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Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY
OF AMERICA...
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SEEN IN COLOR
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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THE 1940s.
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THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.
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IN A WORLD TORN APART BY WAR,
AMERICA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED.
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IT'S NOT OUR FIGHT,
SAYS CHARLES LINDBERGH.
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Charles Lindbergh: THAT WE
CANNOT WIN THIS WAR FOR ENGLAND
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REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH
ASSISTANCE WE SEND.
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Narrator: BUT PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT DISAGREES.
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Franklin Roosevelt: WE MUST BE
THE GREAT ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY.
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Narrator: JAPAN'S ATTACK
ON PEARL HARBOR
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SETTLES THE ARGUMENT.
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Man: RESPOND BY SAYING "I DO."
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Men: I DO.
Clark Gable: I DO.
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Narrator: BUT THE WAR ALSO
UNLEASHES A DARK UNDERCURRENT
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OF FEAR AND PREJUDICE.
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[LAUGHS]
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[EXPLOSION]
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AND AS A VICTORIOUS AMERICA
ASSUMES ITS NEW ROLE
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AS A MILITARY
AND ECONOMIC JUGGERNAUT,
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POST-WAR DISCONTENT SIMMERS
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
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THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 1940s
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AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
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[GLASS BREAKS]
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[EXPLOSION]
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[GIRLS SCREAMING]
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John Kennedy: I WANT US
TO RECAPTURE THAT.
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NEW YORK, APRIL 23, 1941.
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AT THE MANHATTAN CENTER,
HUNDREDS ATTEND A RALLY.
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TONIGHT'S SPEAKER
IS A FAMED AVIATOR
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AND AMERICAN HERO,
CHARLES LINDBERGH.
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LINDBERGH IS A NAZI SYMPATHIZER
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AND AVID OPPONENT
OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT
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IN THE OVERSEAS CONFLICT.
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Lindbergh: FRANCE HAS NOW
BEEN DEFEATED,
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AND DESPITE THE PROPAGANDA
AND CONFUSION OF RECENT MONTHS,
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IT IS NOW OBVIOUS THAT ENGLAND
IS LOSING THE WAR.
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I BELIEVE...
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[CHEERING]
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Narrator:
THE CALL IS TO ABANDON
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AMERICA'S FRIEND AND ALLY.
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Lindbergh: AND I HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO THE CONCLUSION
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THAT WE CANNOT WIN
THIS WAR FOR ENGLAND,
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REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH
ASSISTANCE WE SEND.
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THAT IS WHY THE AMERICA FIRST
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED.
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Narrator: LINDBERGH AND THE
NATIONAL AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE
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RAIL AGAINST ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN THE WAR.
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF CITIZENS AGREE,
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INCLUDING FUTURE PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY,
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WHO SENDS A CHECK FOR $100.
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SINCE THE WAR BEGAN IN 1939,
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AMERICANS HAVE SEEN AND HEARD
ABOUT THE DEVASTATION IN EUROPE.
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Reporter: ADOLF HITLER'S
ALL-OUT ATTACK ON POLAND
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MAKES THE LONG-DREADED
EUROPEAN WAR A CERTAINTY,
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Narrator: BUT MANY ARE CONVINCED
THAT STOPPING ADOLF HITLER
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IS NOT WORTH THE SACRIFICE
OF AMERICAN LIVES.
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Man: THIS TIME AMERICA
SHOULD KEEP OUT,
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AND I KNOW I WILL.
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Woman: I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST
IDEA OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
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Man: I THINK WE SHOULD
STAY OUT OF IT ENTIRELY.
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Man: AND ALL OUR EFFORTS
SHOULD BE MADE
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TO KEEP OUT OF THE FIGHT.
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Man: LET EUROPE FIGHT
HER OWN BATTLES.
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THEY MEAN NOTHING TO US.
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Narrator: SOME AMERICANS
PUBLICLY ADMIRE THE NAZIS
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AND ENVISION A FASCIST AMERICA.
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IN FEBRUARY 1939,
SOME 20,000 AMERICAN NAZIS
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RALLY IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
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BUT ON THE WEST COAST, THE WAR
IN EUROPE SEEMS VERY FAR AWAY.
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IN SAN FRANCISCO,
JAPANESE AMERICAN DAVE TATSUNO
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FILMS EVERYDAY LIFE
IN HIS COMMUNITY.
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AND AS THE PRESIDENT
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OF THE LOCAL JAPANESE AMERICAN
CITIZENS LEAGUE,
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DAVE FILMS
ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION.
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THE LEAGUE ENCOURAGES
THE AMERICAN-BORN CHILDREN
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OF JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS,
OR NISEI,
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TO BECOME POLITICALLY ACTIVE.
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DAVE AND HIS WIFE ALICE WORK
IN THE FAMILY HABERDASHERY STORE
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IN THE HEART OF JAPANTOWN.
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IT'S CALLED NICHI BEI BUSSAN--
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OR JAPANESE-AMERICAN
DEPARTMENT STORE.
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BUT OTHERWISE THEY LEAD
TYPICAL AMERICAN LIVES,
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LIKE THIS FAMILY VISIT
TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...
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AND DAVE'S LATEST PURCHASE,
A NEW FORD COUPE.
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WITH GERMANY ALREADY AT WAR
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AND GROWING JAPANESE AGGRESSION
IN ASIA,
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THEY CARRY ON,
ENJOYING THEIR PROSPERITY.
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IN JUNE 1940,
FRANCE FALLS TO THE NAZIS.
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BRITAIN, NOW DESPERATE,
HOLDS ON.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS CONVINCED
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THAT AMERICA MUST JOIN
THE EFFORT TO STOP HITLER.
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HE BEGINS THE DAUNTING TASK
OF PREPARING HIS NATION FOR WAR.
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ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1940,
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AT TENNESSEE'S GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK,
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HE CALLS FOR A HUGE
MILITARY BUILDUP.
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Roosevelt:
WE MUST PREPARE BEFOREHAND
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FOR THE SIMPLE REASON
THAT PREPARING LATER
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MAY AND PROBABLY WOULD BE
TOO LATE.
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I'VE ASKED THIS CONGRESS...
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Narrator: AS A FIRST STEP,
ROOSEVELT URGES
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THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
IN CONGRESS
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TO ENACT A MILITARY DRAFT...
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THE FIRST PEACETIME DRAFT
IN U.S. HISTORY.
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ALL MEN BETWEEN AGES 21 AND 36
RECEIVE A NUMBER.
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Man: ...TO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
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RESPOND BY SAYING "I DO."
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Men: I DO!
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Narrator: ALL THE NUMBERS
ARE PUT IN A GLASS VESSEL
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AND STIRRED.
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THEN A BLINDFOLDED
SECRETARY OF WAR HENRY STIMSON
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DRAWS THE FIRST NUMBER.
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Roosevelt: THE FIRST NUMBER
IS SERIAL NUMBER 158.
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Narrator: IT'S HELD BY 6,175 MEN
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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THE DRAFT SPURS PROTESTS.
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AND LEADING THE RESISTANCE,
SPOKESPERSON CHARLES LINDBERGH.
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Lindbergh: WHERE IS FREEDOM
IF FOUR FIFTHS OF A NATION
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CAN BE CARRIED TO WAR
AGAINST ITS WILL?
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Narrator: BUT ROOSEVELT
CHALLENGES HIS CRITICS.
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HE GAMBLES THAT,
DESPITE THE DRAFT,
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HE CAN WIN AN UNPRECEDENTED
THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT.
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Man: FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT!
