0:01:35 > 0:01:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:46 > 0:01:49So tonight marks the end of this campaign.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And tomorrow,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53in our time-honoured tradition of freedom,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55America will make its choice.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57If elected, I welcome the challenge
0:01:57 > 0:01:59of serving as President
0:01:59 > 0:02:03and of defending that freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Though half the globe now lives under tyranny,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09the kind of society that we build here
0:02:09 > 0:02:11the kind of power we generate,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13the kind of enthusiasm we incite
0:02:13 > 0:02:17will tell whether darkness or light overtakes us all.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19CHEERING
0:02:19 > 0:02:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ECHOES
0:02:24 > 0:02:28So I ask that you join us tomorrow in moving America forward,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32making America a great beacon of light
0:02:32 > 0:02:34for the 1960s and for all time.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38APPLAUSE
0:02:38 > 0:02:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:40 > 0:02:43CROWD CHANTS: Kennedy! Kennedy! Kennedy!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49RADIO: 'Senator Kennedy, at 43,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52'would be the youngest man ever elected
0:02:52 > 0:02:53'and the first Roman Catholic.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57'A naval officer in World War II, he was severely wounded and received
0:02:57 > 0:03:00'the Navy and Marine Corps medal for heroism.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02'The Kennedy campaign has been a family affair.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06'The candidate's brother Robert has served as campaign manager,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09'and with financing provided by Senator Kennedy's father,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12'Joseph P Kennedy, one of America's richest men.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14'Though the elder Kennedy is estimated to have spent
0:03:14 > 0:03:17'as much as 10 million, the race between Senator Kennedy
0:03:17 > 0:03:21'and Vice President Nixon is a virtual dead heat.'
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Damn it!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25If I don't do it myself, it never gets done.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The buses in Bridgeport never showed up.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30There are old people who can't make it to the polls,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32and we need every vote.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Lyndon tells me his people need another 300 grand.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Wire it to him, but not to his headquarters.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Go through Al Wirtz.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Then I want to talk to Mayor Daley...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and Pat Brown in California.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Dad, I think the weather's looking good on the entire East Coast.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48The buses in Bridgeport never showed up.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50No, no, I had that all arranged.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I had to take care of it myself.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I got cabs and limos from funeral homes,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57so if Jack loses out there, it's on your head.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59HE SIGHS I know, Dad. I know.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Anyway, Mayor Wagner called.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Said the turnout in Harlem is running...
0:04:02 > 0:04:0418% higher than projected.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06You got anything useful to tell me about
0:04:06 > 0:04:07< besides the weather?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Would you like some grapefruit?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12No, he doesn't want grapefruit.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14He needs to check on the buses in Trenton.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Bobby.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Just go out there and help us win.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29It's what we do around here.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36It kicked again!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's been doing it all morning.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Daddy, want to come feel the baby?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Well, of course. >
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Let's see what's going on in there.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Do you feel it? I do.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Today's a big day.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Your daddy's going to become President.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Now go get dressed.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Bye, honey.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08HE SIGHS
0:05:08 > 0:05:09How are you feeling?
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Oh, like hell.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19They don't have a nursery in the White House.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Oh, they do.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23It's called the cabinet room.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Let's not worry about the floor plan
0:05:29 > 0:05:30until, uh...
0:05:30 > 0:05:32until they count the votes.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34You know you're going to win.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35No, I really don't.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Then why were you singing Hail To The Chief in the shower?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40ZIPPER PULLS
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Was I, uh... Was I doing that?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45HE LAUGHS
0:05:46 > 0:05:47It's a very catchy tune.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Tom? Tom?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I want you to make sure those buses are rolling in Trenton
0:05:57 > 0:05:58the minute the polls open, OK?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Jack? We're behind schedule.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Sorry to rush you, but you have radio interviews at 9.00, 9.30, and 10.00.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Then this afternoon, I have you set up with
0:06:11 > 0:06:13< the AP, UPI and possibly Cronkite.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I was hoping to go to the golf course.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Jackie, I need you to do an on-air segment with WBX Boston, OK?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Cancel that, Bobby. She's done enough interviews. I want her to rest.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I appreciate that, but you'd help his campaign tremendously if you could rest tomorrow.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29With all due respect, one interview won't make a lot of difference.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30It's all right, Jack. >
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'll do it. No, when we get back from voting,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I want you to relax with Caroline.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36All right? Where's dad?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Well, he's probably fixing my mistakes.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40BROADCASTER: 'A record number of Americans,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43'upwards of 67 million, go to the polls to elect
0:06:43 > 0:06:45'the 35th President of the United States.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49'Citizens from Maine to Hawaii record their choices
0:06:49 > 0:06:51'as the attention of the entire globe
0:06:51 > 0:06:53'focuses on the contest for the leadership
0:06:53 > 0:06:56'of the most powerful nation of the free world.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58'The Democratic nominee is an early favourite,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00'and first returns bear out predictions
0:07:00 > 0:07:02'in Mr Kennedy's favour.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04'The GOP standard-bearer, Richard Nixon is...'
