All language subtitles for America.in.Color.S01E05.The.1960s.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H264-SiGMA

[CHEERING]

Narrator:
THIS IS THE STORY OF AMERICA...

SEEN IN COLOR
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AMERICA IS IN THE THROES
OF A REVOLUTION.

IT'S THE SWINGING '60s.

NEW PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
USHERS IN A NEW ERA.

John F. Kennedy: I DON'T WANT
THE TALENTS OF ANY AMERICAN

TO GO TO WASTE.

Narrator: MARTIN LUTHER KING
LEADS A CIVIL RIGHTS BATTLE

THAT PROMISES EQUALITY FOR ALL.

Martin Luther King: OUR NATION
CAN SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TO PUT GOD'S CHILDREN
ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET.

[APPLAUSE]

Narrator: IT'S A DECADE
THAT PLAYS OUT

ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.

A WAR IN VIETNAM...

AN INVASION FROM BRITAIN...

Fan: I WANNA KISS ONE OF THEM.
I LOVE 'EM.

Narrator: A GENERATION
EMBRACES LOVE AND PEACE.

[RUMBLING]

AND AN AMERICAN IS THE FIRST
TO WALK ON THE MOON.

[BEEP]
Neil Armstrong: HOUSTON...

Narrator: A DECADE OF TURMOIL
BRINGS HARD-WON TRIUMPHS.

Armstrong:
TRANQUILITY BASE HERE.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.

Narrator: THIS IS THE STORY
OF THE 1960s,

AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

*

[GIRLS SCREAMING]

*

John F. Kennedy:
I WANT US TO RECAPTURE THAT.

*

Narrator: JULY 1960.

THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CONTRASTS TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS.

[CHEERING]

THE REPUBLICAN,
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON,

IS PROMISING TO CONTINUE
THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY

OF THE GOLDEN '50s.

Richard Nixon:
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE,

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT LEADERS
WHO WILL KEEP THE PEACE

WITHOUT SURRENDER FOR AMERICA
AND THE WORLD.

Narrator: THE DEMOCRATS CHOOSE
A FORWARD-LOOKING YOUNG SENATOR

FROM MASSACHUSETTS...

JOHN F. KENNEDY.

* KENNEDY, KENNEDY,
KENNEDY, KENNEDY *

* KENNEDY,
KENNEDY, KENNEDY FOR ME *

* KENNEDY, KENNEDY,
KENNEDY, KENNEDY *

Kennedy: I BELIEVE WE CAN
GET THIS COUNTRY MOVING AGAIN.

I ASK YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS
ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8th.

* DO YOU WANT A MAN
FOR PRESIDENT *

* WHO SEES IT
THROUGH AND THROUGH... *

Narrator: AT 43, JFK
IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEN

TO EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

* A MAN WHO'S OLD ENOUGH
TO KNOW *

* AND YOUNG ENOUGH TO DO

Narrator:
HIS HIP APPROACH TO CAMPAIGNING

INJECTS A NEW ENERGY
TO POLITICS.

Kennedy: I COME TO THE BRONX
AS AN OLD BRONX BOY.

I USED TO LIVE IN THE BRONX.

[CHEERING]

Narrator: BUT THE HANDSOME YOUNG
SENATOR HAS A LOT TO OVERCOME.

VOTERS ARE UNAWARE
HE SUFFERS FROM ADDISON'S,

A DEBILITATING
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.

HE'S ALSO HAD
TWO MAJOR SPINAL SURGERIES

AND FREQUENTLY NEEDS
A BACK BRACE.

KENNEDY IS IN CONSTANT PAIN.

BUT THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN
HAS A PLAN

TO SELL HIM TO THE COUNTRY.

NOW 90% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS
OWN A TELEVISION.

Howard K. Smith:
GOOD EVENING.

THE TELEVISION STATIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES

ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE FACILITIES
FOR A DISCUSSION OF ISSUES

BY THE TWO MAJOR CANDIDATES
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

Narrator: ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1960,
70 MILLION PEOPLE TUNE IN

TO AMERICA'S FIRST TELEVISED
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

Kennedy: I'M NOT SATISFIED
UNTIL EVERY AMERICAN

ENJOYS HIS FULL
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Narrator: JFK IS PREPPED
FOR HIS TELEVISION APPEARANCE.

THE DAY BEFORE,
HE MET WITH PRODUCERS

AND DISCUSSED CAMERA ANGLES.

HE LOOKS TANNED AND GLOWING.

Kennedy: I DON'T WANT
THE TALENTS OF ANY AMERICAN

TO GO TO WASTE.

Narrator: HE IS WEARING
A BLUE SUIT AND SHIRT

TO REDUCE GLARE AND STAND OUT
AGAINST THE GRAY BACKDROP.

Richard Nixon:
MR. SMITH, SENATOR KENNEDY.

THERE IS NO QUESTION...

Narrator:
NIXON LOOKS EXHAUSTED.

HE'S STRAIGHT
FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

AND IS RECOVERING FROM THE FLU.

HE ALSO HAS A KNEE INJURY...

MAKING HIM APPEAR
UNCOMFORTABLE AND SHIFTY.

Smith: I WONDER IF YOU
COULD EXPLAIN THAT, SIR.

Nixon: THERE IS NO QUESTION

BUT THAT WE CANNOT DISCUSS
OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS

IN THE UNITED STATES

WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THAT THEY
HAVE A TREMENDOUS BEARING

ON OUR INTERNATIONAL POSITION.

Narrator:
HIS GRAY SUIT AND PALE FACE

APPEAR TO BLEND INTO THE SET.

Smith: ...CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW...

Narrator: THE VISUAL CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE MEN DAMAGES NIXON.

