for you.

613
00:36:34,672 --> 00:36:36,799
And would be sorry
to lose you.

614
00:36:40,645 --> 00:36:42,806
Thanks, Boss.

615
00:36:50,722 --> 00:36:52,849
March, 1934.

616
00:36:52,891 --> 00:36:55,291
On her tour of
Caribbean islands,

617
00:36:55,326 --> 00:36:56,816
Mrs. Roosevelt pays
a visit

618
00:36:56,861 --> 00:37:00,524
to the picturesque city
of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

619
00:37:00,565 --> 00:37:05,002
Her purpose: To inspect some
not-so-picturesque slums,

620
00:37:05,036 --> 00:37:08,870
and, as she says, draw attention
to conditions of poverty,

621
00:37:08,907 --> 00:37:11,842
injustice, and neglect.

622
00:37:11,876 --> 00:37:13,741
Local social workers
move quickly

623
00:37:13,778 --> 00:37:15,939
to keep up with
the indefatigable First Lady

624
00:37:15,980 --> 00:37:20,110
who, it is estimated, has traveled
more than 40,000 miles

625
00:37:20,151 --> 00:37:24,053
during the first year of
her husband's administration.

626
00:37:25,056 --> 00:37:26,216
The White House.

627
00:37:26,257 --> 00:37:28,225
Speaking before
our news camera,

628
00:37:28,259 --> 00:37:32,093
President Roosevelt shares highlights
of his message to the Congress

629
00:37:32,130 --> 00:37:36,089
dated January 17th, 1935.

630
00:37:36,134 --> 00:37:40,036
At this time, I recommend
the following types of legislation,

631
00:37:40,071 --> 00:37:43,529
looking to economic
security:

632
00:37:43,575 --> 00:37:47,477
One: Unemployment
compensation.

633
00:37:47,512 --> 00:37:51,107
Two: Old age benefits.

634
00:37:51,149 --> 00:37:55,108
Three: Federal aid to
dependent children,

635
00:37:55,153 --> 00:37:58,782
support of existing mothers
pension systems,

636
00:37:58,823 --> 00:38:01,724
and care of neglected,

637
00:38:01,759 --> 00:38:04,592
homeless, and
crippled children.

638
00:38:07,198 --> 00:38:09,894
Thank you, Martin.

639
00:38:09,934 --> 00:38:12,027
Good morning.

640
00:38:34,492 --> 00:38:36,323
- Good morning.
- Good morning, ma'am.

641
00:38:36,361 --> 00:38:37,953
- Welcome home.
- Thank you.

642
00:38:37,996 --> 00:38:40,464
- Is the President up?
- Yes, ma'am. He's shaving.

643
00:38:40,498 --> 00:38:42,398
I would like to have
just a minute with him

644
00:38:42,433 --> 00:38:44,628
before he gets caught up
in the day's business.

645
00:38:44,669 --> 00:38:46,603
Certainly, ma'am.

646
00:38:56,881 --> 00:38:59,509
Yes, McDuffy,
it's all right.

647
00:39:00,518 --> 00:39:01,780
Hello.

648
00:39:01,819 --> 00:39:03,480
Babs, you're back!

649
00:39:03,521 --> 00:39:05,284
- Am I disturbing you?
- No no.

650
00:39:05,323 --> 00:39:07,518
Come in, come in.
Sit down, talk to me.

651
00:39:07,558 --> 00:39:11,016
So, she's back.
My will-o'-the-wisp wife.

652
00:39:11,062 --> 00:39:15,396
Loaded down with conditions
and petitions, I see.

653
00:39:16,934 --> 00:39:19,129
Nothing that can't wait
until later.

654
00:39:19,170 --> 00:39:21,434
Do you mind?
I do want to hear

655
00:39:21,472 --> 00:39:25,135
but I've got a press conference
in a few minutes.

656
00:39:25,176 --> 00:39:27,110
Careful.

657
00:39:28,546 --> 00:39:30,480
Not to cut my throat,
you mean.

658
00:39:30,515 --> 00:39:32,847
Finish what
the Supreme Court started.

659
00:39:32,884 --> 00:39:36,183
I read about it in the train.
It's a shock.

660
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:38,745
Stunned me,
I can tell you.

661
00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:41,816
The biggest jolt was the fact
that it was unanimous.

662
00:39:41,859 --> 00:39:46,125
We all assumed that
at least Brandeis and Cardozo

663
00:39:46,164 --> 00:39:49,133
were on the side
of progress.

664
00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:52,466
We thought we were making such
strides with the Recovery Act.

665
00:39:52,503 --> 00:39:56,166
And then to have them
throw it back into our faces.

666
00:39:56,207 --> 00:39:58,004
Damn them for it!

667
00:39:58,042 --> 00:40:00,408
Blithering old fools!

668
00:40:03,815 --> 00:40:06,249
Have you been in
to see Louis?

669
00:40:06,284 --> 00:40:09,253
Not yet. I wasn't
sure he'd be awake.

670
00:40:09,287 --> 00:40:10,982
Don't put it off.

671
00:40:11,022 --> 00:40:14,116
He's missed you more this trip
than any other, I think.

672
00:40:14,158 --> 00:40:16,956
He doesn't say
anything, of course.

673
00:40:16,994 --> 00:40:19,428
Just except in
a roundabout way.

674
00:40:19,464 --> 00:40:22,729
When I looked in
on him last night,

675
00:40:22,767 --> 00:40:24,496
he had the evening
paper in bed with him,

676
00:40:24,535 --> 00:40:26,867
and I did what I always do,
I said, "What's the headline?"

677
00:40:26,904 --> 00:40:31,204
And without even looking up, he said,
"First Lady spends night in White House."

678
00:40:35,913 --> 00:40:37,540
Is he any better?

679
00:40:38,716 --> 00:40:40,741
Somewhat worse, I'm afraid.

680
00:40:40,785 --> 00:40:43,413
Then I want you to
get hold of Harold Ickes,

681
00:40:43,454 --> 00:40:47,220
and tell him I expect him
to be here sometime tomorrow,

682
00:40:47,258 --> 00:40:50,955
with all the latest dope on
the Public Works Administration.

683
00:40:50,995 --> 00:40:52,963
Have you got that?

684
00:40:52,997 --> 00:40:55,932
Yes, yes... Come in!

685
00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:59,994
And you've got my
memo to Hopkins?

686
00:41:00,037 --> 00:41:03,063
What else?

687
00:41:03,107 --> 00:41:05,837
Oh, now listen,
Rabbit.

688
00:41:05,877 --> 00:41:10,371
I want you to make inquiries,
discreet inquiries,

689
00:41:10,414 --> 00:41:15,215
my angel, about where I might be able
to place a few modest bets

690
00:41:15,253 --> 00:41:18,882
at Hialeah and
possibly Agua Caliente.

691
00:41:20,658 --> 00:41:23,149
Call me back as soon
as you've got a number.

692
00:41:23,194 --> 00:41:25,185
Bye.

693
00:41:25,229 --> 00:41:28,562
Can you believe it?
All the thugs

694
00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:31,898
and hoodlums and perverts
running around loose,

695
00:41:31,936 --> 00:41:34,905
I mean, just in the lobby
of Congress alone,

696
00:41:34,939 --> 00:41:37,567
and the district police
have nothing better to do

697
00:41:37,608 --> 00:41:40,338
than arrest my bookie.

698
00:41:40,378 --> 00:41:44,940
I asked you to bring me something,
I forget what. Did you bring it?

699
00:41:44,982 --> 00:41:49,248
Just the Kipling,
and the new Wodehouse.

700
00:41:49,287 --> 00:41:51,255
I couldn't find
"Treasure Island."

701
00:41:51,289 --> 00:41:55,089
Well, that'll do me
till tomorrow.

702
00:41:57,562 --> 00:42:01,999
If you can keep your head
when all about you are losing theirs

703
00:42:02,033 --> 00:42:04,331
and blaming it on you.

704
00:42:04,368 --> 00:42:08,828
You know, there are days when I think
mine is the only voice of sanity

705
00:42:08,873 --> 00:42:11,933
in this whole setup
for the new campaign.

706
00:42:13,044 --> 00:42:16,013
Hello, Louis.

707
00:42:16,047 --> 00:42:17,537
Hello.

708
00:42:17,582 --> 00:42:19,948
What sort of
an answer is that?

709
00:42:19,984 --> 00:42:22,043
Didn't I say hello
when you came in?

710
00:42:22,086 --> 00:42:23,781
- No.
- I'm sure I did.

711
00:42:23,821 --> 00:42:25,846
Have a chair.

712
00:42:26,958 --> 00:42:29,859
Excuse the
exotic position.

713
00:42:29,894 --> 00:42:32,829
I seem to breathe better
with my downside up.

714
00:42:32,864 --> 00:42:34,957
How are you feeling?

715
00:42:34,999 --> 00:42:36,728
Never better.

716
00:42:36,767 --> 00:42:41,170
By the time I move my staff up
to party headquarters in New York,

717
00:42:41,205 --> 00:42:42,695
I expect to be back

718
00:42:42,740 --> 00:42:46,540
in the same old
fighting form as always.

719
00:42:46,577 --> 00:42:48,772
How is His Nibs?

720
00:42:48,813 --> 00:42:51,907
Oh, you know,
the same.

721
00:42:51,949 --> 00:42:54,110
He never tires
of the job.

722
00:42:54,151 --> 00:42:56,142
Whichever way it goes,
good or bad,

723
00:42:56,187 --> 00:42:58,052
he seems
to thrive on it.

724
00:42:58,089 --> 00:42:59,488
You know.

725
00:42:59,523 --> 00:43:04,358
Do I?
I begin to wonder.

726
00:43:04,395 --> 00:43:07,330
He hasn't been to see me
in almost two weeks.

727
00:43:07,365 --> 00:43:08,662
I'm sorry.

728
00:43:08,699 --> 00:43:12,066
What the hell's the matter
with the man?

729
00:43:12,103 --> 00:43:15,595
I don't have to
explain him to you.

730
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,768
No.

731
00:43:18,809 --> 00:43:21,573
No, that you don't.

732
00:43:21,612 --> 00:43:26,174
You're the closest friend
he's ever had.

733
00:43:26,217 --> 00:43:29,983
Franklin doesn't
have friends.

734
00:43:30,021 --> 00:43:34,549
He has admirers and
advisors.

735
00:43:34,592 --> 00:43:37,891
Cronies, companions.

736
00:43:39,997 --> 00:43:42,295
But no friends.

737
00:43:42,333 --> 00:43:44,927
Are you his friend?

738
00:43:46,037 --> 00:43:49,131
I want to be.
I tried.

739
00:43:49,173 --> 00:43:52,370
I'm not his confidante,
I know that.

740
00:43:52,410 --> 00:43:56,574
I don't believe
he confides in anyone.

741
00:43:58,015 --> 00:44:01,451
He keeps himself to himself,
as the British say.

742
00:44:02,753 --> 00:44:06,416
Then he doesn't even
have a wife.

743
00:44:08,693 --> 00:44:11,924
Not really.

744
00:44:11,963 --> 00:44:13,658
Just a missus.

745
00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:37,485
It's hard to realize

746
00:44:37,521 --> 00:44:41,389
you can't meet the need
of someone you care terribly for.

747
00:44:45,329 --> 00:44:47,797
It's even harder

748
00:44:47,832 --> 00:44:51,290
learning to accept what
others can't give you.

749
00:44:54,138 --> 00:44:56,504
I remember one night,
years ago,

750
00:44:56,540 --> 00:44:58,940
we sat in the
living room at Hyde Park,

751
00:44:58,976 --> 00:45:00,705
talking to Mama.

752
00:45:00,745 --> 00:45:02,940
She spoke straight
to the point.

753
00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:04,675
She said,

754
00:45:04,715 --> 00:45:07,047
"Do you still
love Eleanor?"

755
00:45:07,084 --> 00:45:10,076
And he said, "Yes."

756
00:45:10,121 --> 00:45:13,318
She said, "But you're in love
with Lucy Mercer?"

757
00:45:13,357 --> 00:45:15,689
And he said, "Yes."

758
00:45:15,726 --> 00:45:19,093
I knew if I stayed in
that room another instant

759
00:45:19,130 --> 00:45:23,328
I should be sick all over
Mama's expensive carpet.

760
00:45:23,367 --> 00:45:25,494
I kept thinking,
"All right,

761
00:45:25,536 --> 00:45:27,299
all right, you're
not in love with me.

762
00:45:27,338 --> 00:45:31,434
Well, I'm not in love
with you, either.

763
00:45:31,475 --> 00:45:35,275
And I never will be
from this moment on.

764
00:45:35,312 --> 00:45:37,678
If we stay together,

765
00:45:37,715 --> 00:45:40,240
for whatever reason,

766
00:45:40,284 --> 00:45:42,445
the children,
your career,

767
00:45:42,486 --> 00:45:46,217
even if we spend the rest
of our lives together,

768
00:45:46,257 --> 00:45:49,522
it can never
be as it was.

769
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,654
We can never
be lovers again."

770
00:46:05,076 --> 00:46:09,479
I've never told
anyone about this.

771
00:46:09,513 --> 00:46:10,741
Ever.

772
00:46:12,216 --> 00:46:14,776
Why am I
telling you now?

773
00:46:17,354 --> 00:46:19,254
Because I'm dying.

774
00:46:19,290 --> 00:46:22,259
No.

775
00:46:22,293 --> 00:46:27,196
There's nobody quite as
trustworthy as a dying man.

776
00:46:27,231 --> 00:46:30,530
His chances of
betraying a confidence

777
00:46:30,568 --> 00:46:33,731
are comparatively limited.

778
00:46:33,771 --> 00:46:37,901
Louis, Louis, be still.
It's not true.

779
00:46:39,877 --> 00:46:42,209
T's true, all right.

780
00:46:44,482 --> 00:46:47,679
I should be lost
without you.

781
00:46:48,986 --> 00:46:53,047
Don't go mushy
on me now.

782
00:46:53,090 --> 00:46:56,287
Remember what your
grandmother used to say:

783
00:46:56,327 --> 00:47:00,627
"Crying upsets people.
If you have to do it..."

784
00:47:00,664 --> 00:47:04,600
"Go in the bathroom and
turn on all the taps."

785
00:47:04,635 --> 00:47:07,934
That would be inconvenient here.

786
00:47:07,972 --> 00:47:09,769
The head is down the hall.

787
00:47:11,008 --> 00:47:12,475
I tell you what:

788
00:47:12,510 --> 00:47:16,071
You can bang on this
with a stick to create a diversion.

789
00:47:20,384 --> 00:47:22,181
Oh, Louis, don't.

790
00:47:22,219 --> 00:47:24,517
Don't lend you
my bedpan?

791
00:47:26,090 --> 00:47:28,490
Don't die.

792
00:47:42,273 --> 00:47:45,731
Unto Almighty God we commend
the soul of our brother departed,

793
00:47:45,776 --> 00:47:48,176
and we commit
his body to the ground.

794
00:47:48,212 --> 00:47:51,704
Earth to earth,
ashes to ashes,

795
00:47:51,749 --> 00:47:53,478
dust to dust.

796
00:47:53,517 --> 00:47:55,212
Amen.

797
00:47:56,253 --> 00:47:59,711
I, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt,

798
00:47:59,757 --> 00:48:03,557
do solemnly swear that
I will faithfully execute

799
00:48:03,594 --> 00:48:07,257
the office of President
of the United States

800
00:48:07,298 --> 00:48:09,493
and will, to the best
of my ability,

801
00:48:09,533 --> 00:48:12,593
preserve, protect,
and defend

802
00:48:12,636 --> 00:48:14,866
the Constitution
of the United States...

803
00:48:14,905 --> 00:48:16,668
So help you, God.

804
00:48:16,707 --> 00:48:18,641
So help me, God.

805
00:48:18,676 --> 00:48:20,200
Did you hear him?

806
00:48:20,244 --> 00:48:22,610
It was like
a personal warning.

807
00:48:22,646 --> 00:48:26,776
"You may be president, sonny, but I'm
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,

808
00:48:26,817 --> 00:48:28,842
and if you know what's good for you,
you'll preserve..."

809
00:48:28,886 --> 00:48:30,911
Did you notice the way
he punched those words?

810
00:48:30,955 --> 00:48:33,549
"Preserve, protect,
and defend the Constitution"?

811
00:48:33,591 --> 00:48:36,924
Oh, I wanted to come
back at him for that.

812
00:48:36,961 --> 00:48:40,795
Yes, it's the Constitution, but it's
the Constitution as I understand it...

813
00:48:40,831 --> 00:48:42,992
flexible enough to meet
any new problem.

814
00:48:43,033 --> 00:48:44,227
Franklin...

815
00:48:44,268 --> 00:48:46,395
Not the kind your court has
raised up as a barrier

816
00:48:46,437 --> 00:48:48,405
to progress and democracy.

817
00:48:48,439 --> 00:48:51,772
Dearest, you're making a speech.
You've just finished quite a long one.

818
00:48:51,809 --> 00:48:53,902
Mmm.

819
00:49:40,991 --> 00:49:43,687
Hello, boys. Don't
you look nice and soggy?

820
00:49:43,727 --> 00:49:46,958
Seems as if your weather
angel has deserted you, sir.

821
00:49:46,997 --> 00:49:49,022
Is this a bad omen for
the next four years?

822
00:49:49,066 --> 00:49:50,966
Not at all,
not at all.

823
00:49:51,001 --> 00:49:53,094
As an old tree farmer
from upstate New York,

824
00:49:53,137 --> 00:49:55,367
I figure a little rain
this time of year

825
00:49:55,406 --> 00:49:57,636
means a stronger
growth in the spring.

826
00:49:57,675 --> 00:49:59,939
In other words, the honeymoon's
not over for the New Deal.

827
00:49:59,977 --> 00:50:03,413
Ha! We all know what paper
he's been reading, don't we?

828
00:50:03,447 --> 00:50:05,074
Mr. President?

829
00:50:05,115 --> 00:50:07,515
There was an editorial
this morning that said

830
00:50:07,551 --> 00:50:10,247
if the Court and the Congress
gave you your head,

831
00:50:10,287 --> 00:50:13,484
you'd be every bit as
much of a fascist dictator

832
00:50:13,524 --> 00:50:16,015
as Hitler or Mussolini.

833
00:50:18,829 --> 00:50:21,457
This isn't a press
conference, is it?

834
00:50:21,498 --> 00:50:24,160
- No, sir.
- I didn't think so.

835
00:50:24,201 --> 00:50:29,036
If it were, I wouldn't care to dignify
that charge with an answer.

836
00:50:29,073 --> 00:50:31,064
Once you're out
of this rain,

837
00:50:31,108 --> 00:50:32,871
and dry behind
the ears,

838
00:50:32,910 --> 00:50:35,572
you may remember that
I've also been called

839
00:50:35,612 --> 00:50:38,809
a Communist, a Capitalist,
and a Socialist.

840
00:50:38,849 --> 00:50:40,544
- Are you a Communist?
- Hey, Jerry!

841
00:50:40,584 --> 00:50:41,551
No.

842
00:50:41,585 --> 00:50:43,450
Are you a Capitalist?

843
00:50:43,487 --> 00:50:45,284
No.

844
00:50:45,322 --> 00:50:47,017
- Are you a Socialist?
- No.

845
00:50:47,057 --> 00:50:49,525
Then, what is
your philosophy?

846
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:51,050
Philosophy?

847
00:50:51,095 --> 00:50:54,690
I'm a Christian and
a Democrat. That's all.

848
00:50:54,732 --> 00:50:56,825
- But sir?
- That's all.

849
00:50:56,867 --> 00:51:00,428
You stupid jerk. He doesn't need
to hear what his enemies think

850
00:51:00,471 --> 00:51:02,063
on his inauguration day.

851
00:51:05,042 --> 00:51:07,533
- Here we are again.
- Yes.

852
00:51:07,578 --> 00:51:10,479
A little more enthusiasm
in that yes, please.

853
00:51:10,514 --> 00:51:13,074
Aren't you aware that our
return is the direct result

854
00:51:13,117 --> 00:51:15,585
of a conspiracy
between the two of us?

855
00:51:15,619 --> 00:51:17,712
According to whom?

856
00:51:17,755 --> 00:51:21,020
According to a rather nasty little rhyme
that was going around before the election.

857
00:51:21,058 --> 00:51:23,891
It's meant to be me
talking to you.

858
00:51:23,927 --> 00:51:24,951
Go on.

859
00:51:24,995 --> 00:51:26,394
No, it's not very nice.