0:07:04 > 0:07:07PHONE RINGS Is that it?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Senator.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Here are the latest numbers from North Carolina and West Virginia.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16How's the turnout been so far? > Heavier than expected.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Really? Mm-hmm.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Thank you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23We'll take that. Yeah.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27WAVES CRASHING
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Harry, you were one of the great presidents,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and Jack's going to rely on you, but we've got to win first.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Now those Baptists in your state
0:07:38 > 0:07:40are worried about this Catholic thing.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Now you've got to let 'em know
0:07:41 > 0:07:44that he won't let his strings be pulled by the pope.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46WAVES CRASHING
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Yeah, I know you will, Harry. You're a true patriot.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Yes, regards to Bess.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Thank you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02That son of a bitch.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You know he wouldn't let 'em drink Scotch in the White House
0:08:05 > 0:08:07cos I own the import rights?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Joe, dear, are you ready? For what?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Will you come to mass with me?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Oh, Rosie, I've got a stack of calls this high,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15each one more important than the last.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19What could be more important than praying for Jack?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Getting the Polack vote out in Detroit.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I'll go with you tomorrow, sweetheart,
0:08:24 > 0:08:25after Jack's elected.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30See that he eats a good lunch, will you, Michelle, dear?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Yes, Mrs Kennedy.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Finest wife a fellow could have,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39but I don't understand her faith.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I admire it, but I don't understand it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48You don't believe that God had a hand in all this?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Oh, absolutely.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Here is God's hand,
0:08:52 > 0:08:53my hand.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58HE CHUCKLES
0:08:58 > 0:08:59DOG BARKS
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Gotcha!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Ooh! Hey. Just short of the first down.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07How are you? Good. You?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Good. Jackie all right?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I think she's fine, really.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12I ran into the crew of WBX.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15They said she wasn't feeling well, couldn't do the interview.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17No, Jack just wanted her to rest.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18She's... She's fine.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Well, I can pinch-hit for her if you think it would help.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I can tell 'em what it's like to be part of the Kennedy team.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27You wouldn't mind doing that?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I think you'd be great. I'll tell 'em.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'll go get changed. All right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35PHONES RING
0:09:44 > 0:09:46There's Daddy and me at our wedding.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52JACKIE: Who's that?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Grandma and Grandpa. >
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Daddy and me. >
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Who's that?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02< Your Uncle Joe.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I don't have an Uncle Joe.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06He was Daddy's older brother.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Wasn't he handsome?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13MICHELLE: Ambassador Kennedy is very anxious to talk to the Governor.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Can you ring through to the residence?
0:10:19 > 0:10:20All right. Yes.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Please have him call Ambassador Kennedy as soon as he arrives.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Yes. Thank you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Left word for Governor Brown.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Why are they writing about me?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35"Wall Street manipulator, appeaser of Hitler." None of it's true.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39You shouldn't read these things. It could cost Jack the election.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It won't. He'll be fine. Let me make you some tea.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45No. No, no, no, no, no. I don't want any tea.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Just...stay with me. >
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Are you feeling all right?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Yes, yes. Uh...
0:10:50 > 0:10:55I... I've been thinking a lot of Joe Jr...