Smith: ...OR COMMENT UPON ONE
ANOTHER'S ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

Narrator: VIEWERS THINK
KENNEDY HAS THE EDGE,

EVEN THOUGH RADIO LISTENERS
HAVE THE OPPOSITE IMPRESSION.

[CHEERING]

DURING THE DEBATE, KENNEDY'S
ON-CAMERA PERFORMANCE

MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE A LEADER.

AND ALL DOUBTS ABOUT HIS YOUTH
ARE FORGOTTEN.

STUDIES WILL LATER SHOW
THAT THIS DEBATE

MADE UP THE MINDS
OF FOUR MILLION VOTERS--

THREE MILLION VOTE FOR KENNEDY.

[CHEERING]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1960,
IS ELECTION DAY

AND IN SOME PLACES A HOLIDAY
TO ENCOURAGE VOTING.

68 MILLION AMERICANS
GO TO THE POLLS.

NIXON AND HIS WIFE PAT VOTE

IN THE SMALL TOWN
OF WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.

KENNEDY AND JACKIE
VOTE IN BOSTON.

[PEOPLE TALKING]

IN THE EVENING,
AS THE POLLS CLOSE,

THE TV NETWORKS PREPARE
TO BRING VIEWERS THE RESULTS.

IN TIMES SQUARE,

THE FAMED NEWS-FLASHING TICKER
UPDATES THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THOUGH THE TALLIES ARE CLOSE,

A CONFIDENT KENNEDY GOES TO BED
TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME.

Crowd: WE WANT KENNEDY!
WE WANT KENNEDY!

WE WANT KENNEDY!

Narrator: DAWN BREAKS.

JFK WINS WITH 303 ELECTORAL
VOTES TO NIXON'S 219.

[APPLAUSE]

Kennedy: TO ALL AMERICANS I SAY

THAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
ARE GOING TO BE

DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING YEARS
FOR US ALL.

THE ELECTION MAY HAVE BEEN
A CLOSE ONE,

BUT I THINK THAT THERE
IS GENERAL AGREEMENT

BY ALL OF OUR CITIZENS

THAT A SUPREME NATIONAL EFFORT

WILL BE NEEDED
IN THE YEARS AHEAD

TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY
SAFELY THROUGH THE 1960s.

SO NOW MY WIFE AND I PREPARE
FOR A NEW ADMINISTRATION

AND FOR A NEW BABY.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

Narrator: THE YOUNG COUPLE
MOVE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE,

AND IN LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS,
A NEW CAR IS DELIVERED.

A FORD LINCOLN CONTINENTAL--

ORIGINAL PRICE TAG, $7,347.

THE PRESIDENT
LOVES CONVERTIBLES;

THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE HIM.

BUT THIS LINCOLN HAS $200,000
WORTH OF MODIFICATIONS--

A BUBBLETOP
IN CASE IT RAINS...

TWO-WAY RADIO TELEPHONES,
RETRACTABLE STEPS

AND GRAB-HANDLES
FOR SECRET SERVICE AGENTS.

PAINTED MIDNIGHT BLUE
TO STAND OUT WELL

ON BLACK AND WHITE
NEWS FOOTAGE...

IT WILL TRAVEL AMERICA WITH JFK.

THE IMAGE OF HIM IN HIS LINCOLN

IS ONE OF A RELAXED LEADER
OF THE FREE WORLD.

[APPLAUSE]

BUT IN HIS FIRST SPEECH
TO CONGRESS

ON MAY 25, 1961,

JFK REITERATES
THE COMMUNIST INTIMIDATION

THAT STILL LOOMS OVER AMERICA.

Kennedy: IF WE ARE
TO WIN THE BATTLE

THAT IS NOW GOING ON
AROUND THE WORLD

BETWEEN FREEDOM AND TYRANNY...

I BELIEVE THAT THIS NATION
SHOULD COMMIT ITSELF

TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL,
BEFORE THIS DECADE IS OUT,

OF LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON

AND RETURNING HIM SAFELY
TO THE EARTH.

Narrator: KENNEDY IS DETERMINED
TO ULTIMATELY BEAT

THE SOVIET UNION
IN THE SPACE RACE.

BUT SO FAR THE RUSSIANS
HAVE THE EDGE.

[RUMBLING]

THEY WERE THE FIRST TO LAUNCH
A SATELLITE INTO SPACE...

THE FIRST TO ORBIT A MAN
AROUND THE EARTH...

AND THEY HAVE STOCKPILES
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS--

A DARK THREAT THAT LOOMS
OVER AMERICA IN 1961.

Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR MAIN
CONCERN? IS IT THE FALLOUT?

Man: PRIMARILY THE FALLOUT.

Woman: WELL, I'M AFRAID
IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS

TO THE CIVILIZATION.

Man: IT'S TAKING THE CHANCE
AWAY FROM THEM

TO LIVE UP AND BE
NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS.

[JET ROARING]

Narrator: ON OCTOBER 14, 1962,
A UNITED STATES U2 SPY PLANE

PHOTOGRAPHS MISSILES
AND LAUNCHERS IN CUBA.

THE WEAPONS ARE SOVIET
AND CAN CARRY NUCLEAR WARHEADS.

CUBA'S COMMUNIST LEADER
FIDEL CASTRO HAS ALLIED HIMSELF

WITH PREMIER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
OF THE SOVIET UNION.

FOR SEVEN DAYS
IN SECRET MEETINGS,

THE PRESIDENT WEIGHS
THE OPTIONS--

AN ALL-OUT INVASION OF CUBA...

AIRSTRIKES
ON MISSILE TARGETS...

OR A NAVAL QUARANTINE.

HE OPTS FOR THE QUARANTINE.

ON OCTOBER 22nd,

KENNEDY FINALLY INFORMS
THE NATION OF THE CRISIS

AND HIS PLAN TO HANDLE IT.