860
00:51:26,430 --> 00:51:28,091
Since you've
started it.

861
00:51:28,132 --> 00:51:29,963
All right.

862
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,026
"You kiss the niggers
and I'll kiss the Jews

863
00:51:33,070 --> 00:51:36,198
and we'll stay in the White House
as long as we choose."

864
00:51:38,642 --> 00:51:40,940
Well?

865
00:51:40,978 --> 00:51:42,445
Well, what?

866
00:51:42,479 --> 00:51:43,707
It doesn't bother you?

867
00:51:43,747 --> 00:51:44,941
Not really.

868
00:51:44,982 --> 00:51:46,711
It bothers me.

869
00:51:46,750 --> 00:51:48,684
It's the sort of thing
that makes me wonder sometimes

870
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:51,279
if civilization has made any progress
at all in this country

871
00:51:51,321 --> 00:51:53,448
in the past 160 years.

872
00:51:53,490 --> 00:51:56,789
I was much more offended
by the joke that went,

873
00:51:56,827 --> 00:51:58,454
"I call my dog Eleanor,

874
00:51:58,495 --> 00:52:01,828
because she's ugly,
because she has buck teeth,

875
00:52:01,865 --> 00:52:04,129
and because I can never
get her to stay home."

876
00:52:04,168 --> 00:52:06,602
I hadn't heard that one.

877
00:52:08,439 --> 00:52:10,839
When you think of the way
we were brought up...

878
00:52:10,874 --> 00:52:15,470
I mean the fact that we inherited
all the prejudices of our so-called class...

879
00:52:15,512 --> 00:52:18,447
it's quite a compliment to
be accused of kissing people

880
00:52:18,482 --> 00:52:21,315
were taught to think
of as our inferiors.

881
00:52:21,351 --> 00:52:23,512
Surely it's much more
civilized to kiss someone

882
00:52:23,554 --> 00:52:25,078
than to hurt him.

883
00:52:25,122 --> 00:52:26,714
That's progress, isn't it?

884
00:52:28,258 --> 00:52:30,249
Anyone on duty?

885
00:52:30,294 --> 00:52:31,761
Never mind,
I'll take you up.

886
00:52:31,795 --> 00:52:33,820
Oh, you devil.

887
00:52:44,608 --> 00:52:46,576
Shall we begin
today's column

888
00:52:46,610 --> 00:52:49,579
while we're waiting
for the eggs?

889
00:52:55,552 --> 00:52:58,146
My day, yesterday,

890
00:52:58,188 --> 00:53:01,089
was an unusually
full one.

891
00:53:01,124 --> 00:53:03,592
It began...

892
00:53:03,627 --> 00:53:06,721
with a visit from a
delegation of sharecroppers,

893
00:53:06,763 --> 00:53:09,789
who are accustomed
to begin their labors

894
00:53:09,833 --> 00:53:12,893
- close to sunrise.
- Vroom-vroom-vroom.

895
00:53:12,936 --> 00:53:14,426
Good morning, Buzz.

896
00:53:14,471 --> 00:53:18,771
I'm not Buzz.
I'm Barney Oldfield

897
00:53:18,809 --> 00:53:21,642
in my super
Deusenberg V8.

898
00:53:21,678 --> 00:53:23,543
Oh, dear.

899
00:53:23,580 --> 00:53:25,514
I beg your pardon.

900
00:53:25,549 --> 00:53:27,540
Tell me, Mr. Oldfield,

901
00:53:27,584 --> 00:53:30,348
- is your mother up yet?
- Yes.

902
00:53:30,387 --> 00:53:34,847
Why don't you ask her if she'd
like to have breakfast in here

903
00:53:34,892 --> 00:53:36,484
with Miss Thompson
and me?

904
00:53:36,527 --> 00:53:40,327
She's already having
breakfast with Grandpa.

905
00:53:40,364 --> 00:53:42,992
- Oh?
- Vroom-vroom, vroom-vroom!

906
00:53:45,936 --> 00:53:48,131
Curious.

907
00:53:48,171 --> 00:53:51,038
He always
breakfasts alone.

908
00:53:51,074 --> 00:53:55,067
It's his time to be by himself
and pore over the morning papers.

909
00:53:55,112 --> 00:53:57,342
Perhaps because
she's leaving today.

910
00:53:57,381 --> 00:53:59,576
Yes, I suppose.

911
00:54:00,584 --> 00:54:02,643
In any case,

912
00:54:02,686 --> 00:54:04,449
it might give me
a chance to remind him

913
00:54:04,488 --> 00:54:08,049
about the medical care
program.

914
00:54:08,091 --> 00:54:10,821
It's worth a try. Otherwise,
I won't see him till dinnertime,

915
00:54:10,861 --> 00:54:12,829
if then.
Wish me luck.

916
00:54:16,733 --> 00:54:19,167
Ha!
I remember.

917
00:54:19,202 --> 00:54:21,602
That was the year Bunny
was Jack Horner

918
00:54:21,638 --> 00:54:23,902
and got to open the pie
full of little toys.

919
00:54:23,941 --> 00:54:26,466
My 13th birthday.

920
00:54:26,510 --> 00:54:29,445
One of Granny's gifts was
a beautiful lamp for my bedroom.

921
00:54:29,479 --> 00:54:31,106
- You remember?
- Mmm.

922
00:54:31,148 --> 00:54:34,948
Brud was all of five years old
and such a little conniver.

923
00:54:34,985 --> 00:54:37,385
He sat right down and
wrote Granny a letter.

924
00:54:37,421 --> 00:54:40,219
"I love you very much.
I want to kiss you.

925
00:54:40,257 --> 00:54:42,748
Please give me a light like Anna's,
and a firecracker."

926
00:54:42,793 --> 00:54:44,954
A firecracker!
Yes, yes.

927
00:54:44,995 --> 00:54:48,158
It was only May but he was already
laying plans for the Fourth of July.

928
00:54:48,198 --> 00:54:49,426
Oh, yes.

929
00:54:49,466 --> 00:54:50,933
Who's that?

930
00:54:50,968 --> 00:54:53,596
Is this a private party
or can anyone join in?

931
00:54:53,637 --> 00:54:55,901
Anna and I were just
hashing over old times.

932
00:54:55,939 --> 00:54:57,566
If I'm interrupting...

933
00:54:57,608 --> 00:54:59,974
Ah, as a matter
of fact...

934
00:55:00,010 --> 00:55:03,776
I thought I might give you this
while you're in a receptive mood.

935
00:55:03,814 --> 00:55:06,408
While I'm flat on my back,
you mean. Defenseless.

936
00:55:06,450 --> 00:55:08,179
Why don't you just
drop it in the basket?

937
00:55:08,218 --> 00:55:10,186
I will, if you
promise to read it

938
00:55:10,220 --> 00:55:12,518
and not just skim through.
It's awfully important.

939
00:55:12,556 --> 00:55:14,820
You're not asking me to
go over any more of your mail

940
00:55:14,858 --> 00:55:17,486
about my running battle
with the Supreme Court

941
00:55:17,527 --> 00:55:20,325
and how it's begun to look like
the biggest single mistake

942
00:55:20,364 --> 00:55:22,730
- of my political career?
- It's not that.

943
00:55:22,766 --> 00:55:25,496
What your correspondents
fail to take into account

944
00:55:25,535 --> 00:55:27,503
is that I'm well into
my second administration

945
00:55:27,537 --> 00:55:30,233
and still haven't got a single
appointee of my own on the bench.

946
00:55:30,273 --> 00:55:31,900
Nine old men,

947
00:55:31,942 --> 00:55:34,877
every one of them convinced
that retirement, like death,

948
00:55:34,911 --> 00:55:37,471
is something to be put off
till the last possible moment.

949
00:55:37,514 --> 00:55:39,243
In point of fact,

950
00:55:39,282 --> 00:55:41,773
this is Esther Lape's report

951
00:55:41,818 --> 00:55:44,343
on how to reorganize
medical care for the needy.

952
00:55:44,388 --> 00:55:46,822
It's an alternative to the
compulsory health insurance

953
00:55:46,857 --> 00:55:49,257
that was defeated as part
of the Social Security plan.

954
00:55:49,292 --> 00:55:50,816
I'm not ready
to discuss that.

955
00:55:50,861 --> 00:55:53,329
So it seems. Esther feels you've lost
interest in the whole issue.

956
00:55:53,363 --> 00:55:54,921
That's nonsense.

957
00:55:54,965 --> 00:55:56,933
If I've told her once,
I've told her a dozen times,

958
00:55:56,967 --> 00:55:59,800
I'll give it my full attention
when she and her committee

959
00:55:59,836 --> 00:56:03,203
have agreed on a clear point of view
and set it down succinctly.

960
00:56:03,240 --> 00:56:07,973
There are 40-odd pages here,
excerpted from two large volumes.

961
00:56:08,011 --> 00:56:11,708
I saw them. Two large volumes
of medical nitpicking.

962
00:56:11,748 --> 00:56:13,443
You may have time
for that, I don't.

963
00:56:13,483 --> 00:56:15,144
I haven't even read
"Gone With the Wind" yet.

964
00:56:17,154 --> 00:56:19,588
- Franklin, that's not funny.
- Says you.

965
00:56:19,623 --> 00:56:22,922
It's absolutely essential that
you study this and get involved.

966
00:56:22,959 --> 00:56:24,586
Get some sort of action.

967
00:56:24,628 --> 00:56:26,562
Drop it in
the basket, Lammy.

968
00:56:26,596 --> 00:56:30,657
No. Not unless I have your promise
to look at it first chance you get.

969
00:56:30,701 --> 00:56:32,669
- Babs...
- Mother, can't you see

970
00:56:32,703 --> 00:56:34,671
that you're giving
Pa indigestion?

971
00:56:45,482 --> 00:56:47,950
I have to go and
get the children ready.

972
00:56:47,984 --> 00:56:49,952
There's only one plane
to Seattle today

973
00:56:49,986 --> 00:56:52,853
and my second... and so far
darling... husband

974
00:56:52,889 --> 00:56:55,824
will be very cranky
if we're not on it.

975
00:56:58,028 --> 00:56:59,655
Sis, I hate to
see you go.

976
00:56:59,696 --> 00:57:01,994
It's been such fun
having you here.

977
00:57:02,032 --> 00:57:03,761
But much too short.

978
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,358
For me, too.

979
00:57:10,273 --> 00:57:14,710
I'll bring Sistie and Buzz in to say
goodbye when they're dressed.

980
00:57:29,392 --> 00:57:34,295
We seem to be in a continuous state
of saying goodbye to the children.

981
00:57:34,331 --> 00:57:36,856
They arrive one minute,
and it's grand.

982
00:57:36,900 --> 00:57:39,835
The next minute,
they're off again.

983
00:57:39,870 --> 00:57:42,361
We raised them
to be independent.

984
00:57:42,405 --> 00:57:43,599
Hmm.

985
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,006
I just wish we could keep
at least one of them around,

986
00:57:46,042 --> 00:57:48,636
now and then,
for more than a few days.

987
00:57:50,046 --> 00:57:52,173
Jimmy, for instance.

988
00:57:52,215 --> 00:57:55,548
I don't think he's all that happy
in the insurance business, do you?

989
00:57:55,585 --> 00:57:58,383
Oh? He appears
to be rather good at it.

990
00:57:58,421 --> 00:58:01,948
I've been wondering what he
would say if I were to suggest

991
00:58:01,992 --> 00:58:05,758
that he throw in his lot
here with me for a while.

992
00:58:05,796 --> 00:58:08,890
Throw in his lot?

993
00:58:08,932 --> 00:58:11,093
Yes.

994
00:58:12,302 --> 00:58:15,635
Louis' death has left
quite a gap in the ranks.

995
00:58:15,672 --> 00:58:18,971
Of course, I've still got
Steve Early and Bill Hassett,

996
00:58:19,009 --> 00:58:20,442
Hal Watson.

997
00:58:20,477 --> 00:58:24,106
But nobody that's
as close to me as Louis was.

998
00:58:24,147 --> 00:58:27,844
There's certainly enough
work for another...

999
00:58:27,884 --> 00:58:29,112
Another what?

1000
00:58:29,152 --> 00:58:30,619
Assistant.

1001
00:58:30,654 --> 00:58:31,916
Secretary.

1002
00:58:31,955 --> 00:58:33,980
Secretarial
assistant.

1003
00:58:34,024 --> 00:58:35,821
You're not serious.

1004
00:58:35,859 --> 00:58:38,589
Entirely serious.
What do you think he'd say?

1005
00:58:38,628 --> 00:58:41,119
- I know what I'd say.
- If you were he?

1006
00:58:41,164 --> 00:58:43,598
No, speaking for myself.
I'd say absolutely not.

1007
00:58:43,633 --> 00:58:45,430
Oh?

1008
00:58:45,468 --> 00:58:46,992
In fact, I'd put it
much stronger than that

1009
00:58:47,037 --> 00:58:48,026
and I'd say I simply
won't hear of it.

1010
00:58:48,071 --> 00:58:50,039
- You won't?
- No, I won't.

1011
00:58:50,073 --> 00:58:52,667
It's quite the worst idea you've had
in all the years I've known you.

1012
00:58:52,709 --> 00:58:54,677
You've made your point.
You're opposed.

1013
00:58:54,711 --> 00:58:57,441
Yes, I'm opposed. I should say
I'm vehemently opposed

1014
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,380
to your doing
any such thing.

1015
00:58:59,416 --> 00:59:01,247
It's not
unusual for a father

1016
00:59:01,284 --> 00:59:04,014
to want to take his eldest
son into the family business.

1017
00:59:04,054 --> 00:59:06,545
But you're not
in business.

1018
00:59:06,590 --> 00:59:09,525
A president who hires
his own son

1019
00:59:09,559 --> 00:59:12,858
is open to every sort of
charge of playing favorites.

1020
00:59:12,896 --> 00:59:15,456
And they'll make
the son's life a hell.

1021
00:59:15,498 --> 00:59:17,898
He'll be accused of the same thing:
Of giving favors.

1022
00:59:17,934 --> 00:59:19,799
And worse,
of selling them.

1023
00:59:19,836 --> 00:59:21,701
Opportunists will woo him
and use him

1024
00:59:21,738 --> 00:59:23,729
and then make a joke of him
behind his back.

1025
00:59:23,773 --> 00:59:26,435
I don't see why I should be
deprived of the boy's help

1026
00:59:26,476 --> 00:59:29,639
or the pleasure of having him
with me just because I'm the president.

1027
00:59:29,679 --> 00:59:31,772
Is that the only consideration?
Your pleasure?

1028
00:59:31,815 --> 00:59:36,013
How very selfish. Have you given at
thought at what this would do to Jimmy?

1029
00:59:36,052 --> 00:59:39,146
All the criticism, the gossip,
the malice and spite?

1030
00:59:39,189 --> 00:59:41,316
Somebody got out of bed
on the wrong side this morning.

1031
00:59:41,358 --> 00:59:43,087
We'll talk about this
another time.

1032
00:59:43,126 --> 00:59:46,357
We'll talk about
it now.

1033
01:00:01,378 --> 01:00:03,676
What's the time?

1034
01:00:03,713 --> 01:00:05,408
I told you
five minutes ago.

1035
01:00:05,448 --> 01:00:06,813
Tell me again.

1036
01:00:06,850 --> 01:00:08,181
You have a watch.

1037
01:00:08,218 --> 01:00:10,015
Babs, don't be disagreeable,
for God's sake.

1038
01:00:10,053 --> 01:00:12,453
Not today.
I'm asking you.

1039
01:00:13,590 --> 01:00:18,050
27... No, 28
past 11:00.

1040
01:00:18,094 --> 01:00:20,358
There's no need
to be sarcastic.

1041
01:00:20,397 --> 01:00:22,797
I wasn't.
Only precise.

1042
01:00:22,832 --> 01:00:24,629
Thank you.

1043
01:00:29,973 --> 01:00:33,067
If it takes this long, it can't be
anything minor, can it?

1044
01:00:33,109 --> 01:00:36,203
I suppose it means they must have
found some sort of malignancy.

1045
01:00:36,246 --> 01:00:39,340
Franklin, that's only
James' fear.

1046
01:00:39,382 --> 01:00:41,543
Three of the best
specialists here

1047
01:00:41,584 --> 01:00:43,848
examined him before surgery
was recommended

1048
01:00:43,887 --> 01:00:46,151
and they all agreed it was
an acute form of stomach ulcer.

1049
01:00:46,189 --> 01:00:47,451
- Nothing more.
- Nothing more?

1050
01:00:47,490 --> 01:00:50,254
My God, woman,
isn't that enough for you?

1051
01:00:50,293 --> 01:00:52,784
If it lies in your path
to hurt me, well and good.

1052
01:00:52,829 --> 01:00:55,297
But why go
out of your way?

1053
01:00:58,601 --> 01:01:01,126
I'm sorry.

1054
01:01:01,171 --> 01:01:03,503
We're both on edge.

1055
01:01:03,540 --> 01:01:05,735
I'm sorry, too.

1056
01:01:08,144 --> 01:01:10,635
It's just that I can't
help thinking of...

1057
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:12,705
I know.

1058
01:01:18,455 --> 01:01:20,787
It's in God's hands now.

1059
01:01:24,327 --> 01:01:27,455
We must simply...

1060
01:01:27,497 --> 01:01:29,488
know that he will
be all right.

1061
01:01:29,532 --> 01:01:31,659
You said he'd be
all right.

1062
01:01:31,701 --> 01:01:33,293
Just yesterday
you said it.

1063
01:01:33,336 --> 01:01:36,066
He did seem to rally
in the afternoon.

1064
01:01:36,106 --> 01:01:40,167
I honestly thought
the crisis had passed.

1065
01:01:40,210 --> 01:01:42,110
He's going.

1066
01:01:43,980 --> 01:01:46,847
He's going.
Please, anything. Something.

1067
01:01:46,883 --> 01:01:49,078
There's nothing.

1068
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:51,815
James was sickly
too at first.

1069
01:01:51,855 --> 01:01:54,119
But... But he
came through.

1070
01:01:54,157 --> 01:01:57,149
James' heart
was stronger.

1071
01:01:58,862 --> 01:02:00,727
We can't let him go.

1072
01:02:00,764 --> 01:02:03,699
We must call him back.
Franklin?

1073
01:02:05,168 --> 01:02:06,897
Baby?

1074
01:02:09,439 --> 01:02:12,636
Baby, mother's
own angel.

1075
01:02:14,844 --> 01:02:17,278
Open your eyes.

1076
01:02:17,313 --> 01:02:20,077
Big smile for Mommy,
come on.

1077
01:02:20,116 --> 01:02:22,016
Come on.

1078
01:02:26,222 --> 01:02:28,315
Big smile for Mommy.

1079
01:02:34,030 --> 01:02:36,828
Show Mommy
you can hear her.

1080
01:03:00,423 --> 01:03:02,857
He's gone.

1081
01:03:08,131 --> 01:03:12,227
In the morning.
What time is it?

1082
01:03:12,268 --> 01:03:14,498
7:45.

1083
01:03:15,738 --> 01:03:18,138
His age was seven months.

1084
01:03:18,174 --> 01:03:21,735
Seven months
and 14 days.

1085
01:03:21,778 --> 01:03:25,737
No, not quite 14.
He won't have today.

1086
01:03:25,782 --> 01:03:30,048
Christ said, "Suffer the little
children to come unto me."

1087
01:03:30,086 --> 01:03:31,781
Yes.

1088
01:03:31,821 --> 01:03:34,312
But oh, I should have
liked to keep him.

1089
01:03:34,357 --> 01:03:36,382
You'll have another
little boy.

1090
01:03:36,426 --> 01:03:38,485
- You'll call him Franklin.
- Mama.

1091
01:03:38,528 --> 01:03:39,790
Babs.

1092
01:03:39,829 --> 01:03:41,820
No, don't.
I'm all right.

1093
01:03:41,865 --> 01:03:44,663
He weighed 11 pounds
when he was born.

1094
01:03:44,701 --> 01:03:46,134
Such a lovely big baby.

1095
01:03:46,169 --> 01:03:48,034
The biggest and loveliest
of them all.

1096
01:03:48,071 --> 01:03:49,971
Where are you going?
Shall I come with you?

1097
01:03:50,006 --> 01:03:52,600
No, thank you.
Really, I'm all right.

1098
01:03:52,642 --> 01:03:54,735
Of course you are.
I know that.

1099
01:03:54,777 --> 01:03:56,267
But you have been
up all night.

1100
01:03:56,312 --> 01:03:58,678
- You sleep now.
- No, no, I couldn't.