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[CHEERING]
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Narrator: NO OTHER PRESIDENT HAS
EVER SERVED LONGER THAN 8 YEARS.
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BUT THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE CONSTITUTION
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THAT PROHIBITS IT.
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IN ELWOOD, INDIANA,
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ROOSEVELT'S OPPONENT,
WENDELL WILLKIE,
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ACCUSES FDR OF DISRESPECTING
AMERICAN HISTORY
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BEFORE A CROWD 150,000 PEOPLE.
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Wendell Willkie: AND I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO DEBATE THE QUESTION
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OF THE ASSUMPTION
BY THIS PRESIDENT,
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IN SEEKING A THIRD TERM,
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OF A GREATER PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
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THAN WAS ACCORDED
TO OUR PRESIDENTIAL GIANTS,
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WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON,
JACKSON, LINCOLN,
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
AND WOODROW WILSON.
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[CHEERING]
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Narrator: BUT ROOSEVELT
BELIEVES THAT HIS EXPERIENCE
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IS VITAL TO AMERICA'S SAFETY,
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AND THAT IT TRUMPS
THE TWO-TERM TRADITION.
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HE RUNS UNDER THE SLOGAN
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"BETTER A THIRD TERMER
THAN A THIRD RATER."
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IN NOVEMBER 1940,
FDR CARRIES 38 STATES
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TO WILLKIE'S 10
IN A CRUSHING VICTORY.
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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HE IMMEDIATELY ESCALATES
MILITARY PRODUCTION.
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AMERICA NEEDS
TO STEP UP THE PACE
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IF BRITAIN IS TO STAND A CHANCE
AGAINST HITLER.
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Roosevelt: THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE
WHO ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES
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DO NOT ASK US
TO DO THEIR FIGHTING.
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THEY ASK US
FOR THE IMPLEMENTS OF WAR,
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THE PLANES, THE TANKS,
THE GUNS, AND FREIGHTERS
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WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO FIGHT
FOR THEIR LIBERTY
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AND OUR SECURITY.
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WE MUST BE THE GREAT ARSENAL
OF DEMOCRACY.
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Narrator: THE BOOM
IN MILITARY SPENDING
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FINALLY PUTS AN END
TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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MILLIONS CAN NOW FIND JOBS.
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THE NAVY NEARLY DOUBLES IN SIZE,
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WITH 200 NEW SHIPS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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IN JUNE 1941,
FORD OPENS WILLOW RUN,
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AN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION FACILITY
IN BELLVILLE, MICHIGAN,
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THAT'S A MILE LONG.
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AT 3.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET
AND EMPLOYING 42,000 WORKERS,
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IT IS THE LARGEST FACTORY
IN THE WORLD.
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IT IS DESIGNED TO MANUFACTURE
THE NEW B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER.
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IN 1941, THE U.S. BUILDS
19,000 AIRCRAFT,
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MORE THAN TRIPLE
THE NUMBER MADE IN 1940.
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WHILE SEVERAL THOUSAND
GO THE ALLIES,
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THE VAST MAJORITY IS USED
TO RE-EQUIP THE U.S. MILITARY.
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THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT
AT THIS POINT
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THAT AMERICA IS
ON THE PATH TO WAR.
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ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1941,
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CHARLES LINDBERGH
ATTACKS FDR DIRECTLY.
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ONLY THE AUDIO
OF HIS SPEECH SURVIVES.
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Lindbergh:
THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION
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IS THE THIRD POWERFUL GROUP
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WHICH HAS BEEN CARRYING
THIS COUNTRY TOWARD WAR.
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IF ANY OF THESE GROUPS--
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THE BRITISH, THE JEWISH,
OR THE ADMINISTRATION--
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STOPS AGITATING FOR WAR,
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I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE LITTLE
DANGER OF OUR INVOLVEMENT.
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Narrator:
BUT AS AMERICAN FACTORIES
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BUILD UP TO PREPARE FOR WAR,
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WORKERS REBEL.
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IN JUNE 1941, A STRIKE
BREAKS OUT OVER LOW WAGES
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AT THE NORTH AMERICAN
AVIATION PLANT IN LOS ANGELES.
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THE PLANT PRODUCES SOME 20%
OF U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
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[SHOUTING AND GUNSHOTS]
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THE STRIKE TURNS VIOLENT
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WHEN THE LAPD TRIES
TO BREAK THROUGH A PICKET LINE
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MANNED BY SOME 4,000 WORKERS.
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[SHOUTING]
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[BOOM]
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[SIREN]
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FDR CANNOT AFFORD DELAYS.
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ON JUNE 9th HE ORDERS THE ARMY
TO SEIZE THE FACTORY
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AND FORCE IT
TO RESUME PRODUCTION.
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ROOSEVELT BRACES THE NATION
FOR WAR.
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IT'S COMING FAR SOONER
THAN HE CAN IMAGINE.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941.
THANKSGIVING.
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THE PRESIDENT IS ENJOYING HIS
TURKEY IN WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA,
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AS PART OF HIS "MARCH OF DIMES"
POLIO CHARITY EVENT.
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BUT FDR'S ANXIOUS
ABOUT JAPAN'S EXPANSION
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IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.
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ENVOY SABURO KURUSU
ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON
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TO REASSURE THE PRESIDENT.
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Saburo Kurusu: YOU ALL KNOW
HOW DIFFICULT MY MISSION IS,
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BUT I WILL DO ALL I CAN
TO MAKE IT A SUCCESSFUL ONE
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FOR THE SAKE OF TWO COUNTRIES,
JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
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Narrator: IN HAWAII,
FOX MOVIETONE CAMERAMAN AL BRICK
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SPENDS HIS THANKSGIVING
ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
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WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET
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IN WHAT IS NOW ITS MAIN BASE,
PEARL HARBOR.
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FOR THE PAST 9 MONTHS
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HE'S BEEN FILMING MANEUVERS
WITH THE U.S.S. ARIZONA.
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ON DECEMBER 7th,
AL BRICK IS UP EARLY, FILMING,
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AS 353 JAPANESE FIGHTERS AND
BOMBERS DESCEND ON PEARL HARBOR.
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[EXPLOSIONS]
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THE ARIZONA'S FORWARD MAGAZINE--
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FILLED WITH 100 TONS
OF GUNPOWDER--
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TAKES A DIRECT HIT.
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1,177 MEN ARE KILLED.
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[SIREN]
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BRICK CONTINUES TO FILM
FROM A SMALL BOAT.
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18 AMERICAN SHIPS
ARE SUNK OR RUN AGROUND.
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[MEN SHOUTING]
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SAILORS FROM THE U.S.S. OKLAHOMA
STAND ON HER UPTURNED HULL.
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429 OF HER CREW ARE DEAD.
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THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
IS DECIMATED.
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BRICK CAPTURES THE SCOOP
OF HIS CAREER...
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BUT THE GOVERNMENT
SEIZES HIS FOOTAGE
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AND EMBARGOES IT FOR A YEAR.
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OFFICIALS FEAR ITS RELEASE
COULD HARM NATIONAL SECURITY.
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THE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK,
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ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES CONGRESS
AND THE NATION.
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Roosevelt: YESTERDAY,
DECEMBER 7, 1941,
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A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE
IN INFAMY,
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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WAS SUDDENLY
AND DELIBERATELY ATTACKED.
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Narrator: 30 MILLION HOMES
TUNE IN TO THE NEWS.
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Roosevelt:
I ASK THAT THE CONGRESS DECLARE
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A STATE OF WAR HAS EXISTED
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BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND THE JAPANESE EMPIRE.