Kennedy: GOOD EVENING,
MY FELLOW CITIZENS.

THE CHARACTERISTIC
OF THESE NEW MISSILE SITES

INCLUDE MEDIUM-RANGE
BALLISTIC MISSILES...

CAPABLE OF STRIKING
WASHINGTON, DC,

OR ANY OTHER CITY

IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART
OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT SHALL BE THE POLICY
OF THIS NATION

TO REGARD ANY NUCLEAR MISSILE
LAUNCHED FROM CUBA

AGAINST ANY NATION
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

AS AN ATTACK BY THE SOVIET UNION
ON THE UNITED STATES,

REQUIRING A FULL RETALIATORY
RESPONSE UPON THE SOVIET UNION.

Narrator: IT IS NOW A GAME
OF POLITICAL MIGHT

BETWEEN THE YOUNG PRESIDENT
AND THE STEELY SOVIET LEADER.

BOTH HAVE MILITARY ARSENALS

CAPABLE OF OBLITERATING
THE OTHER.

CASUALTY ESTIMATES
ARE OVER 100 MILLION.

AMERICAN CITIZENS WATCH

AS THE BEACHES OF KEY WEST
AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA

BECOME THE FRONT LINE
OF DEFENSE.

RAZOR WIRE AND MISSILES

TAKE THE PLACE
OF BEACH TOWELS AND CABANAS.

AMERICA MOVES THE CLOSEST IT HAS
EVER COME TO NUCLEAR WAR.

OCTOBER 23, 1962.

NINE DAYS SINCE
AMERICA DISCOVERED

SOVIET NUCLEAR MISSILES IN CUBA.

TO PREVENT WAR,

PRESIDENT KENNEDY
AND PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV

EXCHANGE WRITTEN DEMANDS
BY TELEGRAM.

IN THE ATLANTIC, THE U.S. NAVY
STOPS ALL SOVIET SHIPPING

TO ENSURE NO MORE WEAPONS
ARE DELIVERED TO CUBA.

RECONNAISSANCE PLANES CAPTURE
IMAGES OF SOVIET VESSELS.

INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS PORE
OVER THEM, LOOKING FOR WEAPONS.

BENEATH THE WAVES,

SOVIET NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
AWAIT ORDERS TO FIRE.

THE U.S. TRAINS MISSILES
ON CUBA.

AFTER 13 DAYS,
KHRUSHCHEV BACKS DOWN.

HE AGREES TO REMOVE THE MISSILES

IN RETURN FOR KENNEDY'S PLEDGE
NOT TO INVADE CUBA.

KENNEDY ALSO AGREES, IN SECRET,

TO REMOVE U.S. NUCLEAR MISSILES
FROM TURKEY.

PRESS SECRETARY PIERRE SALINGER

PRESENTS KENNEDY'S STATEMENT
TO THE WORLD.

Pierre Salinger:
I WELCOME CHAIRMAN KHRUSHCHEV'S

STATESMAN-LIKE DECISION
TO STOP BUILDING BASES IN CUBA.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
AND CONSTRUCTIVE

CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE.

[BAND PLAYING]

Narrator: THE WORLD BREATHES
A LITTLE EASIER

AS THE AMERICAN MILITARY
RETURNS HOME

FROM A WAR THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

NONETHELESS, A REVOLUTION
IS COMING TO AMERICA,

TRIGGERED NOT
BY FOREIGN ENEMIES,

BUT BY HATRED WITHIN.

Woman and children:
ROLL 'EM UP, ROLL 'EM UP,

PUT 'EM IN A PAN.

SOME LIKE IT HOT,
AND SOME LIKE IT COLD.

Narrator: AFRICAN AMERICANS,
SINCE THE END OF SLAVERY,

HAVE BEEN TREATED
IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY

AS A DESPISED MINORITY.

* OH, WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN *

Narrator: THEY ARE FORCED TO EAT
AND USE BATHROOMS

SEPARATELY FROM WHITES.

* WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN *

Narrator:
JAMES FARMER IS THE FOUNDER

OF THE CONGRESS
OF RACIAL EQUALITY,

KNOWN AS CORE.

James Farmer:
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND

HOW ANY NEGRO FEELS
UNDER SEGREGATION,

YOU HAVE TO REALIZE
THAT FROM THE TIME OF INFANCY

HE HAS IT POUNDED INTO HIM

THAT HE IS NOT AS GOOD
AS OTHER PEOPLE.

THERE ARE THINGS HE CANNOT DO--

DON'T DO THIS,
YOU CAN'T DO THIS,

YOU CAN'T DO THE OTHER.

IT BUILDS INTO A MAN
A FEELING OF INFERIORITY,

A FEELING OF FRUSTRATION,
A FEELING OF RESENTMENT.

Narrator: JAMES FARMER AND CORE
WANT KENNEDY TO UNDERSTAND

THAT SEGREGATION STAINS
AMERICA'S IMAGE

AROUND THE WORLD.

CORE WANTS TO TEST
A SUPREME COURT RULING,

LONG IGNORED IN THE SOUTH,

THAT BANS SEGREGATION
IN INTERSTATE TRAVEL.

THE PLAN IS FOR
BLACK AND WHITE VOLUNTEERS

TO RIDE TOGETHER ON BUSES...

JOURNEYS THAT CORE CALLS
FREEDOM RIDES.

THE RIDERS COMMIT THEMSELVES
TO NONVIOLENCE.

Man: I WANT YOU TO THINK IT OVER
VERY CAREFULLY,

AND IF YOU FEEL THAT...

Narrator:
BELIEVING THAT CHALLENGING
SEGREGATION PEACEFULLY

WILL FORCE THE AUTHORITIES
TO ACT.

