A Historical Perspective on the Inauguration Script

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1 A Historical Perspective on the Inauguration Script SHOT / TITLE DESCRIPTION 1. 00:00 Animated Open Animated Open 2. 00:07 Montage of Inauguration footage IT S AMERICA S CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY, HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE PEACEFUL FINALIZING OF THE DECISION MADE BY CITIZENS WHO USED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES :20 Stacey Delikat on camera STACEY ON CAMERA: 4. 00:33 Graphic of Constitution HI, I M STACEY DELIKAT FOR THE.NEWS. THE KEY EVENT IN WHAT IN 2009 HAS BECOME A FOUR DAY CELEBRATION, CENTERS ON WORDS WRITTEN IN 1787 AND INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE: I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 1

2 5. 00:50 1:02 1:05 Montage of Inauguration footage Marvin Kranz on camera Footage of George Washington THE REST OF THE INAUGURATION, THE PARADES, SPEECHES, AND BALLS, ARE TRADITIONS THAT DEVELOPED SINCE THE FIRST TIME GEORGE WASHINGTON RECITED THE OATH OF OFFICE IN HISTORIAN MARVIN KRANZ SAYS WASHINGTON WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO USE HIS INAUGURATION TO SET A TONE FOR HIS PRESIDENCY, RIGHT DOWN TO WEARING A PLAIN BROWN SUIT :11 Marvin Kranz on camera Marvin Kranz, Library of Congress: No fancy ribbons or anything like that. He gave up the general s uniform and he was going to be president of the people. 2

3 7. 01:18 Footage of Thomas Jefferson THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FIRSTS OVER THE YEARS. THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE IN WASHINGTON DC. 01:25 Footage of Andrew Jackson ANDREW JACKSON WAS THE FIRST TO BE INAUGURATED AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. 01:30 Footage of William Henry Harrison WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE BY TRAIN. HE ALSO SET THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST ADDRESS :35 01:42 Marvin Kranz on camera Footage of William Henry Harrison Marvin Kranz, Library of Congress: He was going to demonstrate that he was a real he-man; he went out to make his inaugural address; he left his hat behind, he took his coat off, and stood in rainy, damp weather. He caught a cold and within a month he had died, the first President to die in office. 3

4 9. 01:52 Footage of Abraham Lincoln and Inauguration AFRICAN AMERICANS PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL PARADE FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING ABRAHAM LINCOLN S SECOND SWEARING IN. 01:59 Footage of Woodrow Wilson and Inauguration WOMEN MARCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING WOODROW WILSON S INAUGURAL IN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FIRST LADY ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT TO AND FROM THE CAPITOL :10 Footage of Calvin Coolidge and new broadcast technology TECHNOLOGY CHANGED THE INAUGURATION BEGINNING IN THE 1920 S. CALVIN COOLIDGE S SPEECH WAS BROADCAST NATIONWIDE ON RADIO. 4

5 11. 02:18 Image of family listening to radio Calvin Coolidge, 30 th President of the United States: A firmer courage, a higher hope inspires the heart of all humanity :26 Image of Herbert Hoover HERBERT HOOVER WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE HIS SPEECH RECORDED ON FILM :30 Footage of Herbert Hoover s Inauguration Herbert Hoover, 31 st President of the United States: We have emerged from the losses of the Great War and the reconstruction following it with increased virility and strength. 5

6 14. 02:38 02:53 Footage of Hoover and Roosevelt and images of Depression and the Constitution Footage of Franklin Roosevelt PRESIDENTS TRADITIONALLY TOOK OFFICE IN MARCH BUT THE ALMOST FIVE MONTHS BETWEEN THE HOOVER AND ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATIONS DURING THE DEPRESSION LED TO A CHANGE. THE 20 TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION MOVED THE INAUGURATION TO JANUARY 20 TH. THAT S WHEN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT STARTED HIS SECOND TERM. 02:56 Footage of Harry S. Truman HARRY TRUMAN WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE HIS INAUGURATION TELEVISED. TRUMAN ALSO BROUGHT BACK THE TRADITION OF AN INAUGURAL BALL WHICH HAD BEEN DROPPED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR :06 Footage of Ronald Reagan RONALD REAGAN MOVED HIS SWEARING IN TO THE WEST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL SO HE COULD LOOK TOWARDS HIS HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE MOVE ALSO ALLOWED MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THE EVENT FROM THE MALL. 6

7 16. 03:17 Footage of Clinton s Inaugural video and webpage graphic PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE HIS INAUGURAL CARRIED LIVE ON THE INTERNET :23 Footage of Barack Obama AND NOW, BARACK OBAMA IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BECOME PRESIDENT. THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENT OF THE OBAMA INAUGURATION, LIKE ALL OTHERS BEFORE IT, WILL BE THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS :35 03:41 Footage of Barack Obama Ray Price on camera Ray Price, Nixon Speechwriter: The President is standing there for the very first time as President of the United States. He s introducing himself to the country and the world. They are waiting to hear what he wants to do and why. 7

8 19. 03:46 Footage of past Inaugurations PRESIDENT S TRADITIONALLY USE THE SPEECH TO TRY TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND SET OUT THEIR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. IN TIMES OF CRISIS, THE WORDS THE PRESIDENT CHOOSES, TAKE ON EVEN GREATER MEANING :58 Michael Waldman on camera Michael Waldman, Clinton Speechwriter: These speeches succeed best when for all the beautiful rhetoric and poetry they are a hard political document - they re arguing, they re fighting for some specific immediate goal :09 Footage of Abraham Lincoln AT HIS SECOND INAUGURATION IN 1865, PRESIDENT LINCOLN SPOKE TO A NATION AT WAR WITH ITSELF. HE CALLED UPON AMERICANS TO BIND THE NATION S WOUNDS, WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL :23 Footage of Franklin Roosevelt and Depression IN 1933 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT TOOK OFFICE DURING THE DEPTH OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 8

9 23. 04:29 Footage of Franklin Roosevelt s Inauguration speech Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32 nd President of the United States: This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself :47 Image of John F. Kennedy IN 1961 JOHN F. KENNEDY CHALLENGED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO WORK TOWARD BUILDING A BETTER WORLD :54 Footage of John F. Kennedy s Inauguration speech John F. Kennedy, 35 th President of the United States: Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans :08 Footage of Ronald Reagan s Inauguration THE NATION WAS ENTERING A RECESSION WHEN RONALD REAGAN TOOK OFFICE IN

10 27. 05:12 Footage of Ronald Reagan s Inauguration speech Ronald Reagan, 40 th President of the United States: The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go away :22 Stacey Delikat on camera STACEY ON CAMERA: WITH THE NATION AT WAR AND ITS ECONOMY IN TURMOIL, AMERICANS AND THE WORLD WILL BE LISTENING CLOSELY WHEN BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS HIS FIRST SPEECH AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE.NEWS I M STACEY DELIKAT. If you wish to stop the video at any time, refer to the running time listed on the printed script. Each segment begins at 00:00 and the time is displayed in the lower corner of your video player. 10