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[APPLAUSE]
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Narrator: IN SAN FRANCISCO
DAVE TATSUNO FILMS THE HEADLINE
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AMIDST GROWING FEARS
FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS FAMILY.
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THE NATION MOBILIZES.
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THIS IS NOW AMERICA'S WAR.
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PEARL HARBOR HAS PUT AN END
TO ISOLATIONISM.
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AMERICA FIRST DISBANDS.
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FDR DENIES LINDBERGH'S REQUEST
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FOR A COMMISSION
IN THE AIR FORCE.
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AND INSTEAD OF WAITING
TO BE DRAFTED,
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS VOLUNTEER.
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DR. DANIEL KAVADAS FROM OKLAHOMA
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JOINS THE MEDICAL CORPS
AS A DENTIST.
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00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:53,480
HIS FIRST POSTING IS LUZON,
THE PHILIPPINES,
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WHERE HE FILMS
THIS RARE FOOTAGE.
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HE'S PART OF AMERICA'S RESPONSE
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TO JAPAN'S DOMINANCE
IN THE PACIFIC.
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THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION
OF INDONESIA
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HAS CUT OFF AMERICAN ACCESS
TO RUBBER,
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ESSENTIAL TO THE MANUFACTURE
OF JEEPS, TRUCKS AND PLANES.
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[BELL RINGING]
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SO ON THE HOMEFRONT,
AMERICANS LAUNCH
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A NATIONWIDE DRIVE
FOR SCRAP MATERIALS.
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ROOSEVELT CALLS
ON HIS FELLOW CITIZENS
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TO DIG DEEP AND DONATE.
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Roosevelt: OF ONE THING
YOU CAN BE SURE--
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WE ARE GOING TO SEE TO IT
THAT THERE'S ENOUGH RUBBER
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TO BUILD THE PLANES
TO BOMB TOKYO AND BERLIN...
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ENOUGH RUBBER TO WIN THIS WAR.
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Narrator: THE PUBLIC RESPONDS
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BY HAULING OUT
USED CAR AND BICYCLE TIRES...
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ALTHOUGH SOME DONORS SEEM
BEWILDERED BY THE PROCESS.
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00:17:55,508 --> 00:18:01,514
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00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:06,419
WALT DISNEY EVEN DONATES BAMBI,
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00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:09,156
BUT CAN'T BRING HIMSELF
TO WIELD THE HAMMER.
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RAISING MONEY BECOMES
A PATRIOTIC DUTY.
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WAR BONDS INFUSE THE GOVERNMENT
WITH BADLY NEEDED CASH...
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TO BE PAID BACK LATER
WITH INTEREST.
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RALLIES LIKE THIS ONE
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
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ARE DESIGNED
TO BOOST BOND SALES.
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Film narrator: YES, THE PARADE
DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
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00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,424
IS A PAGEANT OF PATRIOTISM.
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00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:47,827
BING CROSBY IN A SCOUT CAR...
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JIMMY CAGNEY...
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00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,834
AND HOW THAT CROWD LINES UP TO
BUY BONDS FROM THEIR FAVORITES.
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00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,936
THEY BUY KNOWING
THAT EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED
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HELPS SEND MORE PLANES, TANKS
AND SHIPS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
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Narrator:
FILM ICON CAROLE LOMBARD
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VISITS INDIANA
ON JANUARY 15, 1942.
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SHE RAISES $2 MILLION
IN ONE NIGHT.
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Carole Lombard: IT IS THE DUTY
OF EACH AND ALL OF US
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TO CONTRIBUTE EVERY OUNCE
OF ENERGY AND EVERY DOLLAR
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THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY SPARE
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FOR THE PURCHASE
OF DEFENSE BONDS
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WHICH WILL CARRY US TO VICTORY.
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00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:29,436
Narrator: BUT THE SCREEN LEGEND
NEVER MAKES IT HOME.
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HER FLIGHT TO LOS ANGELES
CRASHES INTO A MOUNTAIN
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30 MILES FROM LAS VEGAS.
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THE SAFETY BEACONS
THAT DIRECT NIGHT FLIGHTS
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WERE TURNED OFF IN FEAR
OF JAPANESE BOMBERS.
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RESCUE TEAMS FILM THE AFTERMATH.
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00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:52,392
OF THE 22 ON BOARD,
THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS.
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00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:55,862
THE GOVERNMENT DECLARES LOMBARD
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00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,731
THE FIRST FEMALE CASUALTY
OF THE WAR.
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Man: THAT YOU WILL SERVE...
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00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,404
Narrator: HER DISTRAUGHT HUSBAND
CLARK GABLE ENLISTS
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00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:05,738
IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE.
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00:20:05,772 --> 00:20:06,939
Man: ...AND THAT YOU WILL
OBEY THE ORDERS
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00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:08,641
OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
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AND THE ORDERS OF THE OFFICERS
APPOINTED OVER YOU,
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00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:12,312
ACCORDING TO LAW
AND THE ARTICLES OF WAR,
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SO HELP YOU GOD?
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Gable: I DO.
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00:20:15,848 --> 00:20:19,952
Narrator: GABLE JOINS THE 351st
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT GROUP.
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00:20:19,986 --> 00:20:25,758
HIS PRIMARY JOB, TO MAKE FILMS
FOR THE MILITARY.
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00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:28,295
HE NARRATES THIS FILM
THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DIVERSITY
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00:20:28,328 --> 00:20:32,432
OF THE 200,000 MEN
BEING DRAFTED EVERY MONTH.
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00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:33,866
Gable: SERGEANT PHILIP J. HULSE,
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00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,035
TOP TURRET GUNNER
FROM SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.
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00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,537
SERGEANT KENNETH L. HULS,
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00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,906
BALL TURRET GUNNER
FROM PERKINS, OKLAHOMA.
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00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,908
RELATED? NO.
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00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:43,310
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
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00:20:43,343 --> 00:20:46,479
SEVERAL GENERATIONS AGO
BACK IN GERMANY.
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00:20:46,513 --> 00:20:48,748
MEET THEIR PILOT,
LIEUTENANT THEODORE ARGIROPOULOS
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00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:50,483
OF REDDING, CALIFORNIA.
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00:20:50,517 --> 00:20:52,885
ARGE'S BROTHER IS
IN THE AIR CORPS, TOO;
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00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:55,488
THEIR DAD WAS BORN IN GREECE.
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00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:57,857
SERGEANT PAUL J. POSTI,
BALL TURRET GUNNER.
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00:20:57,890 --> 00:20:59,859
HIS DAD CAME FROM ITALY.
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00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:01,461
HERE'S SERGEANT TIM TOUCHIN,
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00:21:01,494 --> 00:21:03,796
TAIL GUNNER FROM MARIANA LAKE,
NEW MEXICO.
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00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:06,399
ON THE RESERVATION
THEY NAMED HIM ASHKII--
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00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:08,535
THAT MEANS "BOY" IN NAVAJO.
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00:21:08,568 --> 00:21:10,337
UNCLE SAM'S BOY, TOO.
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00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:14,407
Narrator: THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR--
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00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:16,576
NO MATTER WHERE
YOUR FAMILY'S FROM,
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00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:19,812
YOU ARE AN AMERICAN FIRST.
356
00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:22,949
UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU ARE
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.
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00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:24,951
THE ONE MILLION BLACKS
IN THE MILITARY
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00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:27,720
ARE FORCED INTO SEPARATE UNITS.
359
00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:31,858
AND IF YOU'RE
A JAPANESE AMERICAN,
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00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:35,294
YOUR VERY FREEDOM
MAY SOON BE AT RISK.