1101
01:03:58,715 --> 01:04:01,650
Then wash your face and hands
and we'll have some breakfast.

1102
01:04:01,684 --> 01:04:03,015
Life goes on.

1103
01:04:03,052 --> 01:04:05,247
Remember, you have two others
who'll be getting up soon

1104
01:04:05,288 --> 01:04:06,778
and wanting their mother.

1105
01:04:06,823 --> 01:04:09,849
Must be very brave and
very strong for their sake.

1106
01:04:09,893 --> 01:04:11,588
Yes, Mama.

1107
01:04:49,098 --> 01:04:51,794
I am tickled pink to
be able to tell you

1108
01:04:51,834 --> 01:04:54,928
that our boy
is out of danger.

1109
01:04:54,971 --> 01:04:58,236
I want to thank you all

1110
01:04:58,274 --> 01:05:01,402
for what I can best describe
as an understanding heart

1111
01:05:01,444 --> 01:05:02,968
on the part of
the people of Rochester.

1112
01:05:03,012 --> 01:05:06,209
Indeed, of all
Minnesota.

1113
01:05:06,249 --> 01:05:09,650
You've understood that I came here
not as president, but as a father,

1114
01:05:09,686 --> 01:05:11,711
and have treated me
accordingly.

1115
01:05:11,754 --> 01:05:14,086
On behalf of my wife
and myself,

1116
01:05:14,123 --> 01:05:17,490
I would like to thank you
for all your kindness.

1117
01:05:17,527 --> 01:05:19,961
Anything to say
to the press, Mr. President?

1118
01:05:19,996 --> 01:05:22,556
Ah, not on
this occasion, no.

1119
01:05:22,599 --> 01:05:25,067
- What paper?
- Rochester Star.

1120
01:05:25,101 --> 01:05:27,797
Oh, I didn't see you this morning.
What was your headline?

1121
01:05:27,837 --> 01:05:30,863
"Chamberlain Back From Munich,
Predicts Peace in Our Time."

1122
01:05:30,907 --> 01:05:35,344
Well, looks as if we've all got
something to be grateful for.

1123
01:05:35,378 --> 01:05:37,369
If we can believe it.

1124
01:06:11,281 --> 01:06:14,250
"Dear Mrs Stuyvesant,

1125
01:06:14,284 --> 01:06:17,378
In regard to my decision
to resign my membership

1126
01:06:17,420 --> 01:06:20,514
in the Daughters of
the American Revolution

1127
01:06:20,556 --> 01:06:22,046
due to their decision

1128
01:06:22,091 --> 01:06:25,549
that no Negro artist can
be permitted to appear

1129
01:06:25,595 --> 01:06:28,462
in Constitution Hall,

1130
01:06:28,498 --> 01:06:31,661
I would say to you
that I have always tried

1131
01:06:31,701 --> 01:06:35,535
to work actively within
any organization

1132
01:06:35,571 --> 01:06:37,971
to which I belong...

1133
01:06:38,007 --> 01:06:41,943
to build from
the inside.

1134
01:06:41,978 --> 01:06:44,446
But in this case,

1135
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:45,913
I belonged to an
organization

1136
01:06:45,948 --> 01:06:49,611
in which I
could do no active work.

1137
01:06:49,652 --> 01:06:52,746
They had taken an action

1138
01:06:52,789 --> 01:06:56,486
which had been widely
talked of in the press.

1139
01:06:56,526 --> 01:06:59,222
To remain a member

1140
01:06:59,262 --> 01:07:03,631
implied approval
of that action.

1141
01:07:03,666 --> 01:07:06,567
Therefore, I resigned."

1142
01:07:08,237 --> 01:07:10,501
Just sign it "Sincerely."
No, "Yours."

1143
01:07:10,540 --> 01:07:13,338
Her tone is really
very patronizing.

1144
01:07:16,679 --> 01:07:19,443
It's almost time,
isn't it?

1145
01:07:19,482 --> 01:07:20,744
Almost.

1146
01:07:20,783 --> 01:07:22,341
I'll put the radio on,
shall I?

1147
01:07:22,385 --> 01:07:24,353
It's so slow
warming up.

1148
01:07:24,387 --> 01:07:25,684
Yes, do.

1149
01:07:25,722 --> 01:07:29,158
Oh, Thommy, wait.
Let's open the windows instead.

1150
01:07:29,192 --> 01:07:31,251
Do you think we'll be able
to hear her from here?

1151
01:07:31,294 --> 01:07:35,424
Why not? There'll be
amplifiers, loudspeakers.

1152
01:07:35,465 --> 01:07:39,526
Harold Ickes said they expect the crowd
will stretch all the way up the Mall

1153
01:07:39,569 --> 01:07:41,332
to the
Washington Monument.

1154
01:07:41,371 --> 01:07:44,067
That's almost as far
from her as we are.

1155
01:07:45,475 --> 01:07:48,308
How I wish I could
be there.

1156
01:07:48,344 --> 01:07:50,312
Oh, you should
have gone.

1157
01:07:52,582 --> 01:07:55,915
No. I was advised that
politically speaking,

1158
01:07:55,952 --> 01:07:59,149
it was the better part
of valor to stay away.

1159
01:07:59,188 --> 01:08:03,488
It seems the party's already suffered losses
in the South because of me.

1160
01:08:03,526 --> 01:08:06,051
Because you refused to sit
in the white section

1161
01:08:06,095 --> 01:08:09,189
of that segregated
auditorium in Birmingham.

1162
01:08:09,232 --> 01:08:11,132
Yes.

1163
01:08:11,167 --> 01:08:14,034
And anyway,
it's not my day.

1164
01:08:14,070 --> 01:08:15,765
It's her day.

1165
01:08:24,313 --> 01:08:26,076
Listen.

1166
01:09:26,375 --> 01:09:29,606
How splendid of her
to begin with that.

1167
01:09:29,645 --> 01:09:31,738
Not for the irony,
not just for that.

1168
01:09:31,781 --> 01:09:33,442
For the pride.

1169
01:09:33,483 --> 01:09:37,044
The pride and common sense to say,
"Look here, it is my country."

1170
01:09:37,086 --> 01:09:39,520
My country,
right or wrong.

1171
01:09:39,555 --> 01:09:42,718
Yes. When people like us,
who have had every benefit,

1172
01:09:42,758 --> 01:09:44,487
say that, it's one thing.

1173
01:09:44,527 --> 01:09:47,587
But when those who have had
the least and have suffered the most,

1174
01:09:47,630 --> 01:09:51,259
the most injustice
and the most indignity,

1175
01:09:51,300 --> 01:09:55,999
when they say it, when they
refuse to give up on the country,

1176
01:09:56,038 --> 01:10:00,134
then that's what I call
building from the inside.

1177
01:10:00,176 --> 01:10:04,374
Surely that's the noblest
sort of patriotism there is.

1178
01:11:02,738 --> 01:11:04,706
It is very late,

1179
01:11:04,740 --> 01:11:08,506
but I have felt that you would rather
that I speak to you now

1180
01:11:08,544 --> 01:11:12,275
than wait until tomorrow.

1181
01:11:12,315 --> 01:11:14,840
It is with a very
full heart

1182
01:11:14,884 --> 01:11:17,910
that I speak to you tonight.

1183
01:11:17,954 --> 01:11:21,822
I must confess that I do so
with some misgivings,

1184
01:11:21,857 --> 01:11:25,315
because I find myself,
as almost everyone does

1185
01:11:25,361 --> 01:11:27,522
sooner or later
in his lifetime,

1186
01:11:27,563 --> 01:11:31,659
in a conflict between
deep personal desire

1187
01:11:31,701 --> 01:11:33,362
on the one hand,

1188
01:11:33,402 --> 01:11:36,599
and that quiet,
invisible thing

1189
01:11:36,639 --> 01:11:39,631
called conscience
on the other.

1190
01:11:42,511 --> 01:11:44,945
Like most men
of my age,

1191
01:11:44,981 --> 01:11:47,745
I had made plans
for myself,

1192
01:11:47,783 --> 01:11:50,980
plans for a private life
of my own choice,

1193
01:11:51,020 --> 01:11:53,580
and for my own
satisfaction,

1194
01:11:53,623 --> 01:11:56,421
a life of that kind
to begin

1195
01:11:56,459 --> 01:12:00,395
in January, 1941.

1196
01:12:00,429 --> 01:12:04,763
Today, all private plans,

1197
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,428
all private lives,

1198
01:12:07,470 --> 01:12:10,496
have been, in a sense,
repealed

1199
01:12:10,539 --> 01:12:13,804
by an overriding
public danger.

1200
01:12:13,843 --> 01:12:16,937
In the face of
that public danger,

1201
01:12:16,979 --> 01:12:19,948
all those who can
be of service to the Republic

1202
01:12:19,982 --> 01:12:24,851
have no choice but to offer
themselves for service,

1203
01:12:24,887 --> 01:12:28,550
in those capacities for
which they may be fitted.

1204
01:12:49,045 --> 01:12:52,572
The other day,
President Roosevelt

1205
01:12:52,615 --> 01:12:57,075
gave his opponent in the late
presidential election

1206
01:12:57,119 --> 01:13:01,146
a letter of
introduction to me.

1207
01:13:01,190 --> 01:13:03,954
And in it,
he wrote out a verse

1208
01:13:03,993 --> 01:13:05,654
in his own handwriting,

1209
01:13:05,695 --> 01:13:08,129
from Longfellow:

1210
01:13:08,164 --> 01:13:11,395
"Sail on,
O Ship of State!

1211
01:13:11,434 --> 01:13:14,870
Sail on, O Union,
strong and great!

1212
01:13:14,904 --> 01:13:18,101
Humanity
with all its fears,

1213
01:13:18,140 --> 01:13:20,802
with all the hopes
of future years,

1214
01:13:20,843 --> 01:13:24,301
is hanging
breathless on thy fate."

1215
01:13:24,346 --> 01:13:27,713
What is the answer
that I shall give

1216
01:13:27,750 --> 01:13:30,878
in your name
to this great man?

1217
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,047
Give us the tools

1218
01:13:33,089 --> 01:13:36,354
and we will finish the job!

1219
01:13:41,697 --> 01:13:44,894
This is Mayor LaGuardia's
particular favorite.

1220
01:13:44,934 --> 01:13:49,701
He feels a really stylish uniform
would encourage women to join.

1221
01:13:49,739 --> 01:13:53,835
To join the chorus line at Radio City
Music Hall, by the look of it.

1222
01:13:53,876 --> 01:13:57,403
Forgive me, but I told Fiorello
on the phone this morning,

1223
01:13:57,446 --> 01:14:00,074
we're dealing with civilian
defense, not high fashion.

1224
01:14:00,116 --> 01:14:02,983
I shudder to think what something
like that would cost.

1225
01:14:03,018 --> 01:14:05,282
It ought to be
the simplest,

1226
01:14:05,321 --> 01:14:08,119
most inexpensive
work uniform.

1227
01:14:08,157 --> 01:14:12,685
I happened to see something in a shop
window the last time I was in New York:

1228
01:14:12,728 --> 01:14:16,357
Plain sort of coverall;
blue-gray, cotton,

1229
01:14:16,398 --> 01:14:18,389
and priced under $3.00.

1230
01:14:18,434 --> 01:14:21,631
As a matter of fact,
I have written down the style number.

1231
01:14:21,670 --> 01:14:23,399
Harry!

1232
01:14:23,439 --> 01:14:25,430
Excuse me a minute.
Harry?

1233
01:14:25,474 --> 01:14:27,806
Can't stop.
He's waiting for me.

1234
01:14:27,843 --> 01:14:30,311
- Did you forget about lunch?
- Lunch, when?

1235
01:14:30,346 --> 01:14:33,509
- Today.
- Oh golly, did we have a date?

1236
01:14:33,549 --> 01:14:35,244
We did.
I waited for you.

1237
01:14:35,284 --> 01:14:38,378
Humble apologies,
I got all wound up in this report:

1238
01:14:38,420 --> 01:14:40,411
Lend-Lease aid to
Britain and the Allies.

1239
01:14:40,456 --> 01:14:43,914
Our problems didn't stop when we finally
got the $7 billion from Congress;

1240
01:14:43,959 --> 01:14:45,153
they multiplied.

1241
01:14:45,194 --> 01:14:46,627
Perhaps we can have tea.

1242
01:14:46,662 --> 01:14:49,392
You've been so engrossed
lately. I've missed you.

1243
01:14:49,431 --> 01:14:50,989
I miss our chats.

1244
01:14:51,033 --> 01:14:53,593
I can't possibly today.
Give me a rain check, will you?

1245
01:14:53,636 --> 01:14:55,627
- Yes, of course.
- First thing next week, maybe?

1246
01:14:55,671 --> 01:14:58,663
Whenever you can. I want to talk to you
about the Youth Commission.

1247
01:14:58,707 --> 01:15:00,902
Their latest figures
are quite startling.

1248
01:15:00,943 --> 01:15:03,639
It seems that more than a third
of the country's unemployed

1249
01:15:03,679 --> 01:15:04,941
are under
24 years of age.

1250
01:15:04,980 --> 01:15:07,039
That really isn't
my department, is it?

1251
01:15:07,082 --> 01:15:09,846
No, no, but I thought you might
bring it to Franklin's attention.

1252
01:15:09,885 --> 01:15:12,718
With all the dangers
in the world at large,

1253
01:15:12,755 --> 01:15:14,814
I'm afraid he's not as
aware as he ought to be

1254
01:15:14,857 --> 01:15:16,825
that there's still a very
real danger here at home

1255
01:15:16,859 --> 01:15:20,761
of a whole generation of disillusioned,
alienated young people.

1256
01:15:20,796 --> 01:15:22,889
Eleanor, if you want
the issue raised,

1257
01:15:22,932 --> 01:15:26,060
I honestly think you
ought to do it yourself.

1258
01:15:26,101 --> 01:15:29,002
He's a trifle out of patience
with me at the moment.

1259
01:15:29,038 --> 01:15:30,403
Me and my causes...

1260
01:15:30,439 --> 01:15:33,101
I'm sorry, I just have too
much on my mind right now

1261
01:15:33,142 --> 01:15:34,939
to start fighting
your battles.

1262
01:15:34,977 --> 01:15:36,945
Harry, I didn't mean
that you should fight...

1263
01:15:36,979 --> 01:15:39,413
I can't keep him waiting.

1264
01:15:40,549 --> 01:15:42,278
Harry, dear boy!

1265
01:15:46,322 --> 01:15:48,017
Delicious!

1266
01:15:48,057 --> 01:15:52,994
Did he really call Mussolini an Italian
sausage in a Sam Browne belt?

1267
01:15:53,028 --> 01:15:55,553
A fat Italian sausage.

1268
01:15:55,598 --> 01:15:56,724
Ha, ha!

1269
01:15:56,765 --> 01:15:58,858
A man after
my own heart. Oh!

1270
01:15:58,901 --> 01:16:01,597
How I envy the time
you spent with him in London.

1271
01:16:01,637 --> 01:16:03,662
Ha... oh, by the way,

1272
01:16:03,706 --> 01:16:08,040
I think you may be paying our friend
Winston another visit next month.

1273
01:16:08,077 --> 01:16:09,339
Yes.

1274
01:16:09,378 --> 01:16:11,141
You'll like England
in July.

1275
01:16:11,180 --> 01:16:14,115
No need to sleep in your overcoat
the way you did the last time.

1276
01:16:14,149 --> 01:16:17,141
Although you may want to pack a pair
of long johns for Moscow.

1277
01:16:17,186 --> 01:16:19,620
I'm told it gets quite chilly there
at night, even in summer.

1278
01:16:19,655 --> 01:16:21,748
- Moscow?
- Yes, didn't I tell you?

1279
01:16:21,790 --> 01:16:25,954
The thing is, I have to find out
exactly what their needs are,

1280
01:16:25,995 --> 01:16:27,895
and how the goods
can be delivered

1281
01:16:27,930 --> 01:16:30,660
before I can take public
action on aid to Russia.

1282
01:16:30,699 --> 01:16:34,726
Boss, I consider that one hell
of a happy challenge.

1283
01:16:34,770 --> 01:16:36,203
We'll talk it over
thoroughly tonight.

1284
01:16:36,238 --> 01:16:38,103
I've got Cordell Hull
in a few minutes.

1285
01:16:38,140 --> 01:16:39,903
Join Missy and me
for the Children's Hour,

1286
01:16:39,942 --> 01:16:42,376
and you and I will have
dinner in here on a tray.

1287
01:16:42,411 --> 01:16:44,003
Will do.

1288
01:16:44,046 --> 01:16:45,911
See you later.

1289
01:16:48,851 --> 01:16:51,684
Any old Secretaries of State
lurking around out there?

1290
01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:53,779
No, but he's
on his way up.

1291
01:16:53,822 --> 01:16:55,847
I like that man
better every day.

1292
01:16:55,891 --> 01:16:57,825
Harry?
I like him, too.

1293
01:16:57,860 --> 01:17:00,260
Mmm. Thousands don't.

1294
01:17:00,296 --> 01:17:02,696
I know, he can be
awfully abrasive.

1295
01:17:02,731 --> 01:17:04,460
But not to us.

1296
01:17:04,500 --> 01:17:06,798
Not to us.

1297
01:17:06,835 --> 01:17:08,564
He's joining us for
a drink later.

1298
01:17:08,604 --> 01:17:11,198
- Is that wise?
- Oh, I'll see it's a mild one.

1299
01:17:11,240 --> 01:17:14,971
People think the cancer is still active
because he looks so poorly.

1300
01:17:15,010 --> 01:17:18,275
The truth is, the last operation
left him with some condition

1301
01:17:18,314 --> 01:17:20,612
that makes it hard for his system
to take nourishment

1302
01:17:20,649 --> 01:17:24,278
from food and drink.
Curious.

1303
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:27,915
But not uncommon, apparently,
when the stomach is involved.

1304
01:17:29,358 --> 01:17:31,155
I didn't mean that.

1305
01:17:31,193 --> 01:17:34,253
I mean, Louis ill for
so long, now Harry.

1306
01:17:36,432 --> 01:17:39,526
They'll be saying the old boy likes
to surround himself with his own kind.

1307
01:17:39,568 --> 01:17:40,796
You know, handicapped.

1308
01:17:40,836 --> 01:17:43,066
Anybody who thinks
of you as handicapped

1309
01:17:43,105 --> 01:17:46,836
ought to try keeping up with you
for about four hours of any average day.

1310
01:17:46,875 --> 01:17:48,934
Fact is,
I hate sickness.

1311
01:17:48,978 --> 01:17:50,912
I hate to be around it.

1312
01:17:50,946 --> 01:17:52,538
I know that.

1313
01:17:52,581 --> 01:17:55,072
I've always known
that about you.

1314
01:17:56,418 --> 01:17:59,353
That's why I'm always
the picture of health.

1315
01:18:01,123 --> 01:18:02,681
What's the matter, child?

1316
01:18:02,725 --> 01:18:04,488
Nerves a bit raw today?

1317
01:18:06,161 --> 01:18:08,561
You could say that.

1318
01:18:08,597 --> 01:18:10,724
One of those days when
I wake up and think,

1319
01:18:10,766 --> 01:18:14,429
"No, I just can't take it.
It is too much."

1320
01:18:14,470 --> 01:18:16,597
And then I think,

1321
01:18:16,638 --> 01:18:20,267
"Good Lord, if it's
like that for me,

1322
01:18:20,309 --> 01:18:22,709
what must it be like
for you?"

1323
01:18:25,347 --> 01:18:28,248
There's your old
Secretary of State.

1324
01:18:28,283 --> 01:18:30,114
Marguerite?

1325
01:18:30,152 --> 01:18:32,882
When did you last
call me that?

1326
01:18:32,921 --> 01:18:35,685
What would you say to
a few quiet days on the yacht,

1327
01:18:35,724 --> 01:18:37,692
if we can steal
the time this summer?

1328
01:18:37,726 --> 01:18:41,628
Don't make any promises
you can't keep.

1329
01:18:41,663 --> 01:18:43,494
Apropos of which,

1330
01:18:43,532 --> 01:18:46,160
you are coming down
the staff party tonight?

1331
01:18:46,201 --> 01:18:48,669
But I thought Eleanor was
going to officiate this year?

1332
01:18:48,704 --> 01:18:51,366
How? By telephone
from Seattle?

1333
01:18:51,407 --> 01:18:52,840
Oh.

1334
01:18:52,875 --> 01:18:55,366
At least put in
an appearance.