Man: WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
TO HAVE YOU EMBARK

UPON THIS DANGEROUS, WORTHWHILE,
SIGNIFICANT MISSION.

Narrator:
CORE PREPARES THE RIDERS

FOR THE RACIAL HATRED
THEY CAN EXPECT.

Man: HEY, YOU, YOU, NIGGER--

YOU HEAR WHAT THAT MAN SAID?
YOU HEAR WHAT THAT MAN SAID?

AND YOU, YOU GET BACK THERE,
GET BACK THERE...

GET BACK, GET BACK, GET BACK.

EXCUSE ME.

[SLAPPING]

HEY!

COME ON!

COME ON, GET BACK.

Narrator: ON MAY 4, 1961,
JAMES FARMER LEADS 13 PEOPLE,

BLACK AND WHITE,
ONTO BUSES IN WASHINGTON, DC,

BOUND FOR NEW ORLEANS.

TEN DAYS LATER
THE BUS ENTERS ALABAMA...

HOME TO THE LARGEST
KKK ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA.

THEY KNOW THE RIDERS ARE COMING.

IN ANNISTON, THE KLAN SURROUNDS
THE BUS, SLASHING ITS TIRES.

PHOTOGRAPHER JOE POSTIGLIONE
CAPTURES THESE IMAGES.

THE CRIPPLED GREYHOUND
TRIES TO ESCAPE,

BUT A FEW MILES OUT OF TOWN,

THE KLAN SURROUNDS
AND FIREBOMBS IT...

[GLASS BREAKING, SCREAMING]

WITH THE RIDERS STILL INSIDE.

[SCREAMING, FLAMES CRACKLING]

THE FREEDOM RIDERS
DO ESCAPE THE BUS...

ONLY TO BE BEATEN BY THE KLAN.

JOE'S PHOTOS BRING
THE FREEDOM RIDES

TO INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.

[SINGING AND CLAPPING]

OVER THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS,

400 VOLUNTEERS RIDE
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STATES.

[SINGING AND CLAPPING]

THE ATTACKS CONTINUE.

DESPITE BREAKING
NO FEDERAL LAWS,

RIDERS ARE ARRESTED
ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES,

SIMPLY FOR USING
SEGREGATED FACILITIES.

WITH THE NATION AND THE WORLD
WATCHING THE FREEDOM RIDES,

JFK'S BROTHER, ATTORNEY GENERAL
ROBERT KENNEDY, STEPS IN.

HE ORDERS THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION ON INTEGRATION

TO BE ENFORCED EVERYWHERE.

Kennedy:
I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT WE BELIEVE

THAT EVERYONE WHO TRAVELS
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY TRAVEL

SHOULD ENJOY THE FULL
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS

GIVEN TO THEM BY THE LAW.

Narrator:
AFTER NEARLY A CENTURY,

THE SIGNS IN THE SOUTH
START COMING DOWN.

WHITES-ONLY TOILETS,
DRINKING FOUNTAINS,

WAITING ROOMS,
ALL START TO BE INTEGRATED.

IT'S A MAJOR VICTORY
FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT...

BUT IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

IN THE SOUTH, DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS

REMAINS INGRAINED.

Woman: OUR MANAGEMENT
DOES NOT ALLOW US

TO SERVE NIGGERS IN HERE.

Narrator: A YEAR LATER,

SEGREGATION IS STILL
FIRMLY IN PLACE IN ALABAMA.

THE NEW DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR,
GEORGE WALLACE,

RESOLUTELY RESISTS
RACIAL CHANGE.

HE MAKES A DEFIANT PLEDGE

IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS
IN JANUARY 1963.

George Wallace: SEGREGATION NOW,
SEGREGATION TOMORROW,

AND SEGREGATION FOREVER.

[CHEERING]

Narrator:
BUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ALABAMA

HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

IN SPRING 1963, IN THE STATE'S
LARGEST CITY, BIRMINGHAM,

THEY STAGE NONVIOLENT
DEMONSTRATIONS.

WALLACE RESPONDS;
PROTESTS ARE BANNED;

THOSE ARRESTED
FORCED TO PAY HIGH BAIL.

THEN, AMERICA'S MOST PROMINENT
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

COMES TO BIRMINGHAM.

* LET'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

* LET'S FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM *

* LET'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
FREEDOM, FREEDOM *

Narrator:
APRIL 12th, GOOD FRIDAY,

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
AND RALPH ABERNATHY

LEAD A MARCH FROM
THE 16th STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.

* I DO BELIEVE

* HE SHALL SEE US THROUGH

* SOMEDAY

Narrator: THEY ARE ARRESTED.

IT IS HERE THAT KING PENS

HIS NOW CELEBRATED
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL,

DEFENDING THE RESISTANCE
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT,
HE WRITES...

"INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE."

THE LETTER BECOMES A TOUCHSTONE
FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

HE IS RELEASED ON BOND
A WEEK LATER.

[SINGING]

THE BIRMINGHAM CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES.

[SIREN]

ON MAY 3rd,
LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR HARRY MABRY

USES HIS HOME MOVIE CAMERA

TO CAPTURE THIS
NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE.

HE IS FILMING AS THE POLICE

TURN DOGS AND FIRE HOSES
ON THE PROTESTORS.

[DOGS BARKING]

KENNEDY SENDS
3,000 FEDERAL TROOPS

TO BIRMINGHAM TO RESTORE ORDER.

GOVERNOR WALLACE
BITTERLY RESENTS

FEDERAL INTERVENTION
IN HIS STATE.

ON JUNE 11, 1963,
HE STANDS IN THE DOORWAY

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

TO PHYSICALLY STOP
BLACK STUDENTS FROM ENTERING.