361
00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:41,868
[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
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00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:45,372
IN SAN FRANCISCO,
IN THE SUMMER OF 1942,
363
00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:48,908
JAPANESE AMERICAN DAVE TATSUNO,
HIS WIFE ALICE,
364
00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:52,011
THEIR TWO BOYS AND HIS FATHER
PREPARE TO LEAVE HOME.
365
00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:01,354
DESPITE THEIR SMILES
FOR THE CAMERA,
366
00:22:01,388 --> 00:22:03,890
THEY ARE NOT GOING
OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL.
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00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:16,736
IN FEBRUARY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066.
368
00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:20,072
IT ALLOWS JAPANESE AMERICANS
TO BE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES
369
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:22,775
AND SENT TO INTERNMENT CAMPS.
370
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:27,780
THEY'RE SUSPECTED
OF DISLOYALTY TO AMERICA...
371
00:22:27,814 --> 00:22:31,784
SEEN AS POTENTIAL SPIES
AND SABOTEURS.
372
00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:35,788
SOME 120,000 ARE ROUNDED UP.
373
00:22:35,822 --> 00:22:39,592
THEIR HOMES ARE SEIZED,
THEIR BUSINESSES CLOSED.
374
00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:41,060
ALLOWED TO TAKE
LITTLE WITH THEM,
375
00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:44,030
THEY HAVE TO SELL THEIR
POSSESSIONS QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY.
376
00:22:44,063 --> 00:22:54,407
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00:22:54,441 --> 00:22:56,042
GOVERNMENT BUSES AND TRAINS
378
00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:58,945
TRANSPORT THEM
TO INTERNMENT CAMPS.
379
00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,952
IN SEPTEMBER 1942,
DAVE AND ALICE ARRIVE
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00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:10,990
JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN
OF DELTA, UTAH, AT CAMP TOPAZ,
381
00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:15,127
690 MILES FROM THEIR HOME.
382
00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:21,200
THEY WILL SHARE TOPAZ WITH
AROUND 8,000 OTHER INTERNEES.
383
00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,536
IT IS ONE OF TEN
INTERNMENT CENTERS
384
00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,705
SCATTERED ACROSS
THE WESTERN U.S.
385
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,007
AND AS FAR EAST AS ARKANSAS.
386
00:23:31,678 --> 00:23:33,780
OFFICIALLY THEY CAN LEAVE...
387
00:23:33,813 --> 00:23:35,782
BUT WITH NO HOMES,
UNABLE TO WORK
388
00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:38,818
AND CHILDREN BANNED
FROM SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE CAMP,
389
00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:41,120
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY.
390
00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:49,496
ONE-ROOM BARRACKS NOW HOUSE
FAMILIES OF UP TO 7 PEOPLE.
391
00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:56,035
DAVE SMUGGLES HIS MOVIE CAMERA
INSIDE THE CAMP
392
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:58,738
AND RECORDS LIFE
BEHIND THE FENCE.
393
00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:07,580
HE FILMS THE INTERNEES FORCED
TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN PRISON.
394
00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:17,023
OUTSIDE, THE NATION IS BUSY--
395
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:22,228
PEOPLE GIVING ALL THEY'VE GOT
FOR THE WAR EFFORT.
396
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:25,998
ROOSEVELT'S PLAN
IS TO OUTPRODUCE THE ENEMY,
397
00:24:26,032 --> 00:24:29,669
AND AMERICAN INDUSTRY
RISES TO THE CHALLENGE.
398
00:24:29,702 --> 00:24:30,703
[GLASS BREAKS]
399
00:24:30,737 --> 00:24:32,539
[CROWD CHEERING]
400
00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:35,141
IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS
OF 1943,
401
00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:37,043
AMERICA BUILDS
MORE MERCHANT SHIPS
402
00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:40,613
THAN JAPAN MANAGES
DURING THE ENTIRE WAR.
403
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:48,821
IN THE SAME YEAR,
THE U.S. BUILDS 86,000 AIRCRAFT,
404
00:24:48,855 --> 00:24:54,060
TWICE THE COMBINED OUTPUT
OF GERMANY AND JAPAN.
405
00:24:54,093 --> 00:24:56,729
IN APRIL HENRY FORD'S
WILLOW RUN FACTORY
406
00:24:56,763 --> 00:25:00,700
IS BUILDING FIVE B-24 LIBERATORS
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
407
00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:05,572
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408
00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:08,174
THE PLANT RUNS 24/7.
409
00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,109
PRODUCTION NEVER STOPS.
410
00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:13,846
[WHISTLE BLOWING]
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00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:18,250
THIS UNPRECEDENTED
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
412
00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:21,954
REQUIRES AN ARMY OF NEW WORKERS,
413
00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:27,093
SO FAMILIES PICK UP AND MOVE
TO WHERE THE JOBS ARE...
414
00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:31,698
TO PLACES LIKE MOBILE, ALABAMA,
A HUB OF SHIPBUILDING.
415
00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:34,100
IN 1943,
ITS POPULATION MUSHROOMS
416
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:39,906
FROM 80,000 TO OVER 200,000.
417
00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:41,741
HOMES ARE SCARCE.
418
00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:45,712
MANY WORKERS END UP LIVING
IN VAST TRAILER PARKS AND TENTS.
419
00:25:45,745 --> 00:25:47,614
[DOG BARKING]
420
00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:51,918
THE WAR EFFORT BREAKS DOWN
SOCIAL BARRIERS.
421
00:25:51,951 --> 00:25:54,253
AFRICAN AMERICANS
ARE RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED
422
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,322
ON ASSEMBLY LINES.
423
00:25:56,355 --> 00:26:00,593
OLDER MEN WHO'VE RETIRED ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RETURN TO WORK.
424
00:26:02,762 --> 00:26:04,296
WOMEN JOIN THEM.
425
00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:12,204
*
426
00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:16,843
WHEN IT FIRST OPENED,
WILLOW RUN EMPLOYED 28 WOMEN.
427
00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:21,247
BY 1943 THERE ARE OVER 15,000.
428
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,949
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
429
00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:26,318
6 MILLION WOMEN ARE WORKING
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
430
00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:28,921
THEY ARE THE FACE
OF THE WAR EFFORT,
431
00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:30,957
FOREVER EPITOMIZED
BY THIS POSTER
432
00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:34,260
BY PITTSBURGH ARTIST
J. HOWARD MILLER.
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00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:39,699
SHE LATER BECOMES KNOWN
AS ROSIE THE RIVETER.
434
00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:43,970
CELEBRITIES ENDORSE THE NEW
IMAGE OF A WORKING WOMAN.
435
00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:46,338
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS
VERONICA LAKE'S LONG HAIR
436
00:26:46,372 --> 00:26:47,740
COVERING ONE EYE
437
00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:50,810
IS A WILDLY POPULAR STYLE,
438
00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:53,646
BUT DANGEROUS
ON THE PRODUCTION LINE.
439
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,417
SHE TAKES ONE FOR THE TEAM AND
PROMOTES A SENSIBLE NEW LOOK.
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00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,052
Announcer:
MISS LAKE HAS NOW DECIDED
441
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:02,989
TO PUT GLAMOUR
IN ITS PROPER WARTIME PLACE
442
00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:07,293
AND FACE THE WORLD
WITH BOTH EYES IN THE CLEAR.
443
00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:11,964
*
444
00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:14,667
Narrator: BUT TURNING OUT
THE TANKS, GUNS AND PLANES
445
00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:18,037
WON'T BE ENOUGH TO END THIS WAR.