1335
01:18:55,411 --> 01:18:57,072
You do tend to take it
for granted

1336
01:18:57,112 --> 01:19:00,377
that people know how grateful
you are for services rendered.

1337
01:19:00,416 --> 01:19:04,318
The fact is, we all need a little pat
on the head now and then.

1338
01:19:04,353 --> 01:19:07,481
They'll be very disappointed
if you don't show up.

1339
01:19:07,523 --> 01:19:10,583
I'll be down...
Boss.

1340
01:19:22,604 --> 01:19:25,266
Are you still ladling
that stuff?

1341
01:19:25,307 --> 01:19:26,899
No, that's the end of it.

1342
01:19:26,942 --> 01:19:28,967
Well, praise the Lord
for small favors.

1343
01:19:29,011 --> 01:19:32,174
Now, will you go to bed?
There's no earthly reason for you to stay.

1344
01:19:32,214 --> 01:19:34,239
The boss left
an hour ago.

1345
01:19:34,283 --> 01:19:37,878
These die-hards won't stop
till the lights go out.

1346
01:19:39,388 --> 01:19:42,516
Everybody said it was
the best staff party in years.

1347
01:19:42,558 --> 01:19:45,891
You did a terrific job
in Mrs. Howard's absence.

1348
01:19:45,928 --> 01:19:48,089
But what a price.

1349
01:19:48,130 --> 01:19:50,530
You look tireder than
I've ever seen you.

1350
01:19:50,566 --> 01:19:53,034
I feel like
yesterday's gardenias.

1351
01:19:53,068 --> 01:19:55,559
Then will you
kindly scram?

1352
01:19:55,604 --> 01:19:57,367
Okay.

1353
01:20:02,211 --> 01:20:06,170
Oh, good, another rendition
by the poor man's Andrews Sisters.

1354
01:20:06,215 --> 01:20:08,877
That's sure
to clear the room.

1355
01:20:08,917 --> 01:20:11,147
It was a nice party,
though, wasn't it?

1356
01:20:11,186 --> 01:20:12,813
Very nice.

1357
01:20:12,855 --> 01:20:14,948
- Isn't it funny?
- What?

1358
01:20:14,990 --> 01:20:16,753
Oh, this afternoon I was
complaining

1359
01:20:16,792 --> 01:20:20,250
about the work,
the pressure.

1360
01:20:20,295 --> 01:20:23,822
Sometimes I get so sick of those
two dinky little rooms of mine

1361
01:20:23,866 --> 01:20:25,458
on the third floor,

1362
01:20:25,501 --> 01:20:27,435
and I think I am
going to get out,

1363
01:20:27,469 --> 01:20:31,098
I'm going to find an easy,
sensible 9-to-5 job,

1364
01:20:31,140 --> 01:20:33,472
and a big,
comfortable apartment.

1365
01:20:33,509 --> 01:20:35,374
Mmm-hmm.

1366
01:20:35,410 --> 01:20:37,401
Who am I kidding?

1367
01:20:37,446 --> 01:20:42,383
Look at me... little Marguerite
LeHand from Somerset, Mass

1368
01:20:42,417 --> 01:20:45,147
living in
the White House.

1369
01:20:47,389 --> 01:20:50,051
Living history,
for gosh sakes.

1370
01:20:50,092 --> 01:20:52,287
I was 22 years old

1371
01:20:52,327 --> 01:20:54,852
the day that man dropped
by his old campaign headquarters

1372
01:20:54,897 --> 01:20:56,990
looking for a
part-time secretary.

1373
01:20:57,032 --> 01:21:00,331
He'd just lost the race
for Vice President.

1374
01:21:00,369 --> 01:21:03,429
But he sure looked
like a winner to me.

1375
01:21:05,274 --> 01:21:08,107
Still, I was an
independent little snip.

1376
01:21:08,143 --> 01:21:10,509
Us Irish Catholic kids,
right?

1377
01:21:10,546 --> 01:21:13,606
And I said,
"Well, I don't know.

1378
01:21:13,649 --> 01:21:16,311
Give me time to
think it over."

1379
01:21:16,351 --> 01:21:20,515
And I took all of...
What's that?

1380
01:21:20,556 --> 01:21:22,183
What's what?

1381
01:21:22,224 --> 01:21:25,421
What's happening?

1382
01:21:25,460 --> 01:21:27,325
Don't let me fall.

1383
01:21:27,362 --> 01:21:31,389
- Don't let me fall.
- Missy, what is wrong?

1384
01:21:31,433 --> 01:21:33,867
Miss... Dear God.
Missy?

1385
01:21:47,015 --> 01:21:48,744
Any improvement?

1386
01:21:59,728 --> 01:22:02,322
Well, little Miss LeHand.

1387
01:22:02,364 --> 01:22:04,525
You're looking
very chipper this morning.

1388
01:22:04,566 --> 01:22:05,658
Isn't she, Mother?

1389
01:22:05,701 --> 01:22:07,669
The new bed jacket
is beautiful, Missy.

1390
01:22:07,703 --> 01:22:09,466
And look at
all those flowers.

1391
01:22:09,504 --> 01:22:14,237
I knew you had admirers, but good grief,
child, I never realized how many.

1392
01:22:14,276 --> 01:22:17,837
I had such a nice letter
from your sister this morning.

1393
01:22:17,879 --> 01:22:21,406
I've arranged for a car to meet her
at the station when her train arrives.

1394
01:22:21,450 --> 01:22:25,409
I know how pleased you'll
be to see her again.

1395
01:22:25,454 --> 01:22:28,252
Speaking of mail,
mine is in an awful mess

1396
01:22:28,290 --> 01:22:30,383
without you there
to sort it out.

1397
01:22:30,425 --> 01:22:32,586
And I've no one to laugh
over the funny bits with.

1398
01:22:32,628 --> 01:22:35,028
Oh, here's one you'll like.
Came yesterday,

1399
01:22:35,063 --> 01:22:37,725
addressed to "FDR,"
and then in parentheses, it said,

1400
01:22:37,766 --> 01:22:41,600
"Franklin Dillinger Roosevelt."
D... Don't you love it?

1401
01:22:44,840 --> 01:22:48,139
If you could see the way the work's
piling up on your desk,

1402
01:22:48,176 --> 01:22:50,770
you'd realize how
indispensable you are.

1403
01:22:50,812 --> 01:22:54,407
Grace has taken on a temporary
till you get back,

1404
01:22:54,449 --> 01:22:58,215
but frankly, the woman
gives me the pip.

1405
01:22:58,253 --> 01:23:01,689
Speaking of desks, I better
high-tail it back to mine.

1406
01:23:01,723 --> 01:23:04,658
Now, you hurry up
and get well, you hear?

1407
01:23:04,693 --> 01:23:06,217
That is an order.

1408
01:23:06,261 --> 01:23:08,252
Official,
highest priority.

1409
01:23:11,500 --> 01:23:14,162
No, no, child, don't.

1410
01:23:14,202 --> 01:23:16,636
Don't try,
it's all right.

1411
01:23:16,672 --> 01:23:19,140
Father understands.

1412
01:23:19,174 --> 01:23:21,472
I'll see you soon.

1413
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:00,807
The President of
the United States

1414
01:24:00,849 --> 01:24:02,840
and Prime Minister
Churchill

1415
01:24:02,884 --> 01:24:04,818
have met at sea.

1416
01:24:04,853 --> 01:24:07,913
They have agreed upon
the following joint declaration,

1417
01:24:07,956 --> 01:24:11,517
dated August 10th, 1941:

1418
01:24:11,560 --> 01:24:15,121
After the final destruction
of the Nazi tyranny,

1419
01:24:15,163 --> 01:24:17,688
they hope to see
established a peace

1420
01:24:17,733 --> 01:24:20,896
which will afford assurance
that all men

1421
01:24:20,936 --> 01:24:23,632
in all lands may
live out their lives

1422
01:24:23,672 --> 01:24:26,732
in freedom from fear
and want.

1423
01:25:04,279 --> 01:25:06,907
Yes?
Come in, Grace.

1424
01:25:06,948 --> 01:25:09,940
Grace is gone
for the day.

1425
01:25:09,985 --> 01:25:13,011
Oh yes, of course.
What time is it?

1426
01:25:13,054 --> 01:25:14,578
It's almost dinnertime.

1427
01:25:16,558 --> 01:25:19,118
No cocktails tonight?

1428
01:25:19,161 --> 01:25:21,152
I didn't feel like
drinking alone.

1429
01:25:21,396 --> 01:25:24,194
Well, I'll have one
with you, if you like

1430
01:25:24,232 --> 01:25:25,699
just to keep you company.

1431
01:25:25,734 --> 01:25:27,292
No, thanks,
that's very noble of you,

1432
01:25:27,335 --> 01:25:31,499
but I don't want your
downfall on my conscience.

1433
01:25:31,540 --> 01:25:34,737
Ah, what did you want to ask me?
Or tell me?

1434
01:25:34,776 --> 01:25:37,244
Must I have a motive
for dropping in?

1435
01:25:37,279 --> 01:25:40,305
It's not that you must,
just that you almost invariably do.

1436
01:25:40,348 --> 01:25:43,010
Well, let's have it.
Louis always said I was the politician

1437
01:25:43,051 --> 01:25:45,383
and you were the agitator.
Agitate.

1438
01:25:45,420 --> 01:25:47,684
Really,
there's nothing.

1439
01:25:47,722 --> 01:25:51,658
What a relief for both of us that you
don't have to harangue me anymore

1440
01:25:51,693 --> 01:25:54,821
about doing this for the young
or that for the Negroes, or...

1441
01:25:54,863 --> 01:25:57,423
just unemployment,
generally.

1442
01:25:57,466 --> 01:25:59,457
Between the draft
and defense work,

1443
01:25:59,501 --> 01:26:01,264
most of our
big social problems

1444
01:26:01,303 --> 01:26:03,601
seem to be solving themselves
automatically.

1445
01:26:03,638 --> 01:26:05,299
Yes,

1446
01:26:05,340 --> 01:26:08,241
but isn't it a shame that it took
the threat of war to do it?

1447
01:26:08,276 --> 01:26:11,473
It's a shame...

1448
01:26:11,513 --> 01:26:14,710
but it's not our shame.
Look at this.

1449
01:26:14,749 --> 01:26:18,150
This is what I'm dealing
with all day long...

1450
01:26:18,186 --> 01:26:20,711
the carnage in Europe,
in Russia,

1451
01:26:20,755 --> 01:26:23,053
in Africa,
Indochina,

1452
01:26:23,091 --> 01:26:25,685
misery, death.

1453
01:26:25,727 --> 01:26:29,424
I can't remember a time when I have
been more continually battered,

1454
01:26:29,464 --> 01:26:32,991
morning, noon, and night,
than this past week.

1455
01:26:33,034 --> 01:26:36,800
Firebrands like Stimson and Morgenthau
pushing for heroic action now,

1456
01:26:36,838 --> 01:26:38,567
this minute.

1457
01:26:38,607 --> 01:26:41,872
And the other side saying,
"No, no, easy does it. Extreme caution.

1458
01:26:41,910 --> 01:26:43,810
That's our only hope."

1459
01:26:43,845 --> 01:26:46,507
And what a time
for Harry to be in New York.

1460
01:26:46,548 --> 01:26:49,039
He said it would just be this weekend,
and now it's Monday night

1461
01:26:49,084 --> 01:26:51,075
and he's not back.

1462
01:26:52,854 --> 01:26:54,651
Get my chariot,
would you?

1463
01:27:03,632 --> 01:27:06,226
- Babs?
- Hm?

1464
01:27:06,268 --> 01:27:09,101
You couldn't have
a word in his ear...

1465
01:27:09,137 --> 01:27:13,130
just, you know, strictly as if
it were your own idea?

1466
01:27:13,174 --> 01:27:16,075
Just remind him how important
he's become around here,

1467
01:27:16,111 --> 01:27:19,512
and how much I depend on his
always being available.

1468
01:27:22,617 --> 01:27:25,381
Okay, Griselda,
what's wrong?

1469
01:27:25,420 --> 01:27:27,615
- What's wrong?
- Wrong?

1470
01:27:27,656 --> 01:27:29,851
When you don't
like something,

1471
01:27:29,891 --> 01:27:32,325
such as my asking you
to talk to Harry,

1472
01:27:32,360 --> 01:27:34,624
you stand or sit
so straight

1473
01:27:34,663 --> 01:27:36,563
your back
has no give.

1474
01:27:36,598 --> 01:27:37,792
No bend, you mean?

1475
01:27:37,832 --> 01:27:41,199
No bend, no give.
What's the problem?

1476
01:27:42,237 --> 01:27:44,467
Really,
I'd rather not.

1477
01:27:44,506 --> 01:27:47,600
I meant it when I said
I didn't come in for anything special,

1478
01:27:47,642 --> 01:27:50,770
and certainly not to complain.
I know how tired you are.

1479
01:27:50,812 --> 01:27:53,280
Yes, I'm bone tired

1480
01:27:53,315 --> 01:27:55,909
and I'm irritable.
I'm annoyed at Harry,

1481
01:27:55,951 --> 01:27:58,317
and I'm going to be annoyed
with you in a minute

1482
01:27:58,353 --> 01:28:00,651
if you don't tell me
what's the problem.

1483
01:28:00,689 --> 01:28:02,554
There is no problem.

1484
01:28:02,591 --> 01:28:05,719
Come on, there must be
something between you two.

1485
01:28:05,760 --> 01:28:07,751
I should say
just the opposite.

1486
01:28:07,796 --> 01:28:09,889
There's nothing
between us.

1487
01:28:09,931 --> 01:28:11,228
Not anymore.

1488
01:28:11,266 --> 01:28:12,995
Since when?

1489
01:28:14,069 --> 01:28:16,970
Well, if you want
the exact time...

1490
01:28:17,005 --> 01:28:19,565
I'd say from the day

1491
01:28:19,608 --> 01:28:23,135
you invited him to live here
in the White House,

1492
01:28:23,178 --> 01:28:25,009
to have Louis' old room.

1493
01:28:25,046 --> 01:28:27,537
What exactly
did he do?

1494
01:28:27,582 --> 01:28:29,243
It's quite simple, really.

1495
01:28:29,284 --> 01:28:31,184
- He dropped me.
- Dropped you?

1496
01:28:31,219 --> 01:28:34,552
Just as quickly as he found he'd gained
your complete confidence.

1497
01:28:34,589 --> 01:28:37,023
But why didn't you say
something to me then?

1498
01:28:37,058 --> 01:28:39,686
I was too shocked.

1499
01:28:39,728 --> 01:28:43,459
More than that,
I was desperately hurt.

1500
01:28:43,498 --> 01:28:46,467
After all, I'd wanted him here
every bit as much as you,

1501
01:28:46,501 --> 01:28:48,025
perhaps more.

1502
01:28:48,069 --> 01:28:52,631
So many times, when it seemed
we'd lost touch altogether,

1503
01:28:52,674 --> 01:28:55,507
I thought perhaps Harry might
reconcile our differences

1504
01:28:55,543 --> 01:28:57,602
the way Louis always
managed to.

1505
01:28:57,646 --> 01:28:59,614
Look...

1506
01:29:00,682 --> 01:29:03,674
Louis was a perfect
sort of liaison

1507
01:29:03,718 --> 01:29:05,743
between you and me,
I agree,

1508
01:29:05,787 --> 01:29:10,656
but Harry has a much more
important role to play.

1509
01:29:10,692 --> 01:29:12,284
Twice now,
he's functioned

1510
01:29:12,327 --> 01:29:14,318
with enormous success
between Churchill and me,

1511
01:29:14,362 --> 01:29:16,353
once between
Stalin and me.

1512
01:29:16,398 --> 01:29:18,730
Don't you think that's
rather more important?

1513
01:29:18,767 --> 01:29:21,702
In a large historical sense,
yes, I suppose it is,

1514
01:29:21,736 --> 01:29:24,000
but I wasn't looking at it
from that perspective.

1515
01:29:24,039 --> 01:29:25,870
No, I'd say
you weren't.

1516
01:29:25,907 --> 01:29:28,671
I'd say you were looking at it
from a fairly niggling, small-minded,

1517
01:29:28,710 --> 01:29:30,803
not to mention, myopic,
point of view.

1518
01:29:30,845 --> 01:29:32,335
That's rather harsh.

1519
01:29:32,380 --> 01:29:34,211
Well yes, damn it,
I'm beginning to feel rather harsh

1520
01:29:34,249 --> 01:29:36,046
about this
entire conversation,

1521
01:29:36,084 --> 01:29:39,850
namely because it brings out
a not very admirable side of your nature,

1522
01:29:39,888 --> 01:29:42,049
this quirk you have
of insisting

1523
01:29:42,090 --> 01:29:44,786
on total and
consuming loyalty

1524
01:29:44,826 --> 01:29:46,521
from everyone
you admit

1525
01:29:46,561 --> 01:29:48,688
to the charmed circle
of your affection.

1526
01:29:48,730 --> 01:29:51,858
All your old chums,
your protegeés...

1527
01:29:51,900 --> 01:29:53,527
it's no secret how
they dote on you.

1528
01:29:53,568 --> 01:29:57,334
You don't require total and consuming
devotion from your friends?

1529
01:29:57,372 --> 01:29:59,135
I'm not aware of it.

1530
01:30:00,909 --> 01:30:03,241
No, I suppose
you're not.

1531
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:06,470
Missy?

1532
01:30:06,514 --> 01:30:07,742
Louis?

1533
01:30:09,017 --> 01:30:10,951
And now Harry?

1534
01:30:10,985 --> 01:30:14,352
You're not aware of how utterly absorbed
they become in you

1535
01:30:14,389 --> 01:30:16,823
until finally they have
no life of their own,

1536
01:30:16,858 --> 01:30:19,349
no existence
independent of yours?

1537
01:30:19,394 --> 01:30:22,386
And your Miss Thompson?
Your Thommy?

1538
01:30:22,430 --> 01:30:24,330
What about her?

1539
01:30:24,365 --> 01:30:26,856
You can't even get her
to take a vacation once a year.

1540
01:30:26,901 --> 01:30:30,564
She'd be completely lost if she got
more than 200 yards from you.

1541
01:30:38,379 --> 01:30:41,576
It appears we both take
quite a lot from others

1542
01:30:41,616 --> 01:30:44,483
without fully
realizing how much.

1543
01:30:44,519 --> 01:30:46,146
Yes.

1544
01:30:48,623 --> 01:30:50,386
But is it because we
ask for it,

1545
01:30:50,425 --> 01:30:53,053
or because
they volunteer it?

1546
01:30:53,094 --> 01:30:55,028
Is it mainly
our need?

1547
01:30:55,063 --> 01:30:56,428
Or theirs?

1548
01:30:56,464 --> 01:30:57,954
I expect it's both.

1549
01:30:57,999 --> 01:31:02,402
If one were to pursue
the matter,

1550
01:31:02,437 --> 01:31:05,998
and I'm not all sure
I care to,

1551
01:31:06,040 --> 01:31:09,339
it might lead to another
rather interesting question:

1552
01:31:10,578 --> 01:31:13,240
Did we choose each other

1553
01:31:13,281 --> 01:31:16,250
because we're
the way we are,

1554
01:31:16,284 --> 01:31:19,947
or are we the way we are
because we chose each other?

1555
01:31:21,082 --> 01:31:23,050
Interesting.

1556
01:31:28,990 --> 01:31:31,458
What on earth?

1557
01:31:32,694 --> 01:31:34,958
What are they?

1558
01:31:35,964 --> 01:31:37,056
Bombers.

1559
01:31:37,098 --> 01:31:39,464
B-17 s from the look
of them.

1560
01:31:39,501 --> 01:31:41,526
In my garden?

1561
01:31:41,570 --> 01:31:43,538
On their way to
the English, most likely...

1562
01:31:43,572 --> 01:31:45,199
or the Russians.

1563
01:31:45,240 --> 01:31:47,708
Why can't they fly
more quietly,

1564
01:31:47,742 --> 01:31:50,472
or higher,
or somewhere else?

1565
01:31:50,512 --> 01:31:54,539
We were never bothered
with this sort of thing in 1918.

1566
01:31:54,583 --> 01:31:57,643
Were you with us
in 1918, Plog?

1567
01:31:57,686 --> 01:32:00,780
Ma'am, I was with you
in 1895.

1568
01:32:00,822 --> 01:32:03,188
Been here 46... no,

1569
01:32:03,225 --> 01:32:05,557
47 years
come next April.

1570
01:32:05,594 --> 01:32:07,459
Am I wrong?