0:10:57 > 0:10:58..today.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I miss him.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Roosevelt named the Ambassador to England.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09How do you like that? Proud of you, Pop.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Me, too.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Well, you know, this job is a springboard for me.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17War might break out in Europe and I'll be in a perfect position
0:11:17 > 0:11:19to make sure we stay out of it.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21In two years' time,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23they'll be handing me the nomination on a plate.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Uh, what do you mean?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Dad's going to be President, Jack.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Roosevelt will have finished his two terms.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32< If I keep us out of the war, I'll be a shoo-in.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34But, uh, you're a Catholic.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I'm an American.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41When my parents came over in steerage,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43they worked themselves sick
0:11:43 > 0:11:44< so there'd be clothes, food
0:11:44 > 0:11:46< and something for the plate on Sunday.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49< In the old country, they were Mr and Mrs Kennedy.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51In Boston, they were a couple of micks.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Well, this mick is going to the White House,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and nobody will ever say we don't belong.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Now if you boys don't remember anything else I say,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04remember this -
0:12:04 > 0:12:07it's not what you are, it's what people think you are.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08And with the right amount of money,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10you can make 'em think whatever you want.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12We're on our way, boys.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15This country is ours for the taking.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17HE LAUGHS
0:12:17 > 0:12:20BROADCASTER: 'Despite a series of broken promises by Adolf Hitler,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22'Prime Minister Chamberlain of Great Britain
0:12:22 > 0:12:26'has staked his political future on a negotiated settlement
0:12:26 > 0:12:28'with the German Chancellor. Hopes seem to be fading,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30'however, that war can be avoided.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:32CHURCH BELLS RING
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Joe: Uh, and this is for the President only.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38"Dear boss, perhaps a note from you could buck up Chamberlain,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40"assure him that America is committed
0:12:40 > 0:12:44"to avoiding conflict in Europe at all costs."
0:12:44 > 0:12:47And any concessions to Hitler must be viewed in that light.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49That's very good. You can add that.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52What makes you so sure Hitler will keep his word this time?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56That's not our concern. You read what Lindbergh's been saying? We couldn't beat the Germans anyway.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59"I am confident, Mr President,
0:12:59 > 0:13:00"that you share this view.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02"Keeping us out of the war
0:13:02 > 0:13:05"will, in this young man's opinion,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09"will be the enduring legacy of your administration."
0:13:11 > 0:13:16"With love, as always," et cetera, et cetera.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19And put it in the noon pouch.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22All right, Pop. I'm off to the club,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25lunching with the foreign secretary. > Joe CHUCKLES
0:13:27 > 0:13:29And I'm... HE CLEARS THROAT
0:13:29 > 0:13:31..lunching with the, uh, secretary's...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33secretary.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Oh, we're due at the palace at 8.00.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40That Jack is quite delightful.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Yes, but it's...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46it's Joe who's going places.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Hitler's demands on the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia
0:13:50 > 0:13:55amount to nothing more than a reunification of the Greater German Reich.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01The desire of German-speaking peoples to be part of the same nation
0:14:01 > 0:14:05seems to me to be no more unreasonable than the desire
0:14:05 > 0:14:11of English-speaking people to be united on this blessed island.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Has he cleared this with Washington?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Why should he? It's the truth.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19It's not the truth, no. That's his opinion.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23We refer to the expansion of our boundaries
0:14:23 > 0:14:26as manifest destiny.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33Herr Hitler has renounced further territorial claims on the continent of Europe,
0:14:33 > 0:14:40and we would be ungenerous not to take him at his word.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42APPLAUSE Why would we take him at his word?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44He's been lying since he took power.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47It's not our problem. That's all Dad's saying.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Dad is going against everything that Roosevelt's been saying.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Going against Roosevelt's going to make Dad President.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You worry too much, kid.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Dad's the most popular American in Europe.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Roosevelt can't touch him.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04He wouldn't dare.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08BROADCASTER: 'Britain and France have declared war on Germany.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12'In London, Ambassador Kennedy still maintains his opinion
0:15:12 > 0:15:14'that America should stay out of it,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17'a position that has caused friction between the Ambassador
0:15:17 > 0:15:19'and the Roosevelt Administration.'
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Joe, dear, we're going to be late for this reception unless we g...
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Joe?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31What is it?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33That was the White House.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34The White House?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I'm out, Rosie.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44I... I don't believe it. The President fired you?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48No, no, he didn't have the guts. It was his Jew boys - Rosenman and Morgenthau -
0:15:48 > 0:15:51< they wanted me out. I embarrassed him, they said.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54They called me an appeaser, made it sound like I like Hitler.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56They said I was anti-American.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Me!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59And Roosevelt...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Roosevelt listened to them!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05So what are you going to do?
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Oh, I am going to throw everything I can at that son of a bitch.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I'll spend whatever it takes to make sure he doesn't get re-elected.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15No, Joe. When I want your advice...