WALLACE IS CHALLENGING
A SUPREME COURT RULING

THAT STRUCK DOWN
SCHOOL SEGREGATION

NINE YEARS EARLIER.

THE POWERS OF THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS COLLIDE

ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.

Wallace: ...DO HEREBY
DENOUNCE AND FORBID

THIS ILLEGAL
AND UNWARRANTED ACTION

BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

Narrator:
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
NICHOLAS KATZENBACH,

REPRESENTING
THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION,

ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

Nicholas Katzenbach:
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE,

PROTECTED BY THAT COURT ORDER.

I'LL ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN
WILL YOU GIVE ME THE ASSURANCE

THAT YOU WILL STEP ASIDE
AND PEACEFULLY DO YOUR DUTY.

VERY WELL.

Narrator: KATZENBACH RETREATS
TO MAKE A CALL TO JFK.

KENNEDY'S RESPONSE

IS TO IMMEDIATELY FEDERALIZE
THE ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD

AND ORDER THEM TO REMOVE
THEIR OWN GOVERNOR.

Man: AND IT'S MY SAD DUTY
TO ASK YOU TO STEP ASIDE

UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Narrator:
THE TWO BLACK STUDENTS,

JAMES HOOD AND VIVIAN MALONE,
ENTER AND BEGIN THEIR EDUCATION.

THE IMMENSE NATIONAL ATTENTION

BROUGHT BY THE ESCALATING
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

PUSHES KENNEDY TO TAKE
AN HISTORIC STEP.

HE DELIVERS THIS SPEECH THE DAY
THE BLACK STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED.

Kennedy: I HOPE
THAT EVERY AMERICAN,

REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE LIVES,

WILL STOP AND EXAMINE
HIS CONSCIENCE

ABOUT THIS AND OTHER
RELATED INCIDENTS.

THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED
ON THE PRINCIPLE

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

NEXT WEEK I SHALL ASK

THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES TO ACT,

TO MAKE A COMMITMENT IT HAS NOT
FULLY MADE IN THIS CENTURY

TO THE PROPOSITION THAT RACE
HAS NO PLACE

IN AMERICAN LIFE OR LAW.

Narrator: JFK WANTS TO BAN
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

IN SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES
AND PUBLIC FACILITIES--

THE BOLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
EVER ATTEMPTED.

*

TWO MONTHS LATER, JFK'S OFFICIAL
PHOTOGRAPHER, CECIL STOUGHTON,

CAPTURES A RELAXED PRESIDENT
AND HIS FAMILY

OFF THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

JACKIE IS NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS
PREGNANT WITH THEIR SON PATRICK.

JUST DAYS AFTER THIS FOOTAGE
IS TAKEN,

HE IS BORN PREMATURELY
AND DOESN'T SURVIVE.

A GRIEF-STRICKEN JFK

THROWS HIMSELF BACK INTO
THE BATTLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

* FREEDOM, FREEDOM

* FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM

AUGUST 28, 1963,
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON--

THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION EVER
SEEN IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

ON THE STEPS
OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL,

KING TELLS 250,000 PEOPLE
THAT HE HAS A DREAM...

AND CALLS FOR THE END
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION...

JUSTICE FOR ALL.

KENNEDY'S CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
IS NOW BEFORE CONGRESS--

HISTORIC CHANGE
IS WITHIN HIS REACH.

BUT TO MAKE IT LAST, HE'LL NEED
TO WIN RE-ELECTION.

HE NEEDS TO EASE TENSION
WITH SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS,

IN STATES LIKE TEXAS,

WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS REFORMS
ARE STILL UNPOPULAR.

IN NOVEMBER HE PLANS A 2-DAY,
5-CITY TOUR OF THE STATE.

JFK AND HIS WIFE LAND
IN DALLAS, TEXAS,

AT 11:30 A.M.,
NOVEMBER 22, 1963.

[CHEERING]

IT'S JACKIE'S FIRST
PUBLIC APPEARANCE

SINCE THE LOSS OF HER BABY.

THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE
SS-100-X IS THERE TO GREET THEM

AND TAKE THEM
THE 10 MILES THROUGH TOWN

TO THE TRADE MART,

WHERE THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK
AT A LUNCHEON.

DESPITE A FORECAST OF RAIN,

KENNEDY WANTS THE BUBBLETOP
TO BE OPEN.

[CROWD CHEERING]

HOME MOVIES AND TV CAMERAS
CAPTURE THE EXCITEMENT.

THOUSANDS LINE THE ROUTE.

A RADIO NEWSMAN REPORTS LIVE.

Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S CAR
IS NOW TURNING ONTO ELM STREET,

AND IT WILL BE
ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES

BEFORE HE ARRIVES
AT THE TRADE MART.

I WAS ON STEMMONS FREEWAY
EARLIER,

AND EVEN THE FREEWAY
WAS JAMPACKED WITH SPECTATORS

WAITING THEIR CHANCE
TO SEE THE PRESIDENT

AS HE MADE HIS WAY
TOWARDS THE TRADE MART.

[GUNSHOT]

IT, IT, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED

IN THE MOTORCADE ROUTE.

SOMETHING, I REPEAT, HAS
HAPPENED IN THE MOTORCADE ROUTE.

[SCREAMING]

*

*

Narrator: NOVEMBER 22, 1963.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NETWORK
TELEVISION IS INTERRUPTED.

Walter Cronkite: HERE IS
A BULLETIN FROM CBS NEWS.

FIRST REPORTS SAY
THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY...

Narrator: CAUGHT OFF GUARD,
IT TAKES CBS NEWS SIX MINUTES

TO GET THEIR CAMERAS ON THE AIR.

Cronkite:
THIS IS WALTER CRONKITE
IN OUR NEWSROOM, AND...

THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT,
AS PERHAPS YOU KNOW NOW,

ON THE LIFE
OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

Narrator: AN HOUR LATER,

WALTER CRONKITE BREAKS THE NEWS
TO THE NATION.

Cronkite: FROM DALLAS, TEXAS,
THE FLASH APPARENTLY OFFICIAL,

PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED AT 1 P.M.
CENTRAL STANDARD TIME,

2 O'CLOCK EASTERN STANDARD TIME,
SOME 38 MINUTES AGO.

Narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
A NATIONAL TRAGEDY

IS REPORTED LIVE ON TV.

WITHIN TWO HOURS,

92% OF AMERICANS KNOW
THEIR PRESIDENT IS DEAD.

Man: IT'S A STATE OF UNBELIEF.

NOBODY QUITE BELIEVES
EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED.

Woman: I THINK IT'S ONE
OF THE SADDEST THINGS

THAT'S EVER HAPPENED.

Man: FOR ME IT'S A SHOCK,
A DISGRACE FOR THE WHOLE NATION.

IT'S A LOSS THAT I FEEL
THAT WE WILL FEEL FOR SOME TIME.

*

Narrator: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25th,
JFK IS LAID TO REST...

WITH MILLIONS BEARING WITNESS
AROUND THE WORLD.

*

[APPLAUSE]

PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

PLEDGES TO CONTINUE
WHAT KENNEDY STARTED.

Lyndon Johnson:
NO MEMORIAL ORATION OR EULOGY

COULD MORE ELOQUENTLY HONOR
PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MEMORY

THAN THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE
PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL

FOR WHICH HE FOUGHT SO LONG.

[APPLAUSE]

Narrator: THE GRIEVING NATION
SUPPORTS JOHNSON.

THE NEW PRESIDENT OVERCOMES

A 75-DAY FILIBUSTER
BY SOUTHERN SENATORS.

ON JULY 2, 1964,

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
BECOMES LAW.

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
IN SCHOOLS, EMPLOYMENT,

OR PUBLIC PLACES IS NOW ILLEGAL.

*

ON FEBRUARY 7, 1964,

PAN AM YANKEE CLIPPER FLIGHT 101
ROLLS IN TO JFK AIRPORT.

*

ON BOARD ARE FOUR MUSICIANS
FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

*

3,000 AMERICAN FANS HAVE
TURNED OUT TO GREET THE BEATLES.

Paul McCartney: I'M PAUL, RINGO,
GEORGE, AND JOHN.

Reporter: CAN WE HAVE
THE LAST ONE?

Paul: JOHN.
Ringo: JOHN.

Paul: JOHN. JOHN.

*

Narrator: THEIR SINGLE
"I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND"

HAS JUST HIT THE TOP
OF THE AMERICAN CHARTS...

WHERE IT WILL STAY
FOR SEVEN WEEKS.

Ringo: IT'S NOT TRUE!
[LAUGHTER]

Narrator: THEIR BRITISH HUMOR
CHARMS THE HORDES OF REPORTERS.

Reporter: DO YOU PLAN
TO GET A HAIRCUT AT ALL?

Ringo: NO.
Paul: NO.

John: NO, THANKS.
George: I HAD ONE YESTERDAY.

[LAUGHTER]

Ringo: AND THAT'S NO LIE.
IT'S TRUE.

Narrator: THEIR MOD SUITS
AND BOWL HAIRCUTS

GIVE THEM A REBELLIOUS LOOK.

THEY'RE ADORED BY THE GIRLS.

Fan: I WANNA KISS ONE OF THEM.
I LOVE 'EM.

Narrator:
BOYS ARE EQUALLY ENRAPTURED

BY THIS NEW SOUND AND STYLE.

ON FEBRUARY 9th,
HUNDREDS LINE UP

TO SEE THE BEATLES
ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW...

AND MORE THAN 73 MILLION
TUNE IN TO WATCH.

THEY PLAY CONCERTS IN
WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND MIAMI

BEFORE RETURNING HOME
ON FEBRUARY 22nd.

THE BEATLES EMBODY
THE YOUTH REVOLUTION

SPREADING ACROSS AMERICA.

*

A NEW GENERATION
IS PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

OF CULTURE, SOCIETY
AND TECHNOLOGY.

THE BABY BOOMERS ARE GROWING UP

AND IN 1964
ARE THE BENEFICIARIES

OF AN ECONOMIC BOOM.

MORE THAN 32 MILLION FAMILIES,
60% OF THE COUNTRY,

OWN THEIR OWN HOME
AND AT LEAST ONE CAR.

*

BUT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS

ARE SHUNNING
THIS CONSUMER LIFESTYLE.

A COUNTER CULTURE IS EMERGING...

AND ITS NUCLEUS
IS IN CALIFORNIA.

IT OPPOSES POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL NORMS--

BELIEVING PEACE, LOVE
AND PERSONAL FREEDOM

CAN SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.

A BOLD BELIEF,
AS CALIFORNIA IN 1965

IS THE COUNTRY'S SECOND MOST
POPULATED STATE...

WITH LOS ANGELES
THE MOST CROWDED CITY

AND ONE OF THE MOST
RACIALLY DIVERSE.

DECADES OF IMMIGRANTS
FROM ASIA, LATIN AMERICA

AND THE INTERNAL MIGRATION

OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
FROM THE SOUTH

MAKES L.A. A MELTING POT
OF CULTURE.

JUST 5,000 POLICE OFFICERS

PATROL THIS
400-SQUARE-MILE CITY.

THIS TRAINING VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
THE NEW TACTICS THEY ADOPT.

Film narrator:
THE SURPRISE APPEARANCE

OF A SPECIALLY EQUIPPED,
DISCIPLINED POLICE UNIT

EARLY IN THE ACTION

WILL OFTEN BE SUFFICIENT
TO DOMINATE THE SITUATION.