1571
01:32:07,495 --> 01:32:09,520
We aren't even
in this war,

1572
01:32:09,564 --> 01:32:12,931
and it seems to me it's far more
intrusive than the last one.

1573
01:32:12,968 --> 01:32:16,631
Well of course, they didn't have
flying fortresses back then,

1574
01:32:16,671 --> 01:32:19,037
just them little bitty
fighter planes.

1575
01:32:19,074 --> 01:32:21,668
Yes, and they knew
their place.

1576
01:32:21,710 --> 01:32:24,508
I don't like it, Plog.

1577
01:32:24,546 --> 01:32:26,446
L-like what, ma'am?

1578
01:32:26,481 --> 01:32:28,039
Change.

1579
01:32:29,384 --> 01:32:31,682
Oh.

1580
01:32:34,356 --> 01:32:36,051
Plog?

1581
01:32:37,225 --> 01:32:39,625
- Plog?
- Ma'am?

1582
01:32:39,661 --> 01:32:42,221
Mr. Plog, would you
step 'round here, please?

1583
01:32:42,264 --> 01:32:44,494
I... I need your help.

1584
01:32:44,532 --> 01:32:47,023
Ah... oh.

1585
01:32:47,068 --> 01:32:48,933
Mrs. Roosevelt!

1586
01:32:48,970 --> 01:32:50,995
- Well.
- Oh.

1587
01:32:51,039 --> 01:32:52,666
W-what happened?

1588
01:32:52,707 --> 01:32:55,676
What happened? I fell down,
what do you think happened?

1589
01:32:55,710 --> 01:32:57,610
But I mean, why?

1590
01:32:57,646 --> 01:33:00,274
Why? Because I'm
87 years old, that's why.

1591
01:33:00,315 --> 01:33:03,250
Don't ask asinine questions.
Help me up, man.

1592
01:33:03,285 --> 01:33:04,718
Help me up.

1593
01:33:04,753 --> 01:33:06,516
Wait, ah!

1594
01:33:06,554 --> 01:33:08,545
- There.
- Careful now, ma'am.

1595
01:33:08,590 --> 01:33:10,114
Careful.

1596
01:33:10,158 --> 01:33:11,352
Careful.

1597
01:33:11,393 --> 01:33:12,553
Oh.

1598
01:33:12,594 --> 01:33:14,084
Now, can you walk?

1599
01:33:14,129 --> 01:33:15,653
Can I walk?

1600
01:33:15,697 --> 01:33:18,393
I'll walk to your funeral,
you silly old thing,

1601
01:33:18,433 --> 01:33:21,596
and you're years
younger than I am.

1602
01:33:21,636 --> 01:33:24,628
Oh, take me back
to the house now, Plog.

1603
01:33:24,673 --> 01:33:27,301
I'll be down to help you
again tomorrow.

1604
01:33:29,411 --> 01:33:32,312
Mama had a very wonderful end.

1605
01:33:32,347 --> 01:33:34,941
She had been somewhat
of an invalid all summer,

1606
01:33:34,983 --> 01:33:37,042
but was back from
Campobello for a week

1607
01:33:37,085 --> 01:33:39,076
and enjoyed Franklin's
stay at home,

1608
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,520
though she had
a slight temperature.

1609
01:33:41,556 --> 01:33:43,820
About Saturday, midnight,

1610
01:33:43,858 --> 01:33:46,850
a clot in the lung caused
a circulatory collapse,

1611
01:33:46,895 --> 01:33:49,659
and she became unconscious
and remained so

1612
01:33:49,698 --> 01:33:51,632
until her
breathing stopped

1613
01:33:51,666 --> 01:33:54,191
at noon
last Sunday.

1614
01:33:54,235 --> 01:33:56,635
I looked at
my mother-in-law's face

1615
01:33:56,671 --> 01:33:58,332
after she was dead,

1616
01:33:58,373 --> 01:34:01,570
and understood so many things
I'd never seen before.

1617
01:34:01,609 --> 01:34:06,478
It is dreadful to have lived so close
to someone for 36 years,

1618
01:34:06,514 --> 01:34:10,883
and feel no deep affection
or sense of loss.

1619
01:34:11,920 --> 01:34:14,047
Oh, what's all this?

1620
01:34:23,131 --> 01:34:25,531
"His first sailboat.

1621
01:34:25,567 --> 01:34:28,468
Launched in the bathtub,
Hyde Park,

1622
01:34:28,503 --> 01:34:31,131
Christmas Day.

1623
01:34:31,172 --> 01:34:33,333
1886."

1624
01:34:33,375 --> 01:34:36,538
It appears she
saved everything...

1625
01:34:36,578 --> 01:34:39,741
your toys,
your christening dress,

1626
01:34:40,782 --> 01:34:43,751
little gifts
you gave her.

1627
01:34:43,785 --> 01:34:46,549
Everything is
tagged and dated.

1628
01:34:46,588 --> 01:34:48,886
There's even a lock
of your baby hair.

1629
01:34:51,860 --> 01:34:53,953
"His first pair
of shoes."

1630
01:35:01,136 --> 01:35:03,798
I've just remembered something
I must do downstairs.

1631
01:35:07,742 --> 01:35:10,905
Mama! Ah!

1632
01:35:37,806 --> 01:35:39,967
- How's your pudding?
- Fine.

1633
01:35:40,008 --> 01:35:42,169
- Liar.
- No, this is all right.

1634
01:35:42,210 --> 01:35:45,668
I just had four weeks
of hospital food, remember?

1635
01:35:45,713 --> 01:35:47,408
Is it homemade?

1636
01:35:47,449 --> 01:35:48,814
Canned.

1637
01:35:48,850 --> 01:35:51,614
Everything around here
is either canned or cooked to death.

1638
01:35:55,423 --> 01:35:57,084
Yes?

1639
01:35:57,125 --> 01:35:58,990
Yes, Hacky.

1640
01:35:59,027 --> 01:36:02,224
No, no,
I've just finished.

1641
01:36:02,263 --> 01:36:06,324
You know I'm expecting a call
from Secretary Hull, don't you?

1642
01:36:06,367 --> 01:36:09,393
Be sure to put him
straight through.

1643
01:36:09,437 --> 01:36:11,905
Right. Right.

1644
01:36:15,310 --> 01:36:17,471
Cordell is with
Ambassador Nomura.

1645
01:36:17,512 --> 01:36:19,412
And the special envoy.
What's his name?

1646
01:36:19,447 --> 01:36:21,176
- Starts with a "K."
- Kurusu.

1647
01:36:21,216 --> 01:36:24,185
- Saburo Kurusu.
- Ah, so.

1648
01:36:24,219 --> 01:36:28,280
He's the one that got the message
to me privately through Bonnie B.,

1649
01:36:28,323 --> 01:36:31,588
that he wants peace
and the emperor wants peace,

1650
01:36:31,626 --> 01:36:35,153
but that the Japanese warlords,
to use his phrase,

1651
01:36:35,196 --> 01:36:39,758
"are sitting with a loaded gun in each hand,
determined to shoot."

1652
01:36:42,470 --> 01:36:45,268
I hope he's right
about Hirohito.

1653
01:36:47,041 --> 01:36:49,635
The message I sent
him last night

1654
01:36:49,677 --> 01:36:52,305
urging him to stop the Jap
movement into Indochina

1655
01:36:52,347 --> 01:36:54,907
was completely
unprecedented, you know.

1656
01:36:54,949 --> 01:36:58,043
Channeled directly
from me to him.

1657
01:36:58,086 --> 01:37:00,384
When will he get it,
do you know?

1658
01:37:00,421 --> 01:37:03,686
Oh, let's see.
What with the time lag,

1659
01:37:03,725 --> 01:37:06,626
assuming the Imperial Divinity
crawls out of the sack

1660
01:37:06,661 --> 01:37:10,597
around 7:00 like the rest
of us poor mortals,

1661
01:37:10,632 --> 01:37:13,795
he ought to be reading it
within the next three or four hours.

1662
01:37:15,169 --> 01:37:18,104
This would be my call
from the State Department.

1663
01:37:18,139 --> 01:37:19,697
Yes, Cordell?

1664
01:37:19,741 --> 01:37:22,505
Ah... oh, Hacky?

1665
01:37:23,578 --> 01:37:25,569
What?

1666
01:37:25,613 --> 01:37:27,945
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

1667
01:37:27,982 --> 01:37:29,813
Yes, put him through.

1668
01:37:29,851 --> 01:37:32,445
I was wrong.
It's the Navy.

1669
01:37:32,487 --> 01:37:34,682
Frank. Hello.

1670
01:37:34,722 --> 01:37:37,919
What news on this pleasant
Sunday afternoon?

1671
01:37:43,131 --> 01:37:46,294
- No.
- What's wrong?

1672
01:37:46,334 --> 01:37:47,699
What's happened?

1673
01:37:52,907 --> 01:37:59,312
Yesterday,
December 7th, 1941,

1674
01:37:59,347 --> 01:38:04,046
a date which will live
in infamy.

1675
01:38:04,085 --> 01:38:06,815
The United States
of America

1676
01:38:06,854 --> 01:38:10,255
was suddenly
and deliberately attacked

1677
01:38:10,291 --> 01:38:13,158
by naval and air forces

1678
01:38:13,194 --> 01:38:16,357
of the empire
of Japan.

1679
01:38:17,732 --> 01:38:19,996
Yesterday...

1680
01:38:20,034 --> 01:38:22,502
the Japanese government
also launched

1681
01:38:22,537 --> 01:38:25,472
an attack
against Malaya.

1682
01:38:25,506 --> 01:38:28,669
Last night,
Japanese forces

1683
01:38:28,710 --> 01:38:32,646
attacked Hong Kong.

1684
01:38:32,680 --> 01:38:37,879
Last night, Japanese forces
attacked Guam.

1685
01:38:37,919 --> 01:38:41,252
Last night,
Japanese forces

1686
01:38:41,289 --> 01:38:44,986
attacked
the Philippine Islands.

1687
01:38:45,026 --> 01:38:50,931
Last night, the Japanese
attacked Wake Island.

1688
01:38:50,965 --> 01:38:53,866
And this morning,
the Japanese

1689
01:38:53,901 --> 01:38:57,462
attacked
Midway Island.

1690
01:38:57,505 --> 01:39:01,100
With confidence
in our armed forces,

1691
01:39:01,142 --> 01:39:05,943
with the unbounding
determination of our people,

1692
01:39:05,980 --> 01:39:09,347
we will gain
the inevitable triumph,

1693
01:39:09,384 --> 01:39:11,375
so help us God!

1694
01:39:21,996 --> 01:39:25,159
I ask that
the Congress declare

1695
01:39:25,199 --> 01:39:29,795
that since the unprovoked
and dastardly attack

1696
01:39:29,837 --> 01:39:32,397
by Japan

1697
01:39:32,440 --> 01:39:38,072
on Sunday,
December 7th, 1941,

1698
01:39:38,112 --> 01:39:43,209
a state of war
has existed

1699
01:39:43,251 --> 01:39:46,652
between the United States

1700
01:39:46,688 --> 01:39:49,714
and the Japanese empire.

1701
01:40:07,475 --> 01:40:10,603
- Good luck.
- Thank you, Tully.

1702
01:40:12,280 --> 01:40:14,407
You're off, are you?

1703
01:40:14,449 --> 01:40:16,917
Yes, in a few minutes.

1704
01:40:16,951 --> 01:40:19,715
What a turmoil
the place is in.

1705
01:40:19,754 --> 01:40:23,349
They're fitting all the windows
with black-out curtains.

1706
01:40:23,391 --> 01:40:26,019
The grounds are aswarm
with extra Secret Service men

1707
01:40:26,060 --> 01:40:28,187
and military police
with bayonets.

1708
01:40:28,229 --> 01:40:32,029
They're setting up sentry boxes
at the gates and gun crews on the roof.

1709
01:40:32,066 --> 01:40:33,829
I know.

1710
01:40:33,868 --> 01:40:35,961
Noticed my latest
gadget?

1711
01:40:36,003 --> 01:40:38,972
- Yes, I've got one too.
- Hideous thing.

1712
01:40:39,006 --> 01:40:43,409
Is there any report
on the casualties at Pearl Harbor?

1713
01:40:43,444 --> 01:40:46,413
Well, the figures
are still coming in.

1714
01:40:46,447 --> 01:40:48,938
It looks pretty bad.

1715
01:40:48,983 --> 01:40:53,147
2,000 dead
by latest count.

1716
01:40:53,187 --> 01:40:58,090
More ships destroyed in one hour
than in the whole of the first war.

1717
01:41:00,695 --> 01:41:03,755
One question I'm bound
to be asked on this trip

1718
01:41:03,798 --> 01:41:07,097
that everyone seems
to be asking today

1719
01:41:07,135 --> 01:41:10,104
is how on Earth were we caught
sleeping in that way?

1720
01:41:10,138 --> 01:41:14,165
Don't you suppose
I'm asking it too?

1721
01:41:14,208 --> 01:41:15,971
It appears...

1722
01:41:16,010 --> 01:41:18,604
the Navy assumed the
Army was on full alert.

1723
01:41:18,646 --> 01:41:20,671
The Army thought
the Navy was maintaining

1724
01:41:20,715 --> 01:41:22,683
air reconnaissance
all around the island.

1725
01:41:22,717 --> 01:41:25,208
I don't know where
to pin the blame.

1726
01:41:25,253 --> 01:41:28,279
You can be sure there will be plenty
who will pin it squarely on me.

1727
01:41:28,322 --> 01:41:29,653
Yes, inevitably.

1728
01:41:29,690 --> 01:41:32,386
You are Commander in Chief,
after all.

1729
01:41:32,426 --> 01:41:34,018
They'll say
you should have known.

1730
01:41:34,061 --> 01:41:36,188
Hm. And the ones who will
say it the loudest

1731
01:41:36,230 --> 01:41:38,095
are the ones who
screamed "Warmonger"

1732
01:41:38,132 --> 01:41:41,465
every time a new bomber
rolled off the assembly line.

1733
01:41:41,502 --> 01:41:43,629
It's beyond belief,

1734
01:41:43,671 --> 01:41:46,139
the flood of idiot advice
and warnings

1735
01:41:46,174 --> 01:41:49,473
and instructions that's been pouring
through the switchboard all day today.

1736
01:41:49,510 --> 01:41:51,535
You'll be cheered
to learn

1737
01:41:51,579 --> 01:41:53,513
that a good part
of the lunatic fringe

1738
01:41:53,548 --> 01:41:57,348
maintains the West Coast
is now totally indefensible.

1739
01:41:57,385 --> 01:41:59,717
You still want to
go to California tonight?

1740
01:41:59,754 --> 01:42:01,688
Yes.

1741
01:42:01,722 --> 01:42:03,622
I thought you would.

1742
01:42:03,658 --> 01:42:06,354
I'm not worried about
being caught in an air raid

1743
01:42:06,394 --> 01:42:08,919
or a submarine bombardment,
or what have you.

1744
01:42:08,963 --> 01:42:11,227
I am worried about
the American Japanese,

1745
01:42:11,265 --> 01:42:14,063
with feeling running so high
against Japan itself.

1746
01:42:14,101 --> 01:42:16,763
Someone's got to speak up
on their behalf.

1747
01:42:16,804 --> 01:42:19,329
That won't be a popular stand
just at the moment.

1748
01:42:19,373 --> 01:42:22,467
I don't expect it
to be.

1749
01:42:22,510 --> 01:42:27,038
I can't tell you how I envy you
the chance to go sailing off this way.

1750
01:42:27,081 --> 01:42:28,981
I'm not sailing,
I'm flying.

1751
01:42:29,016 --> 01:42:31,576
It galls me to think that
I might be stuck in my chair

1752
01:42:31,619 --> 01:42:33,883
for the duration.
Me and my guards

1753
01:42:33,921 --> 01:42:36,389
and my gas mask.
My God.

1754
01:42:36,424 --> 01:42:38,392
You'd think I had some
kind of infirmity.

1755
01:42:38,426 --> 01:42:40,690
Any final instructions?

1756
01:42:40,728 --> 01:42:43,219
Be a good girl.
Keep your nose clean.

1757
01:42:43,264 --> 01:42:47,064
Hurry back. I'll be waiting
for a full report.

1758
01:42:47,101 --> 01:42:49,399
- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.

1759
01:42:53,140 --> 01:42:55,108
Grace, I'll see
Admiral Leahy now.

1760
01:42:59,947 --> 01:43:02,973
This war is a new kind of war.

1761
01:43:03,017 --> 01:43:06,180
It is different from
all other wars of the past,

1762
01:43:06,220 --> 01:43:08,984
not only in
its methods and weapons,

1763
01:43:09,023 --> 01:43:11,821
but also in its geography.

1764
01:43:11,859 --> 01:43:14,726
It is warfare in terms
of every continent,

1765
01:43:14,762 --> 01:43:18,596
every island,
every sea,

1766
01:43:18,633 --> 01:43:21,363
every air lane
in the world.

1767
01:43:21,402 --> 01:43:24,769
We must understand
and face the harsh fact

1768
01:43:24,805 --> 01:43:28,104
that our job now
is to fight at distances

1769
01:43:28,142 --> 01:43:33,136
which extend all the way
around the globe.

1770
01:43:33,180 --> 01:43:36,547
We have most certainly
suffered losses,

1771
01:43:36,584 --> 01:43:39,109
from Hitler's U-Boats
in the Atlantic,

1772
01:43:39,153 --> 01:43:41,713
as well as from the Japanese
in the Pacific.

1773
01:43:41,756 --> 01:43:45,954
We shall suffer more of them
before the turn of the tide.

1774
01:43:45,993 --> 01:43:50,521
But we are daily
increasing our strength.

1775
01:43:50,564 --> 01:43:54,432
From Berlin,
Rome, and Tokyo,

1776
01:43:54,468 --> 01:43:58,336
we have been described
as a nation of weaklings.

1777
01:43:58,372 --> 01:44:02,399
Let them tell that
to General MacArthur

1778
01:44:02,443 --> 01:44:04,274
and his men.

1779
01:44:04,312 --> 01:44:07,281
Let them tell that
to the sailors

1780
01:44:07,315 --> 01:44:09,681
who today are hitting hard

1781
01:44:09,717 --> 01:44:11,309
in the far waters
of the Pacific.

1782
01:44:12,753 --> 01:44:15,586
Let them tell that
to the boys

1783
01:44:15,623 --> 01:44:18,114
in the flying
fortresses.

1784
01:44:18,159 --> 01:44:21,686
Let them tell that
to the Marines.

1785
01:44:23,731 --> 01:44:27,667
"These are the times
that try men's souls"...

1786
01:44:27,702 --> 01:44:30,830
Tom Paine wrote those words
on a drum head

1787
01:44:30,871 --> 01:44:32,498
by the light
of a campfire.

1788
01:44:32,540 --> 01:44:36,101
The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot

1789
01:44:36,143 --> 01:44:38,668
will, in this crisis,

1790
01:44:38,713 --> 01:44:41,580
shrink from the service
of their country.

1791
01:44:41,615 --> 01:44:44,584
But he that stands it now,

1792
01:44:44,618 --> 01:44:48,281
deserves the love
and thanks

1793
01:44:48,322 --> 01:44:51,314
of man and woman.

1794
01:45:00,801 --> 01:45:03,395
I recognize
the Secret Service.

1795
01:45:03,437 --> 01:45:05,837
I believe the President's
there as well.

1796
01:45:05,873 --> 01:45:07,807
Not possible.

1797
01:45:09,243 --> 01:45:10,733
Good Lord,
you're right.

1798
01:45:10,778 --> 01:45:12,370
What do you suppose
it means?

1799
01:45:12,413 --> 01:45:13,903
That he's missed you.

1800
01:45:13,948 --> 01:45:16,314
That he's anxious
for my report.

1801
01:45:25,292 --> 01:45:27,692
Look who insisted on
coming down to meet you.

1802
01:45:27,728 --> 01:45:30,128
Hello, Fala.
Hello

1803
01:45:30,164 --> 01:45:31,893
Hello.

1804
01:45:33,634 --> 01:45:35,192
Have a good flight?

1805
01:45:35,236 --> 01:45:37,363
Cold.
The company was good.

1806
01:45:37,405 --> 01:45:40,238
A crew of pilots coming back
from delivering a bomber.

1807
01:45:40,274 --> 01:45:43,675
Look. They signed
my short snorter.

1808
01:45:43,711 --> 01:45:47,169
That's proof that I've made
a transatlantic flight.

