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00:07Great friends, we meet here today, not as Ghanaians, Guineans, Moroccans, Aegeans, Senegalese,
00:20or Malians, but as Africans, tired of being disrespected and abused by the corrupt and
00:31imperial powers of the past. The time has come to forge new alliances. Those who understand
00:39the strategic importance of Africa and are willing to treat us as equals, not as subordinates,
00:48and not as slaves. This is our time. We must choose our own destiny. A socialist Africa
01:03for Africans!
01:07APPLAUSE
01:23She's definitely seen better days, ma'am. We're sending the foresters to the end of the season,
01:27kill it back. Yes. The old oak, she's still hanging on, just about. Oh, but she looks
01:32so old. Ancient. Well, she will have to be felled in Newcastle. What is she? Looks like
01:37it's set in for the day. Do you remember my grandson Daniel, ma'am? Yes, of course. Oh,
01:42is that his christening? That's right. We ought to head back, ma'am. Get rid of this brain.
01:47Right. Or go get a job lead. Engine's packed in. What, again? Can I help, ma'am? Oh, thank
01:55you. Oh, oh. Oh. Oh, oh. Oh, ah. Sorry, are you all right, ma'am? Yes, I'm here. Oh. Oh.
02:28When is it, do you think, if one's committed to a life of honesty, that one must start
02:33calling oneself middle-aged?
02:36Oh, stop it.
02:37You're still a young girl.
02:39I caught sight of myself in a mirror today.
02:42I looked like an old woman.
02:43You haven't even finished having children yet.
02:46True.
02:47So, finish your family.
02:49Let the first one go to school, and then let's talk about being middle-aged.
02:53That won't be middle-aged.
02:54That'll be ancient.
02:57Oh, no, no.
02:58Not again?
03:03Mommy, be careful.
03:05No, stop it.
03:06It's rented.
03:07Fuck.
03:10No.
03:11Oh, no, yes, you've got it.
03:13Well done.
03:14This macaroni and cheese is heavenly.
03:18So, weekend has been heavenly.
03:21Sadly, I have to leave in the morning.
03:23How the fool?
03:25They're coming to dinner.
03:27In Kennedy's.
03:28After Vienna with Kruistrov, then Paris, they're coming to London.
03:31So, we're having an informal dinner at Buckingham Palace.
03:34She's so young, I always thought she was the same age as you.
03:37She is.
03:41She's so young.
03:45Oh, no, no, no.
03:47There she is.
03:47She was talking about the charm and elegance of Mr. Kennedy's wife, Jackie.
03:51Jackie, in fact, often stole the picture.
03:59Oh, she is pretty, isn't she?
04:03Yes.
04:12Oh, no, no.
04:17Oh, shit.
04:21Oh, shit.
04:28Oh, shit.
04:31Oh, shit.
04:50One overriding item on the agenda today, ma'am.
04:54Garner.
04:55Now continued concern for Nkrumah's growing hostility to the West.
04:59You feel that he's drifting from the Commonwealth?
05:01Not so much drifting as bolting for the door.
05:03Into whose arms?
05:06The Russians, ma'am.
05:09Yesterday he received Brezhnev in a crowd.
05:12Brezhnev?
05:12The chairman of the Soviet Presidium, who flew to Ghana for talks about Nkrumah's precious dam project.
05:18The Volta Dam?
05:19Yes, ma'am.
05:20But I thought Nkrumah had been talking to the Americans about that.
05:22He had been.
05:23But Russia sees this as an opportunity.
05:25To outbid the Americans, get a foothold in Africa, in an attempt to turn the whole continent red.
05:31Well, shouldn't we ask the Americans to improve their offer?
05:33I will certainly speak to President Kennedy as soon as he arrives in London.
05:37Oh, good.
05:38Following his great triumph in Paris.
05:41Indeed.
05:42I thought de Gaulle didn't care for Mr. Kennedy.
05:44No, he doesn't.