446
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:20,172
IN APRIL 1943,
447
00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:25,411
PHYSICIST HUGH BRADNER ARRIVES
IN LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO.
448
00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:27,980
HE AND 5,000 OTHERS WILL WORK
449
00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:31,884
ON THE TOP-SECRET
MANHATTAN PROJECT.
450
00:27:31,918 --> 00:27:35,955
LEADING IT IS THE BRILLIANT
PHYSICIST ROBERT OPPENHEIMER.
451
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:38,357
HE HAS HANDPICKED SOME
OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MINDS
452
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:42,061
TO GATHER IN THE DESERT.
453
00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,395
THEY'RE IN A DESPERATE RACE
454
00:27:43,429 --> 00:27:46,265
TO BUILD A WEAPON
OF UNPRECEDENTED POWER--
455
00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:50,236
AN ATOMIC BOMB--
BEFORE THE NAZIS DO.
456
00:27:52,739 --> 00:27:54,340
THE PROJECT IS SO SECRET
457
00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:58,010
THAT NUMBERS REPLACE NAMES
ON DRIVER'S LICENSES.
458
00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:05,684
GUARD TOWERS WITH ARMED PATROLS
PROTECT THE CAMP.
459
00:28:07,987 --> 00:28:10,289
THE BOMB IS CODENAMED TRINITY,
460
00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:14,693
BUT WILL LATER BE REMEMBERED AS
THE DEADLIEST WEAPON IN HISTORY.
461
00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:20,432
BUT THE ARMY ALLOWS ONE
EXCEPTION TO THE TIGHT SECURITY.
462
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:24,503
HUGH BRADNER IS ALLOWED
TO SHOOT HOME MOVIES.
463
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:31,010
THIS IS THE ONLY FOOTAGE EVER
SHOT OF LIFE INSIDE LOS ALAMOS.
464
00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,512
HE CAPTURES WORK IN THE LABS
465
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,848
BUT IS FORBIDDEN TO FILM
SPECIFIC DETAILS
466
00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:37,784
OF THE BOMB'S DEVELOPMENT,
467
00:28:37,817 --> 00:28:42,121
INCLUDING HIS OWN WORK
ON THE TRIGGER MECHANISM.
468
00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:46,292
INSTEAD BRADNER FOCUSES
ON THE CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.
469
00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,196
WITH ONLY SUNDAYS OFF,
470
00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:52,832
SATURDAY NIGHTS
ARE PARTY NIGHTS.
471
00:28:52,865 --> 00:29:01,874
*
472
00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:04,143
BRADNER MARRIES MARJORIE HALL,
473
00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:06,745
WHO WORKS AT THE BASE
AS A SECRETARY.
474
00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:13,219
THEY SPEND THE FIRST TWO YEARS
OF THEIR LIVES TOGETHER
475
00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,487
WORKING ON THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST SECRET.
476
00:29:15,521 --> 00:29:16,989
[HORSE NEIGHS]
477
00:29:17,023 --> 00:29:19,926
FOR A WARTIME COUPLE,
THIS IS RARE--
478
00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:23,963
MOST END UP SEPARATED
FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
479
00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:33,139
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY,
IN CAMP TOPAZ, UTAH,
480
00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:39,445
ALICE TATSUNO IS PREGNANT AND
CELEBRATING HER 31st BIRTHDAY.
481
00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,448
THE TATSUNOS HAVE BEEN
INCARCERATED FOR TWO YEARS,
482
00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:46,452
AND HAVE NO IDEA WHEN--OR IF--
THEY'LL BE RELEASED.
483
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:52,458
THE NAZIS ARE BEING PUSHED BACK
ACROSS EUROPE,
484
00:29:52,491 --> 00:29:56,428
BUT THE WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE
STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
485
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,869
NOVEMBER 1944.
486
00:30:02,902 --> 00:30:07,573
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, NOW 62,
RESOUNDINGLY WINS A FOURTH TERM.
487
00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:12,244
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
488
00:30:12,278 --> 00:30:16,348
ON JANUARY 20, 1945,
FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHER
489
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:22,088
IN THE WASHINGTON SNOW
FOR HIS INAUGURATION.
490
00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:24,924
DISABLED VETERANS
ARE AMONG THE 7,000 GUESTS
491
00:30:24,957 --> 00:30:30,162
INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TO CELEBRATE.
492
00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:33,966
BUT ROOSEVELT IS
IN INCREASINGLY POOR HEALTH.
493
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,137
Roosevelt: ...DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE
494
00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:41,473
THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
495
00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:44,576
AND WILL, TO THE BEST
OF MY ABILITY,
496
00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:47,513
PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND
497
00:30:47,546 --> 00:30:50,216
THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES.
498
00:30:50,249 --> 00:30:51,617
Harlan Stone: SO HELP YOU GOD.
499
00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:53,385
Roosevelt: SO HELP ME GOD.
500
00:30:53,419 --> 00:30:59,225
*
501
00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:02,628
Narrator: THREE MONTHS LATER
HE SUCCUMBS TO A STROKE.
502
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,000
HIS BODY IS CARRIED FROM GEORGIA
503
00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:10,436
BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C.,
FOR THE FUNERAL.
504
00:31:10,469 --> 00:31:23,049
*
505
00:31:23,082 --> 00:31:27,219
HE WILL NEVER SEE THE VICTORY
HE FOUGHT SO HARD TO ACHIEVE.
506
00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:36,295
IN MAY, JUST WEEKS
AFTER FDR'S DEATH,
507
00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:39,031
NAZI GERMANY COLLAPSES.
508
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,302
THE NEW PRESIDENT,
HARRY S. TRUMAN,
509
00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:46,205
VOWS TO CRUSH JAPAN.
510
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:50,376
Harry Truman: OUR DEMAND
HAS BEEN, AND IT REMAINS,
511
00:31:50,409 --> 00:31:52,511
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
512
00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,480
[APPLAUSE]
513
00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:57,683
Narrator: TRUMAN WILL SOON FACE
THE BIGGEST DECISION EVER MADE
514
00:31:57,716 --> 00:32:00,286
BY A U.S. PRESIDENT,
515
00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:03,589
AS JAPAN VOWS
TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
516
00:32:08,727 --> 00:32:13,099
JULY 16, 1945. NEW MEXICO.
517
00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:17,236
YEARS OF TOP-SECRET WORK
ARE ABOUT TO BE PUT TO THE TEST.
518
00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:22,674
PHYSICIST HUGH BRADNER
FILMS SCIENTISTS
519
00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:26,145
ON THEIR WAY TO THE VERY FIRST
TEST OF THEIR DEADLY CREATION:
520
00:32:26,178 --> 00:32:28,614
THE ATOM BOMB.
521
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:33,385
THE EXPLOSIVE CORE--
MADE FROM PLUTONIUM--
522
00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:36,222
ARRIVES IN A FORD SEDAN.
523
00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:47,333
AN ARMY CAMERA FILMS THE CORE
BEING INSERTED.
524
00:32:47,366 --> 00:32:59,511
*
525
00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:02,348
FINALLY, THE BOMB,
CODENAMED TRINITY,
526
00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:05,984
IS WINCHED UP A HUNDRED FEET
READY FOR THE DROP.
527
00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:14,026
SOME FIVE MILES AWAY,
ROBERT OPPENHEIMER,
528
00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:18,464
LEADER OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT,
NERVOUSLY WAITS.
529
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:22,234
HE EVEN BETS A COLLEAGUE
TEN DOLLARS THAT IT WON'T WORK.
530
00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:26,472
5:30 A.M.
531
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:29,375
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.
532
00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:33,079
PHYSICIST JOE McKIBBEN
DETONATES TRINITY.