0:16:15 > 0:16:16You...
0:16:16 > 0:16:20are going to endorse him for a third term.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24He gave you, a Catholic,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27the most important diplomatic post this country has to give.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30People will think you're ungrateful if you come out against him.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32You'll never be able to hold your head up again.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36I don't care what people think!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Well, you should, Joe...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43..because there's more to this family than just you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40You were right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41About what?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It is over for me.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49But this family...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52is not going to disappear.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57I'll make sure of that.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00BROADCASTER: 'America has been attacked without warning.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03'That's the dramatic, the almost fantastic news
0:18:03 > 0:18:07'that Presidential Secretary Early tells the press.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10'And throughout the nation, the news is flashed - it's war!
0:18:10 > 0:18:14'American lives lost, American property destroyed,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18'with growing resentment, Americans learn of the treacherous assault.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21'We didn't start this war, but we can finish it.'
0:18:25 > 0:18:29JOE JR: All right. Take care of yourself, Bobby. Teddy, stay out of trouble, huh?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Girls. Bye.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Take care. Careful, Joe.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39JOE JR: I'll see you soon, OK? Be good to Mom.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Oh, I hate the idea of you flying over Europe.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Well, we're in this thing now. We've got to win.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I know, but if I could write Hitler a cheque
0:18:52 > 0:18:55and get him to call the whole thing off, I'd do it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57THEY LAUGH
0:18:57 > 0:18:58I'll be fine, Dad.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02I'll bring you back some medals and you can wave 'em around when I run for congress.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04That's just the beginning.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08You'll succeed where I failed.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10You're going to go all the way.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12I know.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15You know?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Yeah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I knew it the second you got that call from Roosevelt.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24I love you, son.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28You, too, Pop.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Save my clippings, huh? And start planning my campaign.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49ENGINE STARTS
0:19:58 > 0:20:01You read Walter Winchell's column this morning?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03No. I missed it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I know you don't have your brother's common sense, but damn it, Jack!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10"One of ex-Ambassador Kennedy's sons
0:20:10 > 0:20:14"is the target of a Washington gal columnist's affections,
0:20:14 > 0:20:19"so much so, she is divorcing her explorer groom.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22"Pa Kennedy no like."
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Now the FBI were bugging her phone.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27The FBI?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Must have been a slow week.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32"Inga Arvad, Danish national."
0:20:32 > 0:20:34J Edgar Hoover thinks she's a Nazi spy.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Is it true?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38She is Danish.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Oh, for God's sake!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Look, she's not a spy.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43She's under investigation.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Now you can do what you like after the war,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47but what you don't do now is embarrass me
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and hurt your brother's chances by carrying on with this girl.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56I got you a desk job in Washington to keep you out of trouble.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57I didn't want a desk job!
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I wanted to get out there. I wanted to fight like Joe.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02One son at risk is enough!
0:21:03 > 0:21:04I'll make you a deal.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I'll lose the girl, you get me into combat.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I had to phony up your medical records to get you in the Navy in the first place.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12You did it once. You can do it again.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Look, Dad... I want this.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18OK? I need to get out there and do something that matters,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21or I'm going to regret it for the rest of my life.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25GIRL: Write to me, OK?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27JACK: you bet, Jeanie.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28GIRL: Me too.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Well, take care. Be careful.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36So remember, when the bullets start flying, duck.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39And don't bring me home any half-Jap grandchildren.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40JOE CHUCKLES
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Well, I hear they, uh, keep PT boat commanders
0:21:42 > 0:21:44pretty busy, so...
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Thanks for letting me do this, Pop.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Take care of yourself, Jack.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09MUSIC PLAYS
0:22:09 > 0:22:10JOE: One club.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13ROSE: One no trump.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Uh, three no trumps.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21PHONE RINGS
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Hello.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32MAN: 'May I speak to the Ambassador, please?'
0:22:32 > 0:22:34This is the Ambassador.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37'This is Commander Michael Donovan of the War Department.'
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I have some news regarding your son.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Which one?
0:22:42 > 0:22:46'Your son, Lieutenant John F Kennedy.'
0:22:46 > 0:22:50His PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54'Now we found the wreckage, but your son and his crew are unaccounted for at this time.'
0:22:54 > 0:22:59We have reconnaissance in the area, and I'll be in touch with you as soon as we have word.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Uh, speak only to me, you understand?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Not to my wife.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05'Very well, sir.'