05:45Personally or politically.
05:46So what turned it all around?
05:48The First Lady, ma'am.
05:52Why?
05:52What did she do?
05:53Dazzled le tout parry.
05:54Had President de Gaulle eating out of her hand.
05:57How on earth did she do that?
05:59By speaking French fluently.
06:01Yes, we can all do that.
06:02And by debating with local philosophers and intellectuals.
06:06Until all anti-American sentiments simply evaporated.
06:09I suppose she's prissy.
06:12And they are French.
06:14She's not so formidably bright woman in her own right.
06:17Having studied at the Sorbonne and the prestigious École Libre des Sciences Politiques.
06:22The most glamorous and intelligent woman on earth.
06:26So they say.
06:29And now she's coming to London.
06:31So we better put our best foot forward.
06:33Anyway, Prime Minister.
06:35Your Majesty.
06:40Always important, I think, when choosing a gown,
06:43is to ask oneself what precisely one wants to feel when wearing it.
06:48Hmm.
06:49I just think that one doesn't want to feel second best.
06:53Quite.
06:54Especially if one is very much the senior of the two individuals.
06:58Oh, no.
06:58In terms of rank, not age.
07:01To that end, I have something quite specific in mind.
07:05Mrs. Kennedy may have dazzled in Paris.
07:07But let's not forget France is a republic.
07:11This is a monarchy.
07:13And if you've got it, flaunt it, I say.
07:31I had a look at the season plan for dinner, and I couldn't help noticing.
07:34Breathe in, Mum.
07:36Just a bit more.
07:37You gave Mrs. Kennedy to Uncle Dickie.
07:39There.
07:40Yes, I did.
07:41At his request, he's been badgering me for weeks.
07:43As, incidentally, as your brother-in-law.
07:46Bertolt?
07:47Yes.
07:47The rascal.
07:48Not to mention our own Prime Minister and the American Ambassador.
07:51Well, well, well.
07:52All desperate to sit next to the First Lady.
07:56I could let her out a bit, Mum.
08:00What if I'm requesting her, too?
08:02I'll put you next to Theodora.
08:04She's my sister.
08:05Yes, whom you haven't seen in years.
08:06She's still my sister.
08:08And this is...
08:09You know.
08:10No, I don't know.
08:12Her?
08:13Anyway, in terms of protocol, isn't it my right, as your husband, to sit next to the most senior female
08:18there?
08:18It's true.
08:19At a state dinner, you could have expected to sit next to the most senior female guests.
08:23But on this occasion, Downing Street have asked us, begged us not, to make it a state dinner.
08:28Why?
08:29So as not to put French noses out of joint.
08:31What's it got to do with the bloody French?
08:33Well, apparently de Gaulle will resist us joining the EEC if he thinks we're too close to the Americans.
08:38So it's a small, informal dinner.
08:40Oh, fine.
08:40Then it's a free-for-all, seating-wise.
08:42Yes, I suppose it is.
08:43In which case, I could move Dickie next to my sister and put myself next to the First Lady.
08:48If you must.
08:50Where?
08:52I must.
09:12Thank you, gentlemen.
09:13Sorry, sir.
09:15And you.
09:25The President and First Lady are arriving, ma'am.
09:27Oh.
09:29There you are.
09:31Thank you, ma'am.
09:32Oh, you're good.
09:37Is it possible to think you could be marginally less excited?
09:43No.
09:45No.
09:45There you go.
09:48What, Shane?
09:49What on earth is going on?
09:52They've all gone mad.
09:55Oh, here they go.
10:05Madam First Lady, welcome to Buckingham Palace.
10:08Mr. President.
10:09Hello.
10:10Her Majesty is waiting for you in the blue droid room.
10:16There will be a brief reception before Dennis.
10:19It's Mass exterior.
10:21You're extraordinary behaviour.
10:26Duck.
10:28For goodness sake.
10:29Come on, it's like royalty.
10:31Well, very funny.