533
00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:41,353
IN AN INSTANT, HUMANITY ENTERS
THE NUCLEAR AGE.
534
00:33:41,387 --> 00:33:56,068
*
535
00:33:56,102 --> 00:33:59,771
TRUMAN ORDERS TWO ATOMIC BOMBS
TO BE DROPPED ON JAPAN
536
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:02,641
ON AUGUST 6th AND 9th.
537
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:10,449
[EXPLOSION]
538
00:34:18,624 --> 00:34:21,627
THE DEVASTATION
STUNS THE WORLD...
539
00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:24,530
AND BRINGS AN END
TO WORLD WAR TWO.
540
00:34:29,268 --> 00:34:31,637
ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945,
541
00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:38,377
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR BOARDS
THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. MISSOURI.
542
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:42,781
Douglas MacArthur: I NOW INVITE
THE REPRESENTATIVES
543
00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:48,887
OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
AND THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
544
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,358
AND THE JAPANESE
IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
545
00:34:52,391 --> 00:34:55,227
TO SIGN THE INSTRUMENT
OF SURRENDER
546
00:34:55,261 --> 00:34:58,297
AT THE PLACES INDICATED.
547
00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:01,700
Narrator: FOREIGN MINISTER
MAMORU SHIGEMITSU SIGNS,
548
00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:06,372
MARKING THE TOTAL DEFEAT
OF JAPAN.
549
00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:09,575
MacArthur:
LET US PRAY THAT PEACE
550
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:13,612
BE NOW RESTORED TO THE WORLD
551
00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:18,817
AND THAT GOD
WILL PRESERVE IT ALWAYS.
552
00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:20,686
[CHEERING]
553
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,222
Narrator:
AMERICANS EVERYWHERE GO WILD.
554
00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:28,527
*
555
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,197
SCENES LIKE THESE
IN NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
556
00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,232
ARE REPEATED
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
557
00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:40,706
*
558
00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:42,341
[BANG]
559
00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:46,378
[CHEERING]
560
00:35:46,412 --> 00:35:51,317
IN JUST FOUR YEARS, AMERICA
HAS SHED ITS ISOLATIONIST SKIN
561
00:35:51,350 --> 00:35:54,520
AND EMERGED
A GLOBAL MILITARY SUPERPOWER.
562
00:35:54,553 --> 00:36:08,467
*
563
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:14,273
IN OCTOBER 1945,
IN UTAH, CAMP TOPAZ CLOSES.
564
00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:19,978
OTHER INTERNMENT CAMPS
SOON FOLLOW.
565
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:22,814
120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS
566
00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:28,220
RETURN TO THEIR HOMES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
567
00:36:28,254 --> 00:36:32,358
DAVE TATSUNO FILMS THE FAMILY'S
RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO,
568
00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:37,529
WHERE HE REOPENS THEIR STORE ON
THE CORNER OF POST AND BUCHANAN.
569
00:36:37,563 --> 00:36:40,799
AFTER THREE YEARS
BEHIND BARBED WIRE,
570
00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:43,469
THEY ARE EAGER TO LIVE
IN FREEDOM.
571
00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:50,576
12 MILLION AMERICAN TROOPS
BECOME CIVILIANS AGAIN,
572
00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:55,747
READY TO WORK
AND START FAMILIES.
573
00:36:55,781 --> 00:36:58,750
THE G.I. BILL OF RIGHTS,
PASSED IN 1944,
574
00:36:58,784 --> 00:37:02,020
PROVIDES VETERANS
WITH PHYSICAL REHABILITATION,
575
00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:07,926
LOW-COST MORTGAGES
AND SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION.
576
00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:10,796
AMERICA ENTERS A NEW ERA.
577
00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,864
THE VETERANS
SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE,
578
00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:14,733
FOCUSED ON THE FAMILY.
579
00:37:17,803 --> 00:37:21,407
AFTER THE WAR,
THE BIRTH RATE SURGES,
580
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,709
CREATING A GENERATION
THAT WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN
581
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,011
AS THE BABY BOOMERS.
582
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:33,251
[BABIES CRYING]
583
00:37:38,324 --> 00:37:40,526
BUT THE ECONOMY, FUELED BY WAR,
584
00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:43,295
NOW FACES A TOUGH TRANSITION.
585
00:37:43,329 --> 00:37:47,366
IN 1946 MILITARY SPENDING
FALLS BY HALF,
586
00:37:47,399 --> 00:37:52,804
FROM $900 BILLION
TO $450 BILLION.
587
00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:54,773
FACTORIES SWITCH OVER
FROM MILITARY
588
00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:57,909
TO PEACETIME PRODUCTION.
589
00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:59,745
MANY PEOPLE ARE LAID OFF,
590
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:03,449
FLOODING A MARKETPLACE ALREADY
SWOLLEN WITH EX-SOLDIERS.
591
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:12,358
DURING THE WAR, AMERICAN WORKERS
PLEDGE NOT TO STRIKE.
592
00:38:12,391 --> 00:38:15,794
BUT NOW, SQUEEZED BY LOW WAGES
AND HIGH PRICES,
593
00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:21,433
LABOR IS READY TO FLEX
ITS MUSCLES ONCE AGAIN.
594
00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:26,872
IN MAY 1946,
250,000 RAILWAY WORKERS STRIKE,
595
00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:30,876
PARALYZING TRANSPORTATION
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
596
00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:32,444
[APPLAUSE]
597
00:38:32,478 --> 00:38:34,012
IN A SPEECH TO CONGRESS,
598
00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:37,416
PRESIDENT TRUMAN THREATENS
TO BRING IN THE MILITARY.
599
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:38,917
Truman: AS I STATED LAST NIGHT,
600
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:43,054
UNLESS THE RAILROADS ARE MANNED
BY RETURNING STRIKERS,
601
00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:46,091
I SHALL IMMEDIATELY UNDERTAKE
TO RUN THEM
602
00:38:46,124 --> 00:38:48,093
BY THE ARMY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
603
00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:50,128
[APPLAUSE]
604
00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:53,365
Narrator:
TRUMAN IS PASSED A NOTE.
605
00:38:53,399 --> 00:38:55,867
Truman:
WORD HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED
606
00:38:55,901 --> 00:38:57,703
THAT THE RAIL STRIKE
HAS BEEN SETTLED
607
00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,038
ON TERMS PROPOSED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
608
00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,840
[APPLAUSE]
609
00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:05,076
Narrator: TRUMAN'S STRATEGY
WORKS ON THE RAILWAYS.
610
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:11,383
BUT THE CRISIS DEEPENS AS OTHER
UNIONS TAKE TO THE PICKET LINES.
611
00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:14,019
IN THE BIGGEST WAVE
OF STRIKES EVER SEEN,
612
00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:15,521
5 MILLION WORKERS,
613
00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:18,790
FROM MOVIE CREWS
TO COAL MINERS, WALK OUT.
614
00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:26,398
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DEMAND
THAT SOMETHING BE DONE
615
00:39:26,432 --> 00:39:31,570
TO CURB THE UNIONS' ABILITY
TO DISRUPT THE ECONOMY.
616
00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:35,874
IN 1947, CONGRESS PASSES
THE TAFT-HARTLEY ACT,
617
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:40,579
WHICH PUTS LIMITS
ON WHEN UNIONS CAN STRIKE.
618
00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:44,883
TRUMAN VETOES THE BILL,
BUT CONGRESS OVERRIDES HIM.