*

[SHOUTING]

[SCREAMING]

[THUMP]

Film narrator:
YOU CAN USUALLY RELY
ON THE PROGRESSIVE EMPLOYMENT

OF YOUR RIOT FORMATIONS,
THE BATON, SMOKE AND TEAR GAS

TO BREAK UP
MOST CIVIL DISTURBANCES.

[SCREAMING AND SHOUTING]

Narrator: BUT THAT TOUGHNESS
COMES AT A COST--

INCREASED TENSION
WITH MINORITY GROUPS.

COMPLAINTS
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

AND POLICE BRUTALITY GROW.

Man: JUST STOPPING US
ON THE STREET,

KICKING IN THE DOORS, TAKING YOU
DOWN THE POLICE STATION

AND KICKING YOUR TEETH IN.

Narrator: AUGUST 11, 1965.

THE FIRE OF RESENTMENT IGNITES

IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD OF WATTS.

AT 7 P.M. OFFICERS STOP
21-YEAR-OLD MARQUETTE FRYE

FOR RECKLESS DRIVING.

HIS MOTHER COMES TO THE SCENE,
AND A CROWD QUICKLY GATHERS.

THE SITUATION BEGINS TO ESCALATE
AND GET OUT OF CONTROL.

A RIOT BREAKS OUT...

[SHOUTING AND SCREAMING]

FIRES SPREAD.

[SHOUTING AND SCREAMING]

RIOTING AND POLICE CLASHES
CONTINUE

FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

*

[SIREN]

BY 1 A.M. ON AUGUST 14th,

THERE ARE 100 FIRE CREWS
IN WATTS

TRYING TO CONTROL THE BLAZES.

CURFEWS AND MASS ARRESTS
TAKE PLACE ACROSS LOS ANGELES.

*

3,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
JOIN POLICE TO RESTORE ORDER.

[WOMAN SINGING]

WHEN IT IS ALL OVER,
34 PEOPLE ARE DEAD,

1,032 INJURED,
NEARLY 3,500 IN JAIL,

AND THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN
$40 MILLION OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WATTS IS JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS
OF PROTESTS AND POLICE CLASHES

IN AMERICA IN 1965.

AMERICA IS AT THE HEIGHT
OF A REVOLUTION.

BUT A DIFFERENT REVOLUTION
IS ON THE HORIZON,

ONE OF LOVE AND PEACE.

*

IT'S 1965.

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS
AMERICA HAS BUILT UP

A MILITARY PRESENCE
IN SOUTH VIETNAM.

IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNIST
NORTH VIETNAM'S THREATS

AGAINST THEIR
SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS,

ON MARCH 2nd, AMERICA LAUNCHES

ITS BIGGEST MILITARY DEPLOYMENT
IN A DECADE...

[BOMBS WHISTLING]

[EXPLOSIONS]

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER.

[EXPLOSIONS]

THE U.S. IS NOW ATTACKING
THE ENEMY'S HOMELAND,

WHICH PRESIDENT JOHNSON SAYS
IS JUSTIFIED.

Johnson: OVER MANY YEARS
WE HAVE MADE A NATIONAL PLEDGE

TO HELP SOUTH VIETNAM
DEFEND ITS INDEPENDENCE,

AND I INTEND
TO KEEP THAT PROMISE.

[APPLAUSE]

Narrator: BUT THE BOMBING
WILL LAST NOT FOR WEEKS,

BUT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

IN 1965 ALONE, OVER 230,000
TROOPS ARE DRAFTED.

[SHOUTING]

*

ONE FAMOUS YOUNG AMERICAN
ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT

IS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
MUHAMMAD ALI.

Muhammad Ali:
YOU CAN LOOK AT ME,

I'M LOADED WITH CONFIDENCE,

I CAN'T BE BEAT.

I HAD 180 AMATEUR FIGHTS,
22 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS,

AND I'M PRETTY AS A GIRL!

[LAUGHTER]

Narrator:
ALI, A MUSLIM AND PACIFIST,

SAYS HE CANNOT KILL PEOPLE
IN VIETNAM.

[APPLAUSE]

ON APRIL 28, 1967,
AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR,

HE REFUSES THE ORDER
TO JOIN THE ARMY.

Ali: WELL, WHATEVER
THE PUNISHMENT,

WHATEVER THE PERSECUTION IS

FOR STANDING UP
FOR MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS,

EVEN IF IT MEANS FACING
MACHINE GUN FIRE THAT DAY,

I WILL FACE IT BEFORE DENOUNCING
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD

AND THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.

Narrator: TWO MONTHS LATER, ALI
IS CONVICTED OF DRAFT EVASION

AND SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

BOXING AUTHORITIES
STRIP HIM OF HIS TITLE

AND BAN HIM FROM THE RING.

BUT HE AVOIDS JAIL BY APPEALING
TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

*

[GUNFIRE]

BY THE FALL OF 1967, THE U.S.
TROOP LEVEL IN VIETNAM

IS CLOSING IN ON HALF A MILLION.

[GUNFIRE]

MORE THAN 100,000
HAVE BEEN INJURED,

AND 15,000 AMERICANS ARE DEAD.

AMERICA IS SPLIT.

HALF THE COUNTRY
SUPPORTS THE WAR,

BELIEVING IT IS VITAL
TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM

AND ADVANCE FREEDOM
AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT THE OTHER HALF...

THEY OPPOSE THE DRAFT

AND THE SURGING DEATH TOLL
AMONG TROOPS AND CIVILIANS.

THEY SAY THE WAR
IS ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL.

DEMONSTRATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BEAR WITNESS
TO THE GROWING UNREST.

[SCREAMING AND SHOUTING]

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
SUPPORTS THE PROTESTS.