10:42Gosh
10:44President Fast, President Fast
10:47Your Majesty
10:49No curtsy
10:51Mrs Kennedy
10:52Your Grace
10:54Your Royal Highness
10:55Mrs Kennedy
10:57Good evening, Your Royal Majesty
11:00Oh dear
11:01Oh for goodness sake
11:03Mr President
11:06Mr President
11:07Your Grace
11:08Did they not get the protocol sheet?
11:10Yes
11:11You obviously didn't read it
11:13Yes, well
11:14Shall we?
11:16Ah, Jackie
11:18Where do you think she's going?
11:20Lord knows
11:24Mrs Kennedy
11:24I feel like that went wrong in about 10,000 different ways
11:29I've seen worse
11:30I'm not sure when
11:34Drink
11:34Please
11:36Sorry, sir
11:37Bloody shabbles
11:50My heart goes out to him
11:53Where it is that behind closed doors in Vienna
11:55Khrushchev humiliated
11:56Ran rain through it
11:58Treated him like a little boy
11:59No, one of the Cold War
12:00It's two nations
12:02A very good one
12:03It's a little bit of that
12:04Yes
12:05It's a little bit of that
12:05Two migrants
12:06It's a little bit of that
12:07I never do this
12:08I never do this
12:08I never do this
12:11I never do this
12:11Since we're out of our own people
12:12We won't go
12:14No, we won't go
12:30So, how was she?
12:33Oh, terrific
12:34She's divine
12:36Is she?
12:37In fact, clever
12:38Yes
12:41What are you doing?
12:42She wants a tour of the place
12:43Does she?
12:44Well, then I'll do it
12:45You know, it's all right
12:46She asked me
12:46No
12:47It's my house
12:49So I'll do it
12:54Mrs. Kennedy
12:55You okay there?
12:58I hope my wife isn't causing too much trouble
13:03You do know you're the luckiest man on earth?
13:08Yes
13:13Although, people keep telling me the same thing
13:20Where are they going?
13:22I have absolutely no idea
13:26Now, this is the throne room
13:28In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign
13:30Various balls and concerts were held here
13:33But now, it's principally used for receptions and vestiges
13:36And taking over all wedding photographs
13:44Shall we?
13:45Now, this is the picture gallery
13:48This is my great-great-great-great-grandfather, George III
13:51And he bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife, Queen Charlotte
13:57Who's this?
13:59Ah, that's one of the pits
14:01The younger
14:02Known for something that's always rather endeared me to him
14:06Crippling shyness
14:08Apparently, he could barely look people in the eye
14:12And yet, he became our Prime Minister
14:14I quite understand
14:17I'm also a shy person by nature
14:26This leads to our private apartments
14:31It's a shortcut
14:35This is about as private as it gets in this place
14:39It's where one feels most comfortable
14:41Oh, I quite understand
14:43You have to have somewhere to escape to
14:47I've often wondered how someone who hates attention as much as I do
14:50Ended up in a goldfish bowl like the White House
14:55But I realize there's actually a perverse logic
14:57To a cripplingly shy person ending up in this position
15:00Well, you'll have to explain that one to me
15:02Well, a shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them
15:07Yes, I'm with you so far
15:08And a strong character is often one who enjoys public life
15:12Who thrives on it
15:15And then before you know it
15:16The very person you have turned to in order to protect you
15:19Is the very reason you are exposed
15:23Jack's idea of heaven is a crowd
15:26Campaigning, fundraising, speech making
15:29That's when he comes alive
15:31He'd far sooner speak to ten thousand people
15:33Under the glare of spotlights
15:35Than be alone
15:37With me
15:43And what's your idea of heaven?
15:47I like my own company
15:49And to be alone in the countryside
15:51And where do you go?
15:53A farm
15:54Glenora, about an hour from Washington
15:56Maryland
15:58Virginia
15:58Oh yes
16:05Hello stupid
16:06They're eating
16:08Yes ma'am
16:08Oh goodness
16:13What's your name?