619
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:49,120
AMERICAN UNIONS
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
620
00:39:49,154 --> 00:39:53,992
THE STRIKE ENDS, BUT IT'S
A POLITICAL DEFEAT FOR TRUMAN,
621
00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:56,928
AND THIS BATTLE
WILL NOT BE HIS LAST.
622
00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:58,630
HE WILL SOON BE TESTED
623
00:39:58,664 --> 00:40:01,700
BY A FIERY CONFLICT
OVER CIVIL RIGHTS.
624
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:07,205
APRIL 5, 1947.
625
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,842
THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL, WASHINGTON.
626
00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:13,745
PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAS
AN UPBEAT MESSAGE TO DELIVER.
627
00:40:13,779 --> 00:40:17,015
Truman: I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE
TO SAY TONIGHT
628
00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:20,752
THAT FOR THE PRESENT
FISCAL YEAR, 1947,
629
00:40:20,786 --> 00:40:23,655
WE SHALL BALANCE THE BUDGET
AND WE SHALL HAVE A SURPLUS.
630
00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:25,190
[APPLAUSE]
631
00:40:25,223 --> 00:40:28,560
Narrator: AMERICA HAS RECOVERED
FROM ITS POST-WAR SLUMP.
632
00:40:28,594 --> 00:40:31,497
PEOPLE ARE EARNING MORE
AND WILLING TO SPEND MORE.
633
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,902
AND WITH AN END
TO GAS RATIONING,
634
00:40:36,935 --> 00:40:39,104
HIGHWAYS ARE BUZZING WITH CARS.
635
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:41,807
AMERICANS ARE ON THE MOVE.
636
00:40:45,811 --> 00:40:48,079
IN NEVADA'S MOJAVE DESERT,
637
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:51,483
THE SMALL TOWN OF LAS VEGAS
IS DREAMING BIG.
638
00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:57,589
IT BOASTS A POPULATION
OF JUST 20,000,
639
00:40:57,623 --> 00:41:00,125
AND IT'S A LONG DRIVE FROM L.A.
640
00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,561
BUT IT HAS IRRESISTIBLE DRAWS,
641
00:41:02,594 --> 00:41:05,063
LIKE SPEEDY WEDDINGS
AND DIVORCES...
642
00:41:05,096 --> 00:41:07,733
AND ABOVE ALL,
LEGALIZED GAMBLING.
643
00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:13,639
*
644
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,708
LAS VEGAS BECOMES
A TOP VACATION DESTINATION
645
00:41:16,742 --> 00:41:21,112
FOR A BURGEONING MIDDLE CLASS.
646
00:41:21,146 --> 00:41:23,048
THE LAST FRONTIER AND EL RANCHO
647
00:41:23,081 --> 00:41:26,084
ARE THE FIRST RESORTS
TO LINE THE NOW-FAMOUS STRIP.
648
00:41:26,117 --> 00:41:29,821
*
649
00:41:29,855 --> 00:41:32,891
BUT IT'S THE FLAMINGO
THAT COMES TO DEFINE LAS VEGAS
650
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:36,628
AS A MECCA
FOR FORBIDDEN PLEASURES.
651
00:41:36,662 --> 00:41:42,200
MOB BOSS BUGSY SIEGEL OPENS IT
ON DECEMBER 26, 1946.
652
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:45,604
IT'S THE CITY'S FIRST
MODERN HOTEL AND CASINO.
653
00:41:45,637 --> 00:41:48,607
THE 105-ROOM,
$6 MILLION PROPERTY
654
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,843
IS INSPIRED
BY HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR,
655
00:41:51,877 --> 00:41:54,012
AND IT'S MARKETED
AS A LUXURY RESORT
656
00:41:54,045 --> 00:41:57,315
FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS.
657
00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,285
AT FIRST, THE FLAMINGO FLOPS,
658
00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:03,254
AND A $300,000 LOSS
LEADS THE MOB
659
00:42:03,288 --> 00:42:06,057
TO ORDER A HIT ON BUGSY SIEGEL.
660
00:42:08,794 --> 00:42:10,862
BUT THE FLAMINGO
SOON SETS THE TONE
661
00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:13,599
FOR THE GLITTERING VEGAS
WE KNOW TODAY.
662
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:25,811
IN 1948 AMERICA IS BEGINNING
TO REACT TO A NEW THREAT:
663
00:42:25,844 --> 00:42:28,246
COMMUNISM.
664
00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:31,082
THE MARSHALL PLAN IS HELPING
REBUILD WESTERN EUROPE
665
00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,985
WITH OVER $12 BILLION IN AID.
666
00:42:36,254 --> 00:42:37,956
WHILE IN THE EAST,
667
00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:41,860
SOVIET DICTATOR JOSEPH STALIN
IS TIGHTENING HIS GRIP.
668
00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:44,162
AN EXPANDING MILITARY
IS ONE WEAPON;
669
00:42:44,195 --> 00:42:47,933
PROPAGANDA IS ANOTHER.
670
00:42:47,966 --> 00:42:51,870
THE SOVIETS CHASTISE AMERICA FOR
ITS POOR TREATMENT OF BLACKS.
671
00:42:51,903 --> 00:42:54,706
TRUMAN CONFRONTS
THE PROBLEM HEAD-ON,
672
00:42:54,740 --> 00:42:56,908
VOWING TO DISMANTLE
THE JIM CROW LAWS
673
00:42:56,942 --> 00:42:59,945
THAT ENFORCE DISCRIMINATION.
674
00:42:59,978 --> 00:43:01,847
HE BECOMES THE FIRST PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS
675
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,884
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE.
676
00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:11,890
Truman: THERE IS NO JUSTIFIABLE
REASON FOR DISCRIMINATION
677
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:18,229
BECAUSE OF ANCESTRY OR RELIGION
OR RACE OR COLOR.
678
00:43:18,263 --> 00:43:20,065
[APPLAUSE]
679
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:22,400
Narrator: BUT THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT'S COURAGEOUS STAND
680
00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:24,369
EXACTS A PRICE.
681
00:43:24,402 --> 00:43:27,673
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS DETERMINED
TO PRESERVE SEGREGATION
682
00:43:27,706 --> 00:43:30,375
QUIT THE PARTY.
683
00:43:30,408 --> 00:43:33,044
THE PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY
PLUMMETS.
684
00:43:33,078 --> 00:43:37,315
TO KEEP HIS JOB, HE MUST FIND
A WAY TO WIN THE 1948 ELECTION.
685
00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:40,285
[CHEERING]
686
00:43:42,688 --> 00:43:46,091
IN JUNE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
NOMINATES TRUMAN'S OPPONENT,
687
00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:47,826
THOMAS E. DEWEY,
688
00:43:47,859 --> 00:43:50,028
IN THE FIRST EVER
TELEVISED CONVENTION.
689
00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:53,331
[CHEERING]
690
00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:55,734
DEWEY, A POPULAR
NEW YORK GOVERNOR,
691
00:43:55,767 --> 00:43:57,402
IS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
692
00:43:57,435 --> 00:44:04,642
[CHEERING]
693
00:44:07,746 --> 00:44:11,282
TRUMAN DIVES INTO A CAMPAIGN
THAT FEW BELIEVE HE CAN WIN.
694
00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:14,720
[CHEERING]
695
00:44:14,753 --> 00:44:17,188
IN THE CLOSING WEEKS,
AMERICAN MOVIE HOUSES
696
00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:19,457
FEATURE THE CANDIDATES'
CAMPAIGN FILMS.
697
00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:23,695
[FANFARE PLAYING]
698
00:44:23,729 --> 00:44:24,830
DEWEY'S IS SLICK
699
00:44:24,863 --> 00:44:27,232
WITH HIGH PRODUCTION VALUES.