1809
01:45:48,983 --> 01:45:52,350
Oh, there's a letter
to you from Elliott.

1810
01:45:52,386 --> 01:45:54,547
Much faster than
normal air mail.

1811
01:45:54,588 --> 01:45:56,055
How'd he look?

1812
01:45:56,090 --> 01:45:57,785
Handsome,
as always.

1813
01:45:57,825 --> 01:45:59,588
Terribly young.

1814
01:45:59,627 --> 01:46:01,356
Dear bunny.

1815
01:46:01,395 --> 01:46:03,522
He's somewhere in Africa
by this time.

1816
01:46:03,564 --> 01:46:06,965
Yes. I saw him just before
his squadron took off.

1817
01:46:07,001 --> 01:46:09,060
Please, God,
he'll be all right.

1818
01:46:09,103 --> 01:46:11,003
Please God.

1819
01:46:11,038 --> 01:46:14,269
Brod in Italy.
Jim in the Pacific.

1820
01:46:14,308 --> 01:46:16,708
Johnny's fed up with
the Navy supply car.

1821
01:46:16,744 --> 01:46:19,804
He's bucking for combat.
Nothing's going to stop him.

1822
01:46:19,847 --> 01:46:22,315
No one can say the family's
not seeing the world,

1823
01:46:22,349 --> 01:46:24,544
- with one notable exception.
- Anna?

1824
01:46:24,585 --> 01:46:26,746
No, not Anna.

1825
01:46:26,787 --> 01:46:28,652
But look,
here you are.

1826
01:46:28,689 --> 01:46:31,123
You're not stuck behind
a desk as this minute.

1827
01:46:31,158 --> 01:46:32,819
You're out of the
White House, at least.

1828
01:46:32,860 --> 01:46:34,657
Yes, I've got this far.

1829
01:46:34,695 --> 01:46:36,720
- It's something.
- It's a start.

1830
01:46:45,539 --> 01:46:48,337
The famed Africa corps
of Field Marshal Rommel

1831
01:46:48,375 --> 01:46:51,811
is being mopped up in the
deserts of North Africa

1832
01:46:51,846 --> 01:46:54,747
by combined British and American forces.

1833
01:46:54,782 --> 01:46:57,842
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
is the first president

1834
01:46:57,885 --> 01:47:00,854
ever to leave the continental
United States in wartime,

1835
01:47:00,888 --> 01:47:03,356
and he is the first
president since Lincoln

1836
01:47:03,390 --> 01:47:05,858
ever to visit a battle zone.

1837
01:47:05,893 --> 01:47:08,361
At Casablanca in North Africa,

1838
01:47:08,395 --> 01:47:11,228
Roosevelt and Churchill
affect a reconciliation

1839
01:47:11,265 --> 01:47:14,757
between French generals
Giroux and DeGaul.

1840
01:47:14,802 --> 01:47:17,999
I cannot tell you
when or where

1841
01:47:18,038 --> 01:47:21,701
the United Nations are going
to strike next in Europe.

1842
01:47:21,742 --> 01:47:25,644
But I can tell you
that no matter where

1843
01:47:25,679 --> 01:47:28,307
and when we strike
by land,

1844
01:47:28,349 --> 01:47:31,512
we and the British,
and the Russians,

1845
01:47:31,552 --> 01:47:34,988
will hit them from
the air heavily,

1846
01:47:35,022 --> 01:47:37,047
and relentlessly.

1847
01:47:37,091 --> 01:47:41,460
Yes, the Nazis and the fascists
have asked for it

1848
01:47:41,495 --> 01:47:43,895
and they are
going to get it.

1849
01:47:43,931 --> 01:47:48,368
The massed, angered forces
of common humanity

1850
01:47:48,402 --> 01:47:50,632
are on the march.

1851
01:47:50,671 --> 01:47:53,834
The first crack
in the Axis has come.

1852
01:47:53,874 --> 01:47:57,105
The criminal, corrupt
fascist regime in Italy

1853
01:47:57,144 --> 01:47:58,907
is going to pieces.

1854
01:47:58,946 --> 01:48:02,313
In the Pacific, we are
pushing the Japs around

1855
01:48:02,349 --> 01:48:04,112
from the Aleutians
to New Guinea.

1856
01:48:04,151 --> 01:48:06,984
There too we have
taken the initiative

1857
01:48:07,021 --> 01:48:09,455
and we are not going
to let go of it.

1858
01:48:09,490 --> 01:48:14,621
Our naval, land, and air strength
in the Pacific is constantly growing.

1859
01:48:14,662 --> 01:48:17,961
All our calculations
for the future, however,

1860
01:48:17,998 --> 01:48:20,990
must be based on
clear understanding

1861
01:48:21,035 --> 01:48:22,969
of the problems
involved.

1862
01:48:23,003 --> 01:48:26,029
Plans we made for
the knocking out of Mussolini

1863
01:48:26,073 --> 01:48:29,565
and his gang
have largely succeeded.

1864
01:48:29,610 --> 01:48:33,512
But we still have to knock
out Hitler and his gang,

1865
01:48:33,547 --> 01:48:36,448
and Tojo and his gang.

1866
01:48:36,483 --> 01:48:41,785
None of us pretends
that this will be an easy matter.

1867
01:48:41,822 --> 01:48:44,791
I'm so sorry I can't sing

1868
01:48:44,825 --> 01:48:47,350
the way Mr. Jolson did
when he was here.

1869
01:48:47,394 --> 01:48:50,295
Or tell jokes
like Mr. Hope.

1870
01:48:50,331 --> 01:48:52,492
I do know Bob often
gets a laugh

1871
01:48:52,533 --> 01:48:54,967
talking about how seldom
I'm ever home.

1872
01:48:55,002 --> 01:48:58,165
And here I am,
living proof.

1873
01:48:58,205 --> 01:49:00,639
I did hear a rather
funny story

1874
01:49:00,674 --> 01:49:02,801
when I was in New Zealand
the other day.

1875
01:49:02,843 --> 01:49:06,904
It seems there was this
very unhappy Marine

1876
01:49:06,947 --> 01:49:08,938
on one of the islands,

1877
01:49:08,983 --> 01:49:11,781
and his captain said,
"What's wrong?"

1878
01:49:11,819 --> 01:49:16,188
And he said, "Well, sir,
we're leaving tomorrow,

1879
01:49:16,223 --> 01:49:18,623
and I'm the only one
in my platoon

1880
01:49:18,659 --> 01:49:20,684
who hasn't shot
a Jap yet."

1881
01:49:23,397 --> 01:49:26,093
And his captain
said, "Look,

1882
01:49:26,133 --> 01:49:28,328
you go up on
the ridge tonight,

1883
01:49:28,369 --> 01:49:31,566
and you yell,
'To hell with Hirohito! '

1884
01:49:31,605 --> 01:49:34,699
And a Japanese soldier
will jump up

1885
01:49:34,742 --> 01:49:38,109
out of his foxhole,
and you'll have your target."

1886
01:49:38,145 --> 01:49:43,242
Well, the next day, the Marine
was even sadder than before.

1887
01:49:43,284 --> 01:49:45,878
And he told the captain,

1888
01:49:45,919 --> 01:49:48,547
"I did just what
you said, sir.

1889
01:49:48,589 --> 01:49:50,784
I went up
on the ridge

1890
01:49:50,824 --> 01:49:54,089
and I yelled,
'To hell with Hirohito,'

1891
01:49:54,128 --> 01:49:57,689
and a Japanese soldier
jumped up out of his foxhole."

1892
01:49:57,731 --> 01:50:02,430
And the captain said,
"That's wonderful. Did you shoot him?"

1893
01:50:02,469 --> 01:50:04,164
"No."

1894
01:50:04,204 --> 01:50:08,197
"Why not?"
"Well, when he jumped up,

1895
01:50:08,242 --> 01:50:10,267
he yelled, 'To hell
with Roosevelt,'

1896
01:50:10,311 --> 01:50:14,509
and sir, I couldn't shoot
a fellow Republican."

1897
01:50:28,696 --> 01:50:30,220
I think we better
get moving, ma'am.

1898
01:50:30,264 --> 01:50:32,755
It's a long, rough haul
to the air strip.

1899
01:50:32,800 --> 01:50:35,291
Yes, all right.
Just a few more minutes.

1900
01:50:35,336 --> 01:50:37,429
I'll bring the jeep
around front.

1901
01:50:38,872 --> 01:50:42,569
Is there anything I can do?

1902
01:50:42,609 --> 01:50:45,737
Anyone at home I might
write to or telephone?

1903
01:50:47,348 --> 01:50:49,509
No, thank you.

1904
01:50:49,550 --> 01:50:52,542
Perhaps there's someone
you'd like me to go and see?

1905
01:50:52,586 --> 01:50:55,020
Now you're kidding.

1906
01:50:55,055 --> 01:50:58,354
No, I'm not.
Where do you live?

1907
01:50:58,392 --> 01:51:02,351
About as far as you can get
from Washington D.C.

1908
01:51:02,396 --> 01:51:05,456
- Where?
- Washington state.

1909
01:51:06,867 --> 01:51:09,267
What town?

1910
01:51:09,303 --> 01:51:11,669
Little town
on the Cowlitz River.

1911
01:51:11,705 --> 01:51:13,900
You've never heard of it.

1912
01:51:13,941 --> 01:51:16,375
Nobody did.
It's called Randal.

1913
01:51:16,410 --> 01:51:18,173
How far is that
from Seattle?

1914
01:51:18,212 --> 01:51:20,203
80, 85 miles.

1915
01:51:20,247 --> 01:51:22,772
I have a daughter
who lives in Seattle.

1916
01:51:22,816 --> 01:51:25,046
And three grandchildren.

1917
01:51:25,085 --> 01:51:26,643
I visit them
every chance I get.

1918
01:51:26,687 --> 01:51:28,450
I hope to see
them quite soon.

1919
01:51:28,489 --> 01:51:30,582
I'd be happy to drive out
and see your family.

1920
01:51:30,624 --> 01:51:33,923
My mom.
The old man's dead.

1921
01:51:33,961 --> 01:51:35,485
I'm sorry.

1922
01:51:35,529 --> 01:51:37,963
Boy, you better not
drop in on my mom.

1923
01:51:37,998 --> 01:51:41,593
She just might keel over if she ever
saw you coming up the front walk.

1924
01:51:41,635 --> 01:51:44,103
Oh dear, she voted
for Wilkie, did she?

1925
01:51:44,138 --> 01:51:47,505
No.
No, I didn't mean that.

1926
01:51:47,541 --> 01:51:50,203
I mean, on account of...
you know.

1927
01:51:50,244 --> 01:51:52,712
She reads
your column every day.

1928
01:51:52,746 --> 01:51:54,907
She always listens
to you on the radio.

1929
01:51:54,948 --> 01:51:57,212
As for the president,
why, she thinks

1930
01:51:57,251 --> 01:51:59,481
he's one of the two greatest
men of the century...

1931
01:51:59,520 --> 01:52:01,010
him and Will Rogers.

1932
01:52:01,054 --> 01:52:03,386
When Will Rogers was killed
in that plane crash,

1933
01:52:03,424 --> 01:52:06,757
she cried more for him
than she did when my dad died.

1934
01:52:06,794 --> 01:52:08,853
She still goes to church
every morning

1935
01:52:08,896 --> 01:52:11,421
and lights a candle
for both their souls.

1936
01:52:11,465 --> 01:52:13,228
And one for Mr. Roosevelt,
of course.

1937
01:52:13,267 --> 01:52:15,235
And one for you,
I hope.

1938
01:52:15,269 --> 01:52:18,466
Oh, yeah, sure.

1939
01:52:18,505 --> 01:52:20,632
That I won't
get hurt or anything.

1940
01:52:24,545 --> 01:52:26,410
You haven't told her.

1941
01:52:27,848 --> 01:52:29,475
No.

1942
01:52:29,516 --> 01:52:31,541
She knows
I'm in a hospital.

1943
01:52:31,585 --> 01:52:34,748
She thinks I just caught a little piece
of shrapnel when my ship got hit.

1944
01:52:36,523 --> 01:52:39,117
Isn't there anything
at all I can do?

1945
01:52:39,159 --> 01:52:40,751
Sure.

1946
01:52:40,794 --> 01:52:43,160
Maybe, after the war
is over,

1947
01:52:43,197 --> 01:52:46,257
you can drop on down
to Randal sometime

1948
01:52:46,300 --> 01:52:48,962
and maybe buy
a pencil off me.

1949
01:52:49,002 --> 01:52:51,732
Are you planning
to sell pencils?

1950
01:52:51,772 --> 01:52:55,333
Isn't that what one-legged veterans do,
traditionally speaking?

1951
01:52:55,375 --> 01:52:58,538
No, I'd call that a cliché,
not a tradition.

1952
01:52:58,579 --> 01:53:00,638
What would you advise?

1953
01:53:00,681 --> 01:53:03,343
Whatever you
wanted to do before.

1954
01:53:03,383 --> 01:53:08,320
And what if I told you I wanted to be
a tap dancer or a long distance runner?

1955
01:53:08,355 --> 01:53:11,586
I'd say your chances
were somewhat limited.

1956
01:53:11,625 --> 01:53:15,493
I'd say that was a considerable
understatement of the facts.

1957
01:53:15,529 --> 01:53:18,896
What did you want
to be, really?

1958
01:53:20,801 --> 01:53:22,098
A lawyer.

1959
01:53:22,135 --> 01:53:24,535
Then be a lawyer.

1960
01:53:24,571 --> 01:53:27,335
My husband's working very hard
to see that veterans

1961
01:53:27,374 --> 01:53:30,036
will have the means
to finish their education.

1962
01:53:30,077 --> 01:53:32,568
He was a lawyer once,
you know?

1963
01:53:32,613 --> 01:53:35,377
But what he really always
wanted to be was president.

1964
01:53:35,415 --> 01:53:37,713
And look.

1965
01:53:37,751 --> 01:53:40,777
He didn't have
his leg shot off.

1966
01:53:40,821 --> 01:53:42,880
He might has well
have had both shot off

1967
01:53:42,923 --> 01:53:46,359
for all the
good they are to him.

1968
01:53:46,393 --> 01:53:48,657
- Is that true?
- Yes.

1969
01:53:50,097 --> 01:53:53,191
It's not widely known,
simply because he hates pity.

1970
01:53:53,233 --> 01:53:54,757
His own or
anyone else's.

1971
01:53:54,801 --> 01:53:57,964
He likes to feel he succeeded
in spite of his handicap,

1972
01:53:58,005 --> 01:53:59,996
and not because of it.

1973
01:54:03,043 --> 01:54:07,207
Well, Robert, that certainly
puts you in your place.

1974
01:54:08,715 --> 01:54:10,205
Is your name Robert?

1975
01:54:10,250 --> 01:54:12,115
Yes.

1976
01:54:12,152 --> 01:54:13,676
Robert what?

1977
01:54:13,720 --> 01:54:15,278
Robert Dunlap.

1978
01:54:15,322 --> 01:54:17,552
Then your mother...

1979
01:54:17,591 --> 01:54:19,821
is Mrs. Dunlap?

1980
01:54:19,860 --> 01:54:22,351
Anne.
Mrs. Anne Dunlap.

1981
01:54:22,396 --> 01:54:24,387
And with an "e"?

1982
01:54:24,431 --> 01:54:26,695
With an "e," yes.

1983
01:54:26,733 --> 01:54:30,100
227 Hillview Street.

1984
01:54:31,138 --> 01:54:34,539
- Randal, Washington.
- Right.

1985
01:54:37,544 --> 01:54:40,479
Ah... listen.

1986
01:54:42,149 --> 01:54:47,280
You think maybe if you were the one
to sort of break it to her...

1987
01:54:49,089 --> 01:54:50,852
I mean,

1988
01:54:50,891 --> 01:54:53,086
I think about the first time
I hobble in there

1989
01:54:53,126 --> 01:54:54,753
and she sees me,
you know?

1990
01:54:57,531 --> 01:54:59,795
Now, let's see if
I've got this right.

1991
01:54:59,833 --> 01:55:02,063
Mrs. Anne Dunlap,

1992
01:55:02,102 --> 01:55:04,798
227 Hillview Street,

1993
01:55:04,838 --> 01:55:07,136
Randal, Washington.

1994
01:55:49,816 --> 01:55:52,979
I have just returned
from extensive journeyings

1995
01:55:53,020 --> 01:55:54,885
in the region
of the Mediterranean

1996
01:55:54,921 --> 01:55:57,389
and as far as
the borders of Russia.

1997
01:55:57,424 --> 01:55:59,892
Less than a month ago,

1998
01:55:59,926 --> 01:56:03,089
I flew in a big
Army transport plane

1999
01:56:03,130 --> 01:56:07,089
over the little town
of Bethlehem, in Palestine.

2000
01:56:08,502 --> 01:56:11,062
Tonight,
on Christmas Eve,

2001
01:56:11,104 --> 01:56:14,835
men and women everywhere
who love Christmas

2002
01:56:14,875 --> 01:56:17,867
are thinking about
that ancient town

2003
01:56:17,911 --> 01:56:21,403
and of the star of faith
that shone there

2004
01:56:21,448 --> 01:56:24,212
or than 19 centuries ago.

2005
01:56:25,986 --> 01:56:28,250
God bless all of you

2006
01:56:28,288 --> 01:56:32,725
who fight our battles
on this Christmas Eve.

2007
01:56:32,759 --> 01:56:35,421
God bless us all.

2008
01:56:35,462 --> 01:56:38,727
God keep us strong
in our faith,

2009
01:56:38,765 --> 01:56:41,598
that we fight
for a better day

2010
01:56:41,635 --> 01:56:44,035
for humankind...

2011
01:56:44,071 --> 01:56:47,632
here and everywhere.

2012
01:56:48,809 --> 01:56:50,333
Thank you, Mr. President.

2013
01:56:50,377 --> 01:56:52,140
We're off the air.

2014
01:56:57,050 --> 01:56:59,109
- Just all right?
- You were wonderful.

2015
01:56:59,152 --> 01:57:01,416
- Oh, thank you.
- As always.

2016
01:57:01,455 --> 01:57:03,320
"Then all the Cratchit family

2017
01:57:03,356 --> 01:57:05,221
drew 'round the hearth...

2018
01:57:05,258 --> 01:57:08,694
and at Bob Cratchit's elbow
stood the family display of glass...

2019
01:57:08,729 --> 01:57:11,755
two tumblers and a custard cup
without a handle.

2020
01:57:11,798 --> 01:57:16,667
These held the hot stuff, and Bob
served it out with beaming looks,

2021
01:57:16,703 --> 01:57:19,866
while the chestnuts on the fire sputtered
and crackled noisily."

2022
01:57:19,906 --> 01:57:21,271
Mommy.

2023
01:57:21,308 --> 01:57:23,276
"'Merry Christmas
to us all!

2024
01:57:23,310 --> 01:57:25,107
God bless us.'

2025
01:57:25,145 --> 01:57:27,909
Which all the family
re-echoed."

2026
01:57:27,948 --> 01:57:31,111
Now, who remembers
what comes next?

2027
01:57:31,151 --> 01:57:33,483
"God bless us,
every one."

2028
01:57:33,520 --> 01:57:37,012
Said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

2029
01:57:37,057 --> 01:57:39,389
He sat close by
his father's side,

2030
01:57:39,426 --> 01:57:40,984
upon his little stool.

2031
01:57:41,027 --> 01:57:44,053
Bob held the withered
little hand in his own,

2032
01:57:44,097 --> 01:57:46,088
as if he loved the child,

2033
01:57:46,133 --> 01:57:47,657
and wished him
to be near.

2034
01:57:47,701 --> 01:57:50,295
And dreaded that
he might be taken from him."

2035
01:57:52,239 --> 01:57:54,070
Babs?

2036
01:57:54,107 --> 01:57:56,132
Excuse me,
I'll be back in a minute.

2037
01:57:57,744 --> 01:58:00,212
"'Spirit! ' said Scrooge,

2038
01:58:00,247 --> 01:58:02,374
with an interest
he had never felt before.

2039
01:58:02,415 --> 01:58:05,407
'Tell me if Tiny Tim
will live.'

2040
01:58:05,452 --> 01:58:09,616
'L see a vacant seat,'
replied the spirit,

2041
01:58:09,656 --> 01:58:12,454
'in the poor
chimney corner.

2042
01:58:12,492 --> 01:58:17,191
If these shadows remain
unaltered by the future,

2043
01:58:17,230 --> 01:58:19,391
the child will die."'

2044
01:58:37,184 --> 01:58:39,209
Oh, everybody's
off to bed!