16:14Well
16:15That's sugar
16:16These are hot puppies
16:17Come here
16:18Come here
16:19Whiskey
16:20And sherry
16:21Hello
16:23Oh
16:23You're very clever to be cautious
16:26It's really one of the great paradoxes
16:28Of being in a position where
16:29I have to talk to a great many people
16:31But deep down
16:33I'm happiest with animals
16:34That makes two of us
16:38I always think my sister would have made
16:40If not the better
16:42The more natural first lady
16:43Oh mine too
16:44A born queen
16:47And the greatest of British queens
16:49In her own mind anyway
16:57No I liked her very much
16:59And I've been all set to loathe her
17:01But in the end
17:02I was utterly charmed
17:04It's a timely reminder
17:05Of what?
17:06Oh
17:07That people are so rarely what they seem
17:09Well then I don't know what Patrick was talking about
17:11Patrick?
17:12Plunkett
17:12I saw him last night at Tartouf
17:14No
17:14Is that a restaurant?
17:15It's a play deal
17:16A very famous French play
17:17Oh I knew that
17:18Did you?
17:19Yes it's a classic tragedy
17:21Farce
17:21My present
17:22Mollier
17:23No
17:23Pierre Sereau was a painter
17:27When was the last time you even went to the theatre?
17:30Or gallery
17:31Or even read a book?
17:33Oh you're a savage
17:34Oh thank you
17:36What about Patrick?
17:37Well Patrick had dinner at the Radsevilles last week
17:41Well your new best friend Mrs. Kennedy was also a guest
17:44He called me this morning to tell me some of the things he'd overheard her say at dinner
17:49Oh what did she say?
17:50I'd have to ask Patrick
17:52I must say it did seem a little unkind
17:55You know how reporters' speech gets twisted in the retailing
17:59I'm quite sure it was nothing
18:02Don't worry
18:09General Sarge
18:11Precise
18:12Up
18:15Shoulder
18:17Up
18:19Order
18:20Up
18:27Patrick
18:29Your Majesty
18:30It's so kind of you to come
18:35It's really not far
18:36Are you still just round the corner at Wellington Barracks?
18:38I am
18:39And are you still travelling up and down the country
18:41Recruiting for all the regiments from all the top schools?
18:43That's me
18:47I gather
18:49You saw the First Lady
18:51That did her recently
18:52Who?
18:54Mrs. Kennedy
18:56Margaret mentioned it
18:57Margaret mentioned it
18:57Did she?
18:57Yes
19:00So how was that?
19:02Pleasant enough
19:04Uneventful
19:05You know how it is at the Ranservilles
19:07No I don't
19:08Well the food's always good
19:10Yes but I wasn't asking about the food
19:14I'd like to know what was said
19:18Patrick
19:18We grew up together
19:20And we've always had a very frank and a very open relationship
19:24Yes ma'am
19:24Yes
19:25So let's not break the habit of a lifetime
19:30All right
19:34What I ever heard the First Lady say
19:37And I should mention I was several places along the table
19:39It's possible that I misheard
19:42Yes
19:44Was
19:45That she found Buckingham Palace
19:47Second rate
19:48Dilapidated and sad
19:50Like a neglected provincial hotel
19:53And that one came away with a sense of
19:56A tired institution
19:58Without a place in the modern world
20:04I see
20:12And did she have anything to say
20:14About me?
20:16Patrick
20:17I was at the other end of the table
20:24But the words I think I ever heard were
20:30That in our head of state
20:31We had
20:33A middle-aged woman
20:35So incurious
20:38Unintelligent
20:39And unremarkable
20:43That Britain's new reduced place in the world
20:45Was not a surprise
20:46But an inevitability
21:01Well
21:04We must have her again soon
21:07We must have her again
21:07We must have her again soon
21:21We must have her again soon
21:22We must have her again soon
21:23We must have her again soon
21:24We must have her again soon
21:24We must have her again soon
21:26We must have her again soon
21:28We must have her again soon
21:29We must have her again soon
21:30We must have her again soon
21:33We must have her again soon
21:44Bad news, I'm afraid.