700
00:44:27,265 --> 00:44:28,734
Film narrator:
THOUGH IT WAS IN NEW YORK
701
00:44:28,767 --> 00:44:30,235
THAT DEWEY ROSE TO FAME,
702
00:44:30,268 --> 00:44:32,871
HE IS THE PRODUCT OF
A SMALL TOWN IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
703
00:44:32,904 --> 00:44:34,773
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE TOM GREW UP
704
00:44:34,806 --> 00:44:36,374
HIS MOTHER LIVES TODAY,
705
00:44:36,407 --> 00:44:39,811
AND LIKE ALL MOTHERS IS PROUD
OF HER SON AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.
706
00:44:39,845 --> 00:44:42,781
Woman: YOU CERTAINLY MUST BE
PROUD OF TOM.
707
00:44:42,814 --> 00:44:45,751
Mother: WELL, YES,
I THINK ALL OF OWOSSO
708
00:44:45,784 --> 00:44:48,086
IS HAPPY OVER HIS SUCCESS,
709
00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:51,456
AND I DO KNOW THAT HE WILL
ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS
710
00:44:51,489 --> 00:44:53,258
OF OUR COUNTRY AT HEART.
711
00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:55,961
[FANFARE PLAYING]
712
00:44:55,994 --> 00:44:57,228
Narrator: TRUMAN'S EFFORT
713
00:44:57,262 --> 00:44:59,097
IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE,
714
00:44:59,130 --> 00:45:01,833
A PATCHWORK OF NEWSREEL CLIPS
OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN OFFICE.
715
00:45:01,867 --> 00:45:03,935
Film narrator:
APRIL THE 25th, 1945,
716
00:45:03,969 --> 00:45:06,271
HARRY S. TRUMAN TOOK
THE MOMENTOUS OATH OF OFFICE.
717
00:45:06,304 --> 00:45:08,006
EARLIER MR. TRUMAN SUCCEEDED
718
00:45:08,039 --> 00:45:10,475
IN PUSHING THROUGH A VETERANS
LOW-COST HOUSING BILL.
719
00:45:10,508 --> 00:45:13,078
Narrator: BUT ITS EFFECT
IS POWERFUL.
720
00:45:13,111 --> 00:45:14,946
HE LOOKS LIKE A LEADER,
721
00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:19,050
A CONFIDENT PRESIDENT WHO SIGNS
TREATIES AND MAKE DECISIONS.
722
00:45:19,084 --> 00:45:20,952
Film narrator: NO PRESIDENT
IN AMERICAN HISTORY
723
00:45:20,986 --> 00:45:23,755
HAS EVER BEEN FACED WITH
THE TREMENDOUS FOREIGN PROBLEMS
724
00:45:23,789 --> 00:45:25,924
THAT CONFRONT HARRY TRUMAN.
725
00:45:28,026 --> 00:45:30,962
Narrator: ON ELECTION DAY,
NOVEMBER 2, 1948,
726
00:45:30,996 --> 00:45:34,032
TRUMAN TRAVELS TO HIS HOMETOWN
OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI,
727
00:45:34,065 --> 00:45:35,500
TO CAST HIS VOTE.
728
00:45:35,533 --> 00:45:45,944
*
729
00:45:45,977 --> 00:45:47,445
Man: THERE IT GOES.
730
00:45:47,478 --> 00:45:52,250
Narrator: THE FINAL TALLY SHOCKS
EVERYONE EXCEPT TRUMAN.
731
00:45:52,283 --> 00:45:55,787
HE WINS MORE THAN 2 MILLION
MORE VOTES THAN DEWEY
732
00:45:55,821 --> 00:45:58,123
AND CARRIES 28 STATES.
733
00:46:00,959 --> 00:46:03,361
BUT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
DECIDES TO GO TO PRESS
734
00:46:03,394 --> 00:46:06,364
BEFORE VOTING POLLS CLOSE.
735
00:46:06,397 --> 00:46:09,500
ITS HEADLINE GIVES TRUMAN
THE LAST LAUGH.
736
00:46:11,937 --> 00:46:15,941
[APPLAUSE]
737
00:46:15,974 --> 00:46:20,378
IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS ON JANUARY 5, 1949,
738
00:46:20,411 --> 00:46:22,347
TRUMAN ANNOUNCES
A SWEEPING PROGRAM
739
00:46:22,380 --> 00:46:24,582
HE CALLS THE FAIR DEAL...
740
00:46:24,615 --> 00:46:29,020
TO DELIVER
THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL.
741
00:46:29,054 --> 00:46:33,091
INSPIRED BY FDR'S NEW DEAL,
IT'S AN AMBITIOUS VISION
742
00:46:33,124 --> 00:46:38,930
OF GOVERNMENT HELPING PEOPLE
TO LEAD BETTER LIVES.
743
00:46:38,964 --> 00:46:40,899
SLUMS ARE TORN DOWN,
744
00:46:40,932 --> 00:46:44,836
TO BE REPLACED
BY PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.
745
00:46:44,870 --> 00:46:47,005
GOVERNMENT PLANNERS
ENVISION A FUTURE
746
00:46:47,038 --> 00:46:51,309
OF REGENERATED MODERN CITIES.
747
00:46:51,342 --> 00:46:53,344
WHOLE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE DESIGNED
748
00:46:53,378 --> 00:46:55,346
TO DELIVER THE BENEFITS
OF MODERN LIVING
749
00:46:55,380 --> 00:46:57,548
TO EVEN THE NEEDIEST FAMILIES.
750
00:46:57,582 --> 00:47:00,285
Film narrator: WHERE A MAN AND
HIS FAMILY WITH A SMALL INCOME
751
00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:02,287
CAN LIVE WITH COMFORT
AND DIGNITY,
752
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,022
WHERE THERE ARE PLAYGROUNDS
753
00:47:04,055 --> 00:47:06,157
AND SPACE FOR THE KIDS
TO STRETCH THEIR GROWING LIMBS
754
00:47:06,191 --> 00:47:09,594
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.
755
00:47:09,627 --> 00:47:11,997
WHERE SHOPS AND STORES
ARE A PLANNED PART
756
00:47:12,030 --> 00:47:15,500
OF THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY.
757
00:47:15,533 --> 00:47:17,502
*
758
00:47:17,535 --> 00:47:20,005
Narrator: CHRISTMAS, 1948.
759
00:47:20,038 --> 00:47:23,875
ARMY DENTIST DR. DANIEL KAVADAS
FILMS HIS FAMILY AT HOME
760
00:47:23,909 --> 00:47:27,478
ON PERCIVAL ROAD,
IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
761
00:47:29,547 --> 00:47:32,417
THE ABUNDANCE OF PRESENTS
BENEATH THE TREE,
762
00:47:32,450 --> 00:47:35,353
A HALLMARK
OF AMERICAN AFFLUENCE.
763
00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:42,928
DURING THE 1940s, THE NATION
EXPERIENCED AN ECONOMIC BOOM
764
00:47:42,961 --> 00:47:44,562
THAT USHERED IN A GOLDEN AGE.
765
00:47:46,932 --> 00:47:49,367
IT HAS WON THE GREATEST WAR
IN HISTORY
766
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:53,471
AND TRANSFORMED ITSELF
INTO A GLOBAL SUPERPOWER.
767
00:47:56,207 --> 00:47:59,044
THE 1940s ARE CONSIDERED BY MANY
768
00:47:59,077 --> 00:48:02,547
TO BE THE DECADE THAT DEFINED
THE AMERICAN CENTURY.
769
00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:04,582
*
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