HE DENOUNCES CHANNELING
SO MUCH MONEY

TO A FUTILE OVERSEAS EFFORT WHEN
SO MANY ARE SUFFERING AT HOME.

King: IF WE CAN SPEND
$35 BILLION A YEAR

TO FIGHT AN ILL-CONSIDERED WAR
IN VIETNAM,

OUR NATION CAN SPEND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TO PUT GOD'S CHILDREN
ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET.

Narrator:
ONE YEAR AFTER THIS SPEECH,

ON APRIL 4, 1968,
IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE...

JUST AFTER 6 P.M.,
A SHOT RINGS OUT.

*

[GUNSHOT]

ON THE BALCONY
OF THE LORRAINE MOTEL,

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS HIT.

KING'S COMPANIONS,

JESSE JACKSON, RALPH ABERNATHY
AND BILLY KYLES,

POINT TOWARD THE SHOT

AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
LIES DYING.

ONCE AGAIN THE NATION
IS THROWN INTO GRIEF.

BUT AFTER A DECADE OF STRIFE,

SOMETHING POTENTIALLY
UNIFYING BECKONS.

AMERICA IS VERY CLOSE
TO PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON.

*

[CHEERING]

NOVEMBER 1968.

IN YET ANOTHER
OF THE DECADE'S STUNNING TURNS,

THE MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

IS THE SAME MAN JACK KENNEDY
DEFEATED IN 1960:

RICHARD NIXON.

[APPLAUSE]

HE WINS A TIGHT ELECTION;
AMERICA IS READY FOR CHANGE.

Nixon: WE WANT TO BRIDGE
THE GENERATION GAP,

WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP
BETWEEN THE RACES,

WE WANT TO BRING AMERICA
TOGETHER.

AND I AM CONFIDENT
THAT THIS TASK

IS ONE THAT WE CAN UNDERTAKE

AND ONE IN WHICH
WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

Narrator: BUT EIGHT MONTHS LATER

THE GENERATION GAP
IS STILL PLAIN TO SEE.

*

JOE LAMAY IS 21 AND WORKS

FOR THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
IN NEW YORK.

HE AND HIS WIFE VALORIE
HAVE A NEW BABY GIRL.

[BABY LAUGHING]

*

AUGUST 15, 1969.

THE LAMAYS JOIN
HALF A MILLION YOUNG AMERICANS

HEADING UPSTATE.

*

ORGANIZERS OF A THREE-DAY
FESTIVAL OF PEACE AND MUSIC

ARE RACING FOR A NEW VENUE

AFTER RESIDENTS OF ULSTER COUNTY
SHOOT DOWN THEIR PLANS.

A DAIRY FARM IN THE CATSKILLS
BECOMES THE NEW SITE...

BUT THEY STICK WITH
THE ORIGINAL NAME: WOODSTOCK.

*

JOE SHOOTS THIS FOOTAGE,
NEVER BROADCAST BEFORE,

OF THE CLIMAX
OF THE COUNTERCULTURE.

*

IN THE SUMMER OF 1969,
AMERICA IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

*

A MONTH BEFORE WOODSTOCK,
THE NATION EXPERIENCES

ONE OF THE DEFINING MOMENTS
IN HUMAN HISTORY.

*

JULY 16, 1969.

Man: 10, 9,
IGNITION SEQUENCE START.

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.

ALL ENGINES RUNNING.

[RUMBLING]

LIFTOFF, WE HAVE A LIFTOFF.

32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR.

LIFTOFF ON APOLLO 11.

*

Narrator: AMERICANS CROWD
HIGHWAYS AND BEACHES

TO WITNESS THE LAUNCH
OF APOLLO 11

FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.

*

ON BOARD,
ASTRONAUTS MICHAEL COLLINS,

BUZZ ALDRIN,
AND NEIL ARMSTRONG...

Neil Armstrong: HOUSTON,
TRANQUILITY BASE HERE.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.

Houston: WE COPY YOU DOWN,
EAGLE.

Narrator: FROM THE OVAL OFFICE,
PRESIDENT NIXON WATCHES

ALONG WITH 600 MILLION PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE...

Houston: TRANQUILITY,
WE COPY YOU ON THE GROUND.

YOU GOT A BUNCH OF GUYS ABOUT...

Narrator: THE BIGGEST
TV AUDIENCE EVER AT THAT TIME.

[BROADCASTS
IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES]

*

ON JULY 20th, THE WORLD SEES
THE FIRST MEN, AMERICANS,

WALK ON THE MOON.

Armstrong:
THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN,

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.

*

[CHEERING]

*

Nixon: HELLO, NEIL AND BUZZ.

Narrator: FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,

THE PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES
THE ASTRONAUTS.

Nixon: I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW PROUD WE ALL ARE

OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

FOR EVERY AMERICAN
THIS HAS TO BE

THE PROUDEST DAY OF OUR LIVES.

Narrator:
THE PROMISE JOHN KENNEDY MADE

AT THE START OF THE DECADE
HAS BEEN FULFILLED.

AMERICA HAS WON THE SPACE RACE.

IT IS AMERICANS WHO SHOW THE
WORLD THE VIEW FROM THE MOON.

*

[CHEERING]

THE PAST 10 YEARS

HAVE BROUGHT REVOLUTIONARY
CHANGES TO AMERICA.

THE NATION HAS CONFRONTED
RACIAL DIVISION...

AND A NEW CHASM
BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS.

GREAT MEN HAVE DIED...

BUT THE PROMISE OF LOFTY IDEALS
STILL BINDS THE NATION TOGETHER,

NO MATTER HOW LOOSELY.

AND THE 1960s BECOME KNOWN
AS THE DAWN OF MODERN AMERICA.

*