2045
01:58:39,252 --> 01:58:42,119
- Good night.
- Oh, good night, sweetheart.

2046
01:58:42,155 --> 01:58:43,816
- Santa Claus...
- Mama!

2047
01:58:43,857 --> 01:58:46,257
Will come early tomorrow morning.
Good night, Buzzie.

2048
01:58:46,293 --> 01:58:48,784
- Good night, everyone.
- Good night.

2049
01:58:51,364 --> 01:58:53,559
Good night, Franklin.

2050
01:58:53,600 --> 01:58:55,693
Oh!

2051
01:58:57,737 --> 01:58:59,500
- Good night, dears.
- Good night.

2052
01:58:59,539 --> 01:59:01,234
- Merry Christmas.
- Good night.

2053
01:59:01,274 --> 01:59:02,673
Merry Christmas, Anna.

2054
01:59:02,709 --> 01:59:05,337
- Sleep well.
- You, too.

2055
01:59:07,981 --> 01:59:10,882
How many years have I been
reading this on Christmas Eve?

2056
01:59:10,917 --> 01:59:14,011
Ooh, since Anna
was a baby. 35?

2057
01:59:14,054 --> 01:59:15,282
At least.

2058
01:59:15,322 --> 01:59:17,313
I suddenly felt my age.

2059
01:59:17,357 --> 01:59:20,793
Franklin the third
called me "Granny" just now.

2060
01:59:20,827 --> 01:59:22,260
Ah.

2061
01:59:22,295 --> 01:59:25,162
My mother used to call me that
when I was no older than he is

2062
01:59:25,198 --> 01:59:27,496
because I was such
a solemn little girl.

2063
01:59:27,534 --> 01:59:30,059
I've finally grown up
to the name.

2064
01:59:37,077 --> 01:59:40,274
Do you realize
what we're doing?

2065
01:59:40,313 --> 01:59:42,577
- What?
- Something historic.

2066
01:59:42,616 --> 01:59:44,174
Tell me.

2067
01:59:44,217 --> 01:59:46,344
We're having
a quiet moment alone.

2068
01:59:46,386 --> 01:59:49,878
How long has it been
since we've done that?

2069
01:59:49,923 --> 01:59:53,154
A very long time.

2070
01:59:53,193 --> 01:59:55,821
Why did you leave halfway
through the performance?

2071
01:59:55,862 --> 01:59:57,989
I felt like Jack Benny
in that movie

2072
01:59:58,031 --> 01:59:59,896
where he was an actor
playing Hamlet.

2073
01:59:59,933 --> 02:00:02,163
And every time he said,
"To be or not to be,"

2074
02:00:02,202 --> 02:00:04,170
somebody in the first row
got up and left the theater.

2075
02:00:07,307 --> 02:00:08,672
Mm?

2076
02:00:08,708 --> 02:00:11,609
It was just that you'd come
to the part about...

2077
02:00:11,645 --> 02:00:14,739
dreading a child
might be taken.

2078
02:00:16,082 --> 02:00:18,642
I looked at Johnny and Brod
in their uniforms

2079
02:00:18,685 --> 02:00:21,245
and I thought of
Elliott and James

2080
02:00:21,288 --> 02:00:24,348
so many thousands
of miles away

2081
02:00:24,391 --> 02:00:26,757
and in God knows
what sort of danger.

2082
02:00:26,793 --> 02:00:28,124
We don't talk like that.

2083
02:00:28,161 --> 02:00:31,028
I know.

2084
02:00:31,064 --> 02:00:33,794
Sorry, it's just that
I had a letter today.

2085
02:00:33,833 --> 02:00:35,266
From one of the boys?

2086
02:00:35,302 --> 02:00:38,294
No, from a woman,
a... a stranger,

2087
02:00:38,338 --> 02:00:40,499
I don't remember her name.

2088
02:00:40,540 --> 02:00:42,201
I don't want to.

2089
02:00:42,242 --> 02:00:44,073
What did she say?

2090
02:00:44,110 --> 02:00:47,307
Oh, a lot of
unpleasant things.

2091
02:00:47,347 --> 02:00:49,941
But one phrase stood out
from all the rest,

2092
02:00:49,983 --> 02:00:53,441
and I doubt if I shall ever
be able to forget it.

2093
02:00:54,521 --> 02:00:57,752
She said,
in just so many words,

2094
02:00:57,791 --> 02:01:01,227
"I hope your sons
are killed."

2095
02:01:06,232 --> 02:01:08,598
Oh, Babs.

2096
02:01:12,439 --> 02:01:14,304
What a world.

2097
02:01:14,341 --> 02:01:15,899
Yes.

2098
02:01:19,646 --> 02:01:21,113
One more year.

2099
02:01:22,849 --> 02:01:24,680
A year and a few days.

2100
02:01:24,718 --> 02:01:28,245
You mean if the war ends
before the next election.

2101
02:01:28,288 --> 02:01:31,348
You've never left a job
unfinished in your life.

2102
02:01:36,863 --> 02:01:39,593
Last night, June 5th,

2103
02:01:39,632 --> 02:01:42,829
when I spoke with you
about the fall of Rome,

2104
02:01:42,869 --> 02:01:47,329
I knew at that moment that
troops of the United States

2105
02:01:47,374 --> 02:01:49,103
and our allies,

2106
02:01:49,142 --> 02:01:54,102
were crossing the Channel
in another and greater operation.

2107
02:01:55,682 --> 02:01:57,547
It has come to pass
to success,

2108
02:01:57,584 --> 02:01:59,643
thus far.

2109
02:01:59,686 --> 02:02:02,780
And so, in this
poignant hour,

2110
02:02:02,822 --> 02:02:06,690
I ask you to join
with me in prayer.

2111
02:02:09,396 --> 02:02:11,956
Almighty God,

2112
02:02:11,998 --> 02:02:15,729
our sons,
pride of our nation,

2113
02:02:15,769 --> 02:02:20,706
this day have set upon
a mighty endeavor,

2114
02:02:20,740 --> 02:02:24,073
a struggle to
preserve our republic,

2115
02:02:24,110 --> 02:02:27,910
and to set free
a suffering humanity.

2116
02:02:27,947 --> 02:02:30,745
Lead them straight,

2117
02:02:30,784 --> 02:02:32,149
and true.

2118
02:02:32,185 --> 02:02:35,120
Give strength
to their arms,

2119
02:02:35,155 --> 02:02:37,453
stoutness
to their hearts,

2120
02:02:37,490 --> 02:02:40,516
steadfastness
to their faith.

2121
02:02:43,997 --> 02:02:47,694
Republican leaders have not
been content with attacks on me

2122
02:02:47,734 --> 02:02:49,531
or my wife,

2123
02:02:49,569 --> 02:02:51,161
or my sons.

2124
02:02:51,204 --> 02:02:55,106
They now include
my little dog, Fala.

2125
02:02:55,141 --> 02:02:57,769
You know,
Fala is Scotch.

2126
02:02:57,811 --> 02:03:01,303
Soon as he heard the fiction
that I'd left him behind

2127
02:03:01,347 --> 02:03:05,078
on the Aleutian Islands and then sent
a destroyer back to find him

2128
02:03:05,118 --> 02:03:08,781
at a cost to the taxpayer
of two or three

2129
02:03:08,822 --> 02:03:12,053
or eight,
or $20 million,

2130
02:03:12,092 --> 02:03:15,255
his Scotch soul
was furious.

2131
02:03:15,295 --> 02:03:17,820
He's not been
the same dog since.

2132
02:03:17,864 --> 02:03:20,992
Ha!
You're ready, are you?

2133
02:03:21,034 --> 02:03:23,696
Well, tell me
all about it.

2134
02:03:23,736 --> 02:03:24,964
Tell me all about it.

2135
02:03:25,004 --> 02:03:27,564
Roll over.
Roll over.

2136
02:03:29,309 --> 02:03:31,504
You remember
the last time?

2137
02:03:31,544 --> 02:03:33,341
Just as we were leaving?

2138
02:03:33,379 --> 02:03:36,246
He got up in the car,
in your mother's seat,

2139
02:03:36,282 --> 02:03:38,546
and we had to
pry him out of there.

2140
02:03:38,585 --> 02:03:41,247
I remember. I thought for sure
he'd be taking my place

2141
02:03:41,287 --> 02:03:43,414
- on the Capitol steps.
- Good morning.

2142
02:03:43,456 --> 02:03:46,050
Good morning.
Good morning.

2143
02:03:46,092 --> 02:03:48,583
Hey!
What's that for?

2144
02:03:48,628 --> 02:03:50,596
For being home today.

2145
02:03:50,630 --> 02:03:53,258
You didn't think
I'd let a war keep me away, did you?

2146
02:03:53,299 --> 02:03:55,893
After all, I was at all
three inaugurations so far.

2147
02:03:55,935 --> 02:03:58,335
If there's one thing we believe in
in the Marines,

2148
02:03:58,371 --> 02:04:00,805
it's maintaining a perfect record.

2149
02:04:00,840 --> 02:04:02,637
You're not going out
without a coat

2150
02:04:02,675 --> 02:04:04,142
or your cape, at least.
It's freezing.

2151
02:04:04,177 --> 02:04:06,236
I've got
my woolies on.

2152
02:04:06,279 --> 02:04:09,771
I think this is sensible, don't you?
Holding the ceremony here,

2153
02:04:09,816 --> 02:04:12,808
without the expense of a parade,
and all the rest of it.

2154
02:04:12,852 --> 02:04:15,514
I'm too busy.
The world's too busy

2155
02:04:15,555 --> 02:04:18,547
for that kind of
falderal right now.

2156
02:04:36,543 --> 02:04:38,773
I, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt,

2157
02:04:38,811 --> 02:04:42,872
do solemnly swear that I will faithfully
execute the office

2158
02:04:42,916 --> 02:04:45,646
of President
of the United States.

2159
02:04:45,685 --> 02:04:47,880
And will,
to the best of my ability,

2160
02:04:47,921 --> 02:04:49,946
preserve,
protect and defend

2161
02:04:49,989 --> 02:04:52,549
the Constitution
of the United States.

2162
02:04:52,592 --> 02:04:55,322
- So help you God.
- So help me God.

2163
02:05:01,534 --> 02:05:03,968
Cablegram.

2164
02:05:04,003 --> 02:05:07,803
Roosevelt
to Marshal Stalin.

2165
02:05:09,175 --> 02:05:12,076
Top secret.

2166
02:05:12,111 --> 02:05:15,842
March 29, 1945.

2167
02:05:18,718 --> 02:05:21,983
I must make it
quite plain...

2168
02:05:22,021 --> 02:05:24,148
to you...

2169
02:05:26,092 --> 02:05:29,289
that any solution

2170
02:05:29,329 --> 02:05:33,493
which would result

2171
02:05:33,533 --> 02:05:36,661
in a thinly
disguised continuance

2172
02:05:36,703 --> 02:05:42,369
of the present
Warsaw regime...

2173
02:05:42,408 --> 02:05:45,206
would be

2174
02:05:45,245 --> 02:05:47,338
unacceptable...

2175
02:05:49,382 --> 02:05:53,785
and would cause the people
of the United States...

2176
02:05:56,422 --> 02:06:00,085
to regard
the Yalta Agreement

2177
02:06:02,895 --> 02:06:04,988
as having failed.

2178
02:06:09,302 --> 02:06:11,236
See that there's a copy
for the record,

2179
02:06:11,271 --> 02:06:13,865
and one to
Prime Minister Churchill.

2180
02:06:13,906 --> 02:06:16,397
And you better hurry home
and pack a bag.

2181
02:06:16,442 --> 02:06:18,171
I'm all packed.

2182
02:06:18,211 --> 02:06:20,975
My bags are downstairs.

2183
02:06:24,250 --> 02:06:27,378
All those?
I won't have time.

2184
02:06:27,420 --> 02:06:29,786
Just your signature.

2185
02:06:29,822 --> 02:06:31,949
I'm so damn tired.

2186
02:06:31,991 --> 02:06:34,892
I'll come back for them.

2187
02:06:40,066 --> 02:06:42,398
You know, you're right.
There really isn't time.

2188
02:06:42,435 --> 02:06:44,995
Anyway, it isn't anything that can't wait
till we get to Warm Springs.

2189
02:06:45,038 --> 02:06:47,871
I'll shove them
in my briefcase.

2190
02:06:49,642 --> 02:06:51,633
Thank you, child.

2191
02:06:54,347 --> 02:06:56,815
- See you on the train.
- Right.

2192
02:07:03,289 --> 02:07:05,587
Ah, what timing!

2193
02:07:05,625 --> 02:07:08,093
- Is he free?
- Mrs. R.

2194
02:07:08,127 --> 02:07:10,857
Come in, Babs.
Leave it open, Grace.

2195
02:07:10,897 --> 02:07:12,228
Prettyman's
coming in directly.

2196
02:07:12,265 --> 02:07:13,857
I thought we were going
to miss connections.

2197
02:07:13,900 --> 02:07:14,992
Oh, so did I.

2198
02:07:15,034 --> 02:07:16,592
I asked Thommy
where you were,

2199
02:07:16,636 --> 02:07:18,797
and she said,
"She's in jail."

2200
02:07:18,838 --> 02:07:21,102
I said, "I'm not surprised,
but what for?"

2201
02:07:22,675 --> 02:07:25,371
Yes, I went down to
the women's prison again.

2202
02:07:25,411 --> 02:07:27,276
- Are you all ready to go?
- Yes.

2203
02:07:27,313 --> 02:07:28,473
Anna ready?

2204
02:07:28,514 --> 02:07:30,141
Anna's not coming.

2205
02:07:30,183 --> 02:07:32,151
Little Johnny's fever
is worse.

2206
02:07:32,185 --> 02:07:34,050
Oh no.

2207
02:07:34,087 --> 02:07:36,920
They now think the glands
may be infected.

2208
02:07:36,956 --> 02:07:38,548
Is she at the hospital?

2209
02:07:39,726 --> 02:07:42,490
I'll go over there
right away.

2210
02:07:42,528 --> 02:07:45,725
You look a bit down.
Is there anything else?

2211
02:07:45,765 --> 02:07:48,325
No, no.

2212
02:07:49,502 --> 02:07:52,767
Winston has asked me
to take a stand with him

2213
02:07:52,805 --> 02:07:57,299
about the Russians
in Poland.

2214
02:07:57,343 --> 02:08:00,312
I've just fired off
a cable to Uncle Joe.

2215
02:08:00,346 --> 02:08:03,144
We'll see what good
it does.

2216
02:08:03,182 --> 02:08:06,413
Other than that,
the news is all cheerful.

2217
02:08:06,452 --> 02:08:08,852
Everything going
our way in Germany,

2218
02:08:08,888 --> 02:08:10,515
in the Philippines.

2219
02:08:10,556 --> 02:08:13,081
Latest reconnaissance
photos of Tokyo

2220
02:08:13,126 --> 02:08:16,254
indicate the damage is far greater
than they've ever admitted.

2221
02:08:16,295 --> 02:08:18,490
The car is waiting,
Mr. President.

2222
02:08:18,531 --> 02:08:21,432
I'll be right there.
You go ahead.

2223
02:08:21,467 --> 02:08:23,594
Take that stuff with you.

2224
02:08:37,383 --> 02:08:39,476
Good Lord.

2225
02:08:41,521 --> 02:08:43,989
I used to do that
with the greatest of ease

2226
02:08:44,023 --> 02:08:45,854
when we first
moved in here.

2227
02:08:45,892 --> 02:08:48,588
Well, you were 51 then.
You're 63 now.

2228
02:08:48,628 --> 02:08:49,993
Don't rub it in.

2229
02:08:50,029 --> 02:08:53,556
You will get plenty of rest
the next few weeks.

2230
02:08:53,599 --> 02:08:55,965
- And gain some weight.
- I have to.

2231
02:08:56,002 --> 02:09:00,234
I want to be in top form when we
go to San Francisco on the 24th

2232
02:09:00,273 --> 02:09:03,208
to launch
the United Nations conference,

2233
02:09:03,242 --> 02:09:04,937
and sign the charter.

2234
02:09:04,977 --> 02:09:07,036
How I'm looking
forward to that.

2235
02:09:07,079 --> 02:09:09,206
I am, too.

2236
02:09:14,754 --> 02:09:17,484
That'll be enough
excitement for April.

2237
02:09:18,591 --> 02:09:20,388
Then in June,

2238
02:09:20,426 --> 02:09:24,260
you and I will take Winston
up on his invitation

2239
02:09:24,297 --> 02:09:27,789
and pay a State visit
to England.

2240
02:09:27,834 --> 02:09:29,631
But we can't possibly.

2241
02:09:29,669 --> 02:09:32,194
I mean, you can't.
It's dangerous.

2242
02:09:32,238 --> 02:09:34,433
The Germans are desperate now.
They might do anything.

2243
02:09:34,474 --> 02:09:37,238
No, honestly. Honestly, we can't
go while the war's on.

2244
02:09:37,276 --> 02:09:41,178
The war in Europe
will be over

2245
02:09:41,214 --> 02:09:43,842
by the end of May.

2246
02:09:43,883 --> 02:09:46,579
You say that with
such certainty.

2247
02:09:46,619 --> 02:09:49,110
Because I'm certain.

2248
02:09:49,155 --> 02:09:52,647
This is a perfect time
of year for Warm Springs...

2249
02:09:53,726 --> 02:09:55,660
sunny days, cool nights,

2250
02:09:55,695 --> 02:09:58,129
the Judas tree
is turning red.

2251
02:09:58,164 --> 02:10:01,395
Shrubs just beginning
to flower.

2252
02:10:01,434 --> 02:10:03,629
The scent of pine
in the air.

2253
02:10:03,669 --> 02:10:06,433
Washington's not so bad
just now, come to that.

2254
02:10:06,472 --> 02:10:08,770
It's a beautiful day out.

2255
02:10:08,808 --> 02:10:11,777
And the wisteria on the south portico
is in full bloom.

2256
02:10:11,811 --> 02:10:15,508
You know what I think we ought
to do when we leave here?

2257
02:10:15,548 --> 02:10:19,985
I've seen so much of the near East
in the past couple of years.

2258
02:10:20,019 --> 02:10:23,580
I think I'd like to
move out there and live.

2259
02:10:23,623 --> 02:10:25,318
I feel quite an expert.

2260
02:10:25,358 --> 02:10:29,556
I believe I... I could help
straighten out any number of problems

2261
02:10:29,595 --> 02:10:31,654
they're going to
be facing after the war.

2262
02:10:31,697 --> 02:10:33,324
It's something
to talk about.

2263
02:10:33,366 --> 02:10:35,994
Yes, we'll talk about it
when I get back.

2264
02:10:36,035 --> 02:10:40,768
You know, when I met lbn Saud
on my way home from Yalta,

2265
02:10:40,806 --> 02:10:44,333
I didn't seem to make much
headway with the old hawk

2266
02:10:44,377 --> 02:10:48,279
about letting Jewish
refugees into Palestine.

2267
02:10:48,314 --> 02:10:49,975
But I think in time...

2268
02:10:50,016 --> 02:10:52,348
I could bring him
around.

2269
02:10:52,385 --> 02:10:55,354
I gave him my other chariot
just like this one

2270
02:10:55,388 --> 02:10:57,356
for a gift,
did I tell you?

2271
02:10:57,390 --> 02:11:00,154
He and I speak
the same language.

2272
02:11:00,192 --> 02:11:03,059
We're a pair of used-up
old invalids.

2273
02:11:10,736 --> 02:11:12,704
- I'll be seeing you.
- Hurry back.

2274
02:11:12,738 --> 02:11:13,830
Bye-bye.

2275
02:11:13,873 --> 02:11:16,034
Bye-bye.

2276
02:14:38,811 --> 02:14:41,075
You said a moment
before he fainted,

2277
02:14:41,113 --> 02:14:45,413
you looked over to see him
smiling at someone. At whom?

2278
02:14:45,451 --> 02:14:47,578
Mrs. Rutherford was here.

2279
02:14:47,620 --> 02:14:49,383
Mrs. Rutherford?

2280
02:14:49,421 --> 02:14:53,050
Lucy. You remember.
She used to be Lucy Mercer.

2281
02:16:41,400 --> 02:16:44,096
Dear Thommy.

2282
02:16:44,136 --> 02:16:46,104
What can I do for you?

2283
02:16:46,138 --> 02:16:48,163
Nothing at the moment.

2284
02:16:50,376 --> 02:16:53,743
They'll be setting up chairs
for the service in the East Room.