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Is everything all right, Joe?
0:23:22 > 0:23:23JOE: Everything's fine.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55BELL TOLLS
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Thank you.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Jack's been missing for five days.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35How's Rose handling it?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I haven't told her.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You haven't told her?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43She's the boy's mother, Joe.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Well, I don't want her to go through what I've been going through, not knowing if...
0:24:47 > 0:24:49he's safe, if he's alive.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54And it's my fault.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55How is it your fault?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57He shouldn't be in the Navy at all.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I fixed it so he could get in.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01It's my fault.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Why are you here, Joe?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10I want you to pray for him.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Of course. I will.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19But God will listen to your prayers, too.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22No, he won't listen to me.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I've sinned too much in the past.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Joe?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22You should see a doctor.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24You're not sleeping. You're not eating.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I'm fine.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37PHONE RINGS
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Yes?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Mr Ambassador, I have good news.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Your son's been found. He's alive.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51'He's been taken to the hospital,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54'but his injuries don't appear to be life-threatening.'
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Joe?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03'Sir?'
0:27:03 > 0:27:07JOE SNIFFLES Yes, uh...
0:27:07 > 0:27:09thank you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10'Very good, sir.'
0:27:17 > 0:27:18# For he's a jolly good fellow
0:27:18 > 0:27:23# For he's a jolly good fellow For he's a jolly good fellow
0:27:23 > 0:27:26# Which nobody can deny
0:27:26 > 0:27:30# Which nobody can deny Which nobody can deny
0:27:30 > 0:27:32# For he's a jolly good fellow
0:27:32 > 0:27:37# For he's a jolly good fellow For he's a jolly good fellow
0:27:37 > 0:27:40# Which nobody can deny. #
0:27:40 > 0:27:43APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:48JOE: To our war hero
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and a job well done.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Yeah, we're all proud of you, kid.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Thanks, Joe.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02So that, uh, Jap destroyer just cut you clean in two, huh?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Oh, yeah, like we were butter.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Couldn't take evasive measures?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It was pitch-black.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10I never saw her.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13JOE: I'm getting calls from people all over the world
0:28:13 > 0:28:16saying what a great job you did. Really lifted their spirits.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Where was your radar?
0:28:17 > 0:28:21It was on, but, uh, sometimes the signal doesn't come through.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Interference?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Yeah. In the middle of the ocean? >
0:28:26 > 0:28:30What are you getting at, son? Just trying to figure out how it happened.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31He told you what happened.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35300-foot destroyer, he never saw her? I didn't know they handed out medals for being asleep at the helm.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36I wasn't asleep.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39That's enough. Maybe next time you screw up, they'll give you the Medal Of Honour.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Good. Then I'll have two more than you.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48That was disgusting.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49His medal's a joke.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52He risked his life. You owe him some respect.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55His getting decorated only helps this family.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57It doesn't help me!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I've flown 25 missions. >
0:28:59 > 0:29:02People are going to think I spent the war having tea in Cliveden.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10JOE JR SIGHS How am I supposed to run for office when...?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Let me worry about that.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26It wasn't supposed to be this way.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27It's fine.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31You'll be President no matter what Jack does.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Now go and apologise to him.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51WAVES CRASH
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Mom says, uh, that you're in a lot of pain.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07They got you on pills?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Yeah. I'm OK.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11(OK.)
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Look, Jack,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I'm sorry.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20OK? You deserve that medal as much as anyone.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Thanks.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25JOE CHUCKLES Sure.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28I'm going back to England.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30What for? >
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Well, I want to keep flying, that's why.
0:30:33 > 0:30:39Joe, is a piece of metal hanging from a ribbon really that important to you?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Sure. You can say that. You got one.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Joe...
0:30:45 > 0:30:48don't fly any more.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Hey, I'll be all right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It's bad enough you out-medalled me.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Think I'll let you outlive me too?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58THEY LAUGH
0:31:04 > 0:31:07JOE: Those union reps in Nevada are supposed to be getting out the vote.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10I agree. I think they should be making more of an effort,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13but I haven't seen any indication of that up to the present time.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Boy, look at you!
0:31:15 > 0:31:17< They're ready whenever you are.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Great. >
0:31:20 > 0:31:21What's she doing?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24The interview for WBX. We'll send the feed up and down the East Coast.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Since when does she get interviewed?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Well, Jackie was supposed to do it,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31but Jack said she was tired, so she's going to rest.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Oh, she's tired? I'm tired. We're all tired.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35No, it's fine, Dad. Look at her.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- She's happy to do it. - I'll bet she is!
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Tell Jack to get Jackie out of bed, have her put her face on,
0:31:40 > 0:31:42and dazzle those sons of bitches.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25WOMAN: Mrs Kennedy, sometimes in politics,
0:32:25 > 0:32:29the image of a candidate is quite different from the reality.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Well...
0:32:31 > 0:32:34that's the wonderful thing about my husband.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37He's not interested in image. >
0:32:37 > 0:32:40He's exactly who he appears to be, >
0:32:40 > 0:32:43a man who... cares about his family
0:32:43 > 0:32:46and who's devoted to this country.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I think the American people see that. >
0:32:49 > 0:32:52They know my husband... > I'm sorry, sweetheart.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Ah, I got my make-up done for free.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Senator Kennedy has tried during the campaign
0:33:00 > 0:33:04to stress the need to get the country moving again.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06What do you think that means to the women voters?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12JACKIE: ..and I think women respond to that, because as mothers, >
0:33:12 > 0:33:16we want the future to look bright for our children. >
0:33:22 > 0:33:23How's Ethel?
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Oh, she's doing fine, really.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34I appreciate how supportive she's been on the campaign. She's been great.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37So why are you telling me? Tell her.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41You know how Dad is when he wants something.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45That's just it. I'm wondering, will he keep getting his way? Yes, probably.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Really? So how's that going to be if you get into the White House, hmm?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51What are you going to say, uh, "My fellow Americans,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54"my dad wanted me to invade Russia, so that's what we shall do?"
0:33:54 > 0:33:58You didn't want to manage this campaign, and here you are. How's that any different?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Well, it is tremendously different!
0:34:01 > 0:34:04After today, I'm done, and he becomes your responsibility, your burden.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09And I hope that the two of you have a-a-a successful presidency together.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'm sorry it happened, OK?
0:34:20 > 0:34:23BOBBY SIGHS
0:34:24 > 0:34:25It's fine.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31You should go get ready.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35The car's going to be here shortly to pick you and Jackie up to vote. >
0:34:35 > 0:34:38I'm about to vote for myself for President of the United States.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Who ever thought it'd work out like this?
0:34:43 > 0:34:46It was supposed to be Joe's day.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50But it's not, Jack. It's yours.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54You earned it.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08MUSIC PLAYS
0:35:30 > 0:35:32TYRES CRUNCH ON GRAVEL
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Mrs Kennedy, I'm Father O'Byrne. >
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Can I help you, Father?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13May we speak with the Ambassador?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16H-He's taking a nap.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19I think you should wake him.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24I-I-Is there something I can help you with?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's urgent that we speak with him.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31we have news...
0:36:31 > 0:36:33about your son Joe.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42(Joe.)
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Joe...
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Joe, we... we have to pray.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30We have to pray for his soul.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31To who?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34A God who let him die?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Oh, don't say that.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38We have to have faith.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40No, I-I-I don't want to hear it, Rose.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Everything is part of God's plan.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45It's part of God's plan to let Joe die?!
0:37:45 > 0:37:47A boy!
0:37:47 > 0:37:49A young boy with his life in front of him!
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Well, it's not part of my plan!
0:37:51 > 0:37:55We...have to have faith.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58What? What?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00In this? No, Joe, no.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03You can pray to this thing if you want, Rosie, but not me.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Never again! Never again!
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Please, Joe, please.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Dad, what's going on?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12ROSE WHIMPERS
0:38:18 > 0:38:19DOOR SLAMS
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Mom?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24What is it? W-What happened?
0:38:24 > 0:38:25ROSE SOBS
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Your brother...
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Joe is dead.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39ROSE SNIFFLES
0:38:39 > 0:38:41we have to pray for him. >
0:39:29 > 0:39:31It's up to you now, Jack.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36You know that, don't you?
0:39:38 > 0:39:40To do what?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Carry on for your brother.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47After the war, you'll run for congress
0:39:47 > 0:39:49and take up the seat that he would've had.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I can't. I can't.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Yes, you can.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I can't do it.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00I-I'm not Joe.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03You'll do it, Jack...
0:40:03 > 0:40:05for him...
0:40:05 > 0:40:07for all of us.
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