2285
02:16:53,779 --> 02:16:56,145
Perhaps you could check
the invitation list

2286
02:16:56,181 --> 02:16:58,172
to makes sure
there's enough.

2287
02:16:58,217 --> 02:17:00,151
Oh, and Thommy?

2288
02:17:00,185 --> 02:17:03,313
Would you ask my daughter
to come in for a moment?

2289
02:17:38,891 --> 02:17:40,859
Ah, the lovely Lucy.

2290
02:17:43,329 --> 02:17:45,092
- New hat?
- Like it?

2291
02:17:45,130 --> 02:17:46,859
It suits you
perfectly.

2292
02:17:46,899 --> 02:17:49,459
You don't think the feather's
a little too daring?

2293
02:17:49,501 --> 02:17:52,402
Not on you. Beauty has
its privileges, after all.

2294
02:17:52,438 --> 02:17:54,872
You'll spoil me with
talk like that.

2295
02:18:49,561 --> 02:18:51,461
Lucy?

2296
02:19:35,441 --> 02:19:37,102
Oh, my God.

2297
02:19:37,142 --> 02:19:39,736
Darling,
you shouldn't have.

2298
02:19:39,778 --> 02:19:42,372
I shouldn't have?

2299
02:19:42,414 --> 02:19:44,678
I?

2300
02:19:49,054 --> 02:19:50,521
Who is it?

2301
02:19:50,556 --> 02:19:52,183
It's Anna.

2302
02:19:52,224 --> 02:19:53,691
Anna, come in.

2303
02:19:55,127 --> 02:19:57,118
Thommy said you
wanted to see me.

2304
02:19:57,162 --> 02:19:58,993
Yes, come in.

2305
02:20:01,333 --> 02:20:03,267
Did you know that
Anthony Eden's downstairs?

2306
02:20:03,302 --> 02:20:05,065
He asked if he
could come up.

2307
02:20:05,104 --> 02:20:07,265
In a little while.

2308
02:20:07,306 --> 02:20:09,240
He told me
the most marvelous thing.

2309
02:20:09,274 --> 02:20:11,469
He said that
in Japan last night,

2310
02:20:11,510 --> 02:20:15,503
Radio Tokyo interrupted a program
with the news of Pa's death,

2311
02:20:15,547 --> 02:20:19,415
and then said, "We will now have
an interlude of special music

2312
02:20:19,451 --> 02:20:23,319
in honor of the passing
of this great man."

2313
02:20:23,355 --> 02:20:26,051
In Tokyo.
Can you imagine?

2314
02:20:27,960 --> 02:20:30,827
I thought Pa
would like that.

2315
02:20:30,863 --> 02:20:32,660
Yes, I'm sure he would.

2316
02:20:32,698 --> 02:20:34,757
Did you see this?

2317
02:20:34,800 --> 02:20:35,926
No, what?

2318
02:20:35,968 --> 02:20:37,595
The editorial.

2319
02:20:37,636 --> 02:20:40,230
It's just typical.

2320
02:20:40,272 --> 02:20:42,900
You think of all the hideous
things they said about him,

2321
02:20:42,941 --> 02:20:44,806
when he was alive.

2322
02:20:44,843 --> 02:20:49,212
Almost every newspaper
in the country at one time or another.

2323
02:20:49,248 --> 02:20:52,843
And now, this is the sort
of thing they all have to say.

2324
02:20:55,754 --> 02:20:58,450
"A great and gallant
wartime leader

2325
02:20:58,490 --> 02:21:03,792
has died almost in the very hour
of the victory to which he led the way.

2326
02:21:03,829 --> 02:21:06,957
History will honor him
above all else

2327
02:21:06,999 --> 02:21:11,959
because he had the vision to see clearly
the supreme crisis of our times

2328
02:21:12,004 --> 02:21:16,703
and the courage to meet
that crisis boldly.

2329
02:21:16,742 --> 02:21:19,108
Men will thank God
on their knees

2330
02:21:19,144 --> 02:21:21,544
a hundred years
from now

2331
02:21:21,580 --> 02:21:26,210
that Franklin D. Roosevelt
was in the White House

2332
02:21:26,251 --> 02:21:31,245
in that dark hour when a powerful
and ruthless barbarism

2333
02:21:31,290 --> 02:21:35,659
threatened to overrun the civilization
of the Western World."

2334
02:21:41,833 --> 02:21:43,824
I'll leave this
for you.

2335
02:21:43,869 --> 02:21:46,838
Anna?

2336
02:21:46,872 --> 02:21:49,773
Oh, the Chicago
Daily News,

2337
02:21:49,808 --> 02:21:51,639
if you can believe it...

2338
02:21:51,677 --> 02:21:55,477
that die-hard
Republican rag...

2339
02:21:55,514 --> 02:21:57,641
compared him to Moses

2340
02:21:57,683 --> 02:22:01,983
dying before his followers
reached the land of promise.

2341
02:22:03,388 --> 02:22:06,289
Anna, I want to
ask you something.

2342
02:22:07,793 --> 02:22:09,658
Fire away.

2343
02:22:15,100 --> 02:22:18,627
Did you know that
Lucy Mercer...

2344
02:22:18,670 --> 02:22:21,070
Mrs. Rutherford...

2345
02:22:21,106 --> 02:22:24,906
was at Warm Springs
with your father when he was stricken?

2346
02:22:24,943 --> 02:22:27,275
No, I didn't.

2347
02:22:29,181 --> 02:22:32,275
Is that the truth?

2348
02:22:32,317 --> 02:22:34,285
Yes, of course it is.

2349
02:22:34,319 --> 02:22:37,186
What makes you think
she was?

2350
02:22:37,222 --> 02:22:40,749
His cousin Laura told me as much
not long after I arrived there.

2351
02:22:40,792 --> 02:22:43,420
Well, that was
charming of her.

2352
02:22:45,564 --> 02:22:48,192
She told me
something else later,

2353
02:22:48,233 --> 02:22:50,167
in the train
coming back.

2354
02:22:50,202 --> 02:22:52,136
Nothing cheerful,
I'm sure.

2355
02:22:54,006 --> 02:22:57,737
She said Lucy had been here,
at the White House,

2356
02:22:57,776 --> 02:22:59,505
in my absence.

2357
02:23:01,813 --> 02:23:04,611
Oh. Did she?

2358
02:23:04,650 --> 02:23:06,379
She said to
her certain knowledge,

2359
02:23:06,418 --> 02:23:08,147
Lucy had been her
at least twice,

2360
02:23:08,186 --> 02:23:09,585
both times for dinner.

2361
02:23:09,621 --> 02:23:12,647
I said, "No.

2362
02:23:12,691 --> 02:23:14,784
That wasn't possible.

2363
02:23:14,826 --> 02:23:17,317
Not with Anna there
keeping her father company.

2364
02:23:17,362 --> 02:23:18,920
She wouldn't have
permitted it."

2365
02:23:18,964 --> 02:23:23,458
And what did the tactful and discreet
Miss Delano say to that?

2366
02:23:23,502 --> 02:23:26,994
She said, "Oh, Anna
was there all right.

2367
02:23:27,039 --> 02:23:30,236
Anna acted as hostess
on both occasions."

2368
02:23:33,245 --> 02:23:35,008
Dear Auntie.

2369
02:23:36,715 --> 02:23:38,080
It's true, then?

2370
02:23:40,285 --> 02:23:41,912
Yes.

2371
02:23:45,724 --> 02:23:47,817
I can't believe it.

2372
02:23:50,662 --> 02:23:52,129
It's true.

2373
02:23:52,164 --> 02:23:54,826
But why?
Why would you do that?

2374
02:23:54,866 --> 02:23:56,959
Because Pa asked me.

2375
02:23:59,504 --> 02:24:01,995
"Because Pa asked me."

2376
02:24:09,348 --> 02:24:12,078
"Because Pa asked me."

2377
02:24:13,385 --> 02:24:16,821
"Because Pa
asked me."

2378
02:24:16,855 --> 02:24:19,585
Mother?

2379
02:24:19,624 --> 02:24:21,216
Don't be hurt.

2380
02:24:21,259 --> 02:24:24,092
What an extraordinary
thing to say.

2381
02:24:24,129 --> 02:24:25,721
"Don't be hurt"?

2382
02:24:25,764 --> 02:24:27,789
At least,
don't be angry.

2383
02:24:27,833 --> 02:24:29,698
Angry.

2384
02:24:29,735 --> 02:24:33,136
I'm furious.

2385
02:24:33,171 --> 02:24:36,902
I am as angry at this moment
as I have ever been in my life.

2386
02:24:36,942 --> 02:24:40,070
All right.
But at me, not at Pa.

2387
02:24:40,112 --> 02:24:42,273
Oh, you have your share.
Never fear.

2388
02:24:42,314 --> 02:24:45,806
I won't leave you out,
you of all possible people.

2389
02:24:45,851 --> 02:24:48,911
I could bear it if it had
been Laura or Daisy

2390
02:24:48,954 --> 02:24:51,718
or anyone of his
adoring handmaidens,

2391
02:24:51,757 --> 02:24:53,884
but my own daughter?

2392
02:24:53,925 --> 02:24:58,089
The only one of my children
I had ever told about Lucy.

2393
02:24:58,130 --> 02:25:02,567
I should have thought that you,
of everyone in the world,

2394
02:25:02,601 --> 02:25:06,037
knowing the suffering that I
went through all those years ago,

2395
02:25:06,071 --> 02:25:07,629
might have understood,

2396
02:25:07,672 --> 02:25:09,799
might have tried
to protect me.

2397
02:25:09,841 --> 02:25:11,331
I did.

2398
02:25:11,376 --> 02:25:14,504
How? By welcoming
that woman?

2399
02:25:14,546 --> 02:25:16,707
By feeding her
at my table?

2400
02:25:16,748 --> 02:25:19,239
By sitting at my chair
and making it look

2401
02:25:19,284 --> 02:25:21,514
as if her visit had
an official sanction?

2402
02:25:21,553 --> 02:25:23,885
By trying to keep you
from finding out.

2403
02:25:23,922 --> 02:25:27,449
And I don't believe you ever would have
if Pa hadn't died the way he did.

2404
02:25:27,492 --> 02:25:30,552
Not even Laura would ever
have dared to breathe a word

2405
02:25:30,595 --> 02:25:32,324
while he was alive.

2406
02:25:32,364 --> 02:25:37,495
But what a wicked game of chance
you were all playing with my feelings.

2407
02:25:37,536 --> 02:25:40,266
And how cruel of him
to run the risk

2408
02:25:40,305 --> 02:25:43,069
of having her there
when he died.

2409
02:25:43,108 --> 02:25:45,872
Mother, he didn't know
he was dying.

2410
02:25:45,911 --> 02:25:47,776
Oh, he knew he was ill!

2411
02:25:47,813 --> 02:25:49,576
Not that ill!

2412
02:25:49,614 --> 02:25:53,072
Well, sure, it was risky.
It was foolhardy.

2413
02:25:53,118 --> 02:25:54,983
It was dangerous,
if you like.

2414
02:25:55,020 --> 02:25:56,954
But don't you remember
what you once said

2415
02:25:56,988 --> 02:25:58,649
after you'd flown to
England and back

2416
02:25:58,690 --> 02:26:00,783
in really hazardous
conditions?

2417
02:26:00,826 --> 02:26:04,489
You said, it wasn't that
you were especially brave.

2418
02:26:04,529 --> 02:26:07,396
It was just that,
like most people,

2419
02:26:07,432 --> 02:26:12,495
you weren't given to seeing yourself
disappear
off the face of the earth.

2420
02:26:12,537 --> 02:26:14,767
Well, Pa was the same way.

2421
02:26:14,806 --> 02:26:18,333
It's not as if he wanted Lucy
with him in his last hour

2422
02:26:18,376 --> 02:26:20,810
or anything like that.

2423
02:26:20,846 --> 02:26:23,406
It was quite
the opposite.

2424
02:26:24,516 --> 02:26:26,882
She cheered him up.

2425
02:26:26,918 --> 02:26:30,376
She knew how to get him to relax
a little and laugh.

2426
02:26:30,422 --> 02:26:32,982
God, how he
needed that.

2427
02:26:35,060 --> 02:26:38,052
He trusted
the people who knew.

2428
02:26:38,096 --> 02:26:41,827
And he figured that now that her
husband was dead,

2429
02:26:41,867 --> 02:26:43,698
He could see her
once in a while,

2430
02:26:43,735 --> 02:26:46,033
without anybody
being the wiser.

2431
02:26:49,641 --> 02:26:51,609
You knew...

2432
02:26:51,643 --> 02:26:53,838
that when we agreed
not to separate,

2433
02:26:53,879 --> 02:26:57,178
that he promised that they would
never see each other again.

2434
02:26:57,215 --> 02:27:00,150
You knew that he
had sworn to that

2435
02:27:00,185 --> 02:27:02,619
on his honor.

2436
02:27:11,730 --> 02:27:15,063
Mother,
he was so lonely.

2437
02:27:17,536 --> 02:27:19,766
Forgive my saying it,

2438
02:27:20,805 --> 02:27:24,036
but you were away
so much.

2439
02:27:24,075 --> 02:27:28,136
And so many of the people
he cared about had died...

2440
02:27:28,179 --> 02:27:30,443
Louis and his mother,

2441
02:27:30,482 --> 02:27:32,541
and then Missy
last summer.

2442
02:27:32,584 --> 02:27:35,075
He never stopped
being fond of Harry,

2443
02:27:35,120 --> 02:27:37,987
but Harry was in the hospital
most of the time.

2444
02:27:38,023 --> 02:27:40,116
I tried to fill in.

2445
02:27:40,158 --> 02:27:44,720
I was always there with
a joke or a snappy remark.

2446
02:27:44,763 --> 02:27:48,392
I'd mix the cocktails when he was
too tired to fix them himself.

2447
02:27:50,168 --> 02:27:52,602
And I sat up
with him at night,

2448
02:27:52,637 --> 02:27:57,506
while he played Solitaire
or worked on his stamp collection.

2449
02:27:57,542 --> 02:28:00,477
Just so
he wouldn't feel alone.

2450
02:28:03,982 --> 02:28:05,779
But finally...

2451
02:28:05,817 --> 02:28:08,217
it was all pretty futile.

2452
02:28:09,754 --> 02:28:13,019
He was reaching for something,
way far back,

2453
02:28:13,058 --> 02:28:14,855
back in his past,

2454
02:28:14,893 --> 02:28:18,989
back when he was young and strong
and full of the devil.

2455
02:28:21,232 --> 02:28:23,223
When he was something
a woman could look at

2456
02:28:23,268 --> 02:28:25,828
and fall head-over-heels
in love with.

2457
02:28:25,870 --> 02:28:29,362
That's how he was when
he gave you his promise.

2458
02:28:31,076 --> 02:28:35,877
And while he stayed that way,
and for a long time after,

2459
02:28:35,914 --> 02:28:38,405
I believe he kept it.

2460
02:28:39,417 --> 02:28:41,248
But then,
when he broke it,

2461
02:28:41,286 --> 02:28:43,550
he was something
entirely different.

2462
02:28:43,588 --> 02:28:46,284
And so was she.

2463
02:28:46,324 --> 02:28:47,882
She's middle aged,
you know.

2464
02:28:47,926 --> 02:28:50,520
She's not
the siren you remember.

2465
02:28:50,562 --> 02:28:54,896
Just a nice, middle aged,
New Jersey matron.

2466
02:28:54,933 --> 02:28:58,630
With a pleasant voice
and a streak of silver in her hair.

2467
02:28:58,670 --> 02:29:02,629
If you'd ever
seen them together,

2468
02:29:02,674 --> 02:29:06,201
you'd know how little reason
you have to feel jealous

2469
02:29:06,244 --> 02:29:08,576
or betrayed.

2470
02:29:08,613 --> 02:29:11,104
It was all so innocent.

2471
02:29:13,351 --> 02:29:15,512
And so sad.

2472
02:29:23,928 --> 02:29:26,158
Strange.

2473
02:29:28,233 --> 02:29:32,226
I suddenly thought
of the last time I saw him.

2474
02:29:36,107 --> 02:29:38,541
He was in the elevator.

2475
02:29:39,711 --> 02:29:41,838
Talking about...

2476
02:29:41,880 --> 02:29:46,214
what we might do after
leaving the White House.

2477
02:29:48,586 --> 02:29:51,054
I was so touched...

2478
02:29:53,958 --> 02:29:56,119
by the way he seemed
to take it for granted

2479
02:29:56,161 --> 02:29:58,686
that we'd always
be together.

2480
02:30:02,834 --> 02:30:08,204
I wanted to say just
one more thing to him.

2481
02:30:11,843 --> 02:30:16,007
I wanted to repeat
something I'd written to him

2482
02:30:16,047 --> 02:30:20,177
in a letter years ago,

2483
02:30:20,218 --> 02:30:22,209
when he was governor,

2484
02:30:24,122 --> 02:30:27,683
and he took
a trip to Europe without me.

2485
02:30:31,930 --> 02:30:34,728
"I hate to see you go.

2486
02:30:37,335 --> 02:30:40,998
We really are very dependent
on each other,

2487
02:30:41,039 --> 02:30:44,770
even though we do see
so little of each other.

2488
02:30:48,413 --> 02:30:53,180
I feel as lost
as I did

2489
02:30:53,218 --> 02:30:55,743
when I went abroad
without you.

2490
02:30:59,958 --> 02:31:03,155
Dear love to you.

2491
02:31:03,194 --> 02:31:05,492
I miss you.

2492
02:31:05,530 --> 02:31:09,159
And I hate to feel you
so far away."

2493
02:31:12,137 --> 02:31:15,106
Of course I never
said anything at all.

2494
02:31:15,140 --> 02:31:17,472
Except "Bye-bye."

2495
02:31:20,211 --> 02:31:23,738
And then the elevator doors
closed and he was gone.

2496
02:31:29,420 --> 02:31:32,287
You know...

2497
02:31:32,323 --> 02:31:35,121
when Elliott and Faye
arrived last night,

2498
02:31:35,160 --> 02:31:37,560
he and I sat up late
in Pa's bedroom.

2499
02:31:38,830 --> 02:31:41,321
And he remembered what
Pa had said to him

2500
02:31:41,366 --> 02:31:44,733
the last time the two
of them had sat in there.

2501
02:31:44,769 --> 02:31:49,570
He talked about things easing up now
that the end of the war was in sight.

2502
02:31:49,607 --> 02:31:53,065
And he said,
"You know,

2503
02:31:53,111 --> 02:31:56,672
I think your mother and I might be
able to get together now

2504
02:31:56,714 --> 02:31:58,909
and do things
together.

2505
02:31:59,951 --> 02:32:01,919
Take some trips,
maybe.

2506
02:32:03,721 --> 02:32:06,781
Learn to know
each other again."

2507
02:32:06,825 --> 02:32:09,157
Did he say that?

2508
02:32:10,595 --> 02:32:12,529
His exact words.

2509
02:32:12,564 --> 02:32:17,092
That we might learn to
know each other again?

2510
02:32:17,135 --> 02:32:19,160
Well, you can ask Bunny.
He'll tell you.

2511
02:32:19,204 --> 02:32:20,637
No, no.

2512
02:32:20,672 --> 02:32:22,572
I believe you.

2513
02:32:29,514 --> 02:32:32,483
How beautiful the flowers
are today.

2514
02:32:32,517 --> 02:32:34,781
Have you noticed?

2515
02:32:35,887 --> 02:32:38,947
The lilac and the azalea
and rhododendron.

2516
02:32:41,492 --> 02:32:43,426
I'm so glad he
left instructions

2517
02:32:43,461 --> 02:32:47,090
to bury him in the rose garden
at Hyde Park...

2518
02:32:47,131 --> 02:32:49,725
instead of
St. James Cemetery.

2519
02:32:51,236 --> 02:32:53,864
Near the sundial where
he played when he was little.

2520
02:32:53,905 --> 02:32:56,499
"It is my hope

2521
02:32:56,541 --> 02:32:59,476
that my dear wife will,
on her death,

2522
02:32:59,510 --> 02:33:00,909
be buried there also."

2523
02:33:00,945 --> 02:33:02,970
Yes.

2524
02:33:06,951 --> 02:33:08,578
Yes.

2525
02:33:57,769 --> 02:33:59,896
- Unless...
- Unless...

2526
02:33:59,938 --> 02:34:01,838
you can swear

2527
02:34:01,873 --> 02:34:04,865
for life, for death,

2528
02:34:04,909 --> 02:34:07,901
oh, fear to call it loving.