21:45Worse than bad.
21:46Regarding Nkrumah's Volta Dab project, President Kennedy's pulled out.
21:52Why?
21:53American involvement was conditional upon Ghana having severed all ties with the Russians.
21:57Turns out Nkrumah was in Moscow yesterday to receive the order of Lenin, highest military honor, from Khrushchev himself.
22:05And what's the next step?
22:07I wish I knew. Wish I had an ace up my sleeve.
22:10The way President Kennedy had his First Lady in Paris.
22:25Why don't you send me?
22:30Where?
22:32To Ghana? On what would be seen as a personal trip?
22:35Absolutely not.
22:36That would be out of the question, ma'am.
22:38Why? A visit from the Crown to Ghana would be seen as a huge compliment.
22:41Too great a compliment.
22:42It would be singling out Ghana as a preferred nation.
22:45In doing so, we risk alienating Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tengenica.
22:48But surely by singling out Ghana that might be just the thing to keep Nkrumah away from the Russians and
22:52in the Commonwealth.
22:53Perhaps, but as Queen, you cannot be seen to be engaging in the dirty business of politics.
22:56Yes, but as head of the Commonwealth, can I not be permitted just once to defend it?
22:59Your Majesty.
23:02It would be unsafe.
23:04It would be provocative.
23:06It would be, in my view, a profound misjudgment to get on that plane.
23:26The trip is impossible to justify it from any angle.
23:29It is unethical, unconstitutional and indefensible that the Queen should be going a tour.
23:35What would you have me do?
23:36Nothing?
23:37I certainly wouldn't have you get into a chess match with a wily operator like Nkrumah.
23:41You're all just being cynical.
23:43And you're being naive.
23:45When you last met him, Nkrumah was just Nkrumah.
23:48Now he's the Lion of Africa, playing the Soviets off against the Americans.
23:51And you're a lamb the lion will have for lunch.
23:55The best thing you can do is stay at home and be what you're supposed to be.
23:58A puppet.
23:59A constitutional monarch.
24:01A puppet.
24:02If you like.
24:03Well, that's the whole point.
24:05I don't like.
24:20Sir, she's here.
24:23Let's go.
25:17Let's go.
25:24Let's go.
25:28Let's go.
25:30Let's go.
25:34Let's go.
25:49Let's go.
25:52Let's go.
26:17Let's go.
26:27Let's go.
26:31Let's go.
26:36Let's go.
26:49Hello.
26:52Your Majesty.
26:54Prime Minister.
26:55I've just received confirmation that a team of international engineers has arrived in Ghana to begin work on Nkrumah's dam.
27:00Well, I see that's good news, isn't it?
27:05We encourage the Americans to go back to Nkrumah.
27:07Soviet engineers, ma'am.
27:09It appears Nkrumah's been playing us all off against one another.
27:12What?
27:13The meeting is a merry dance.
27:14I'm afraid you've been used, ma'am.
27:17Just as we feel.
27:24Elizabeth?
27:25What's happened?
27:28In, sir.
27:29Martin.
27:31I wouldn't if I were you.
27:34Sir?
27:35She's asked to be alone.
27:38She said she's sinking.
27:40The Shah, the Shah.
27:55The Shah is the only one that had been created for the Shah.
28:00Don't be the only one.
28:00Before the Shah.
28:01The Shah one is was his last two.
28:02He's the only one.
28:03The Shah is.
28:03The Shah.
28:04The Shah's going for the Shah.
28:06The Shah Gupp.
28:21What's going on?
28:24What are you doing?
28:27Elizabeth?
28:36Yes, this is Colonel Charteris.
28:38We have Martin Charteris on the telephone.
28:40The situation is developing in Ghana.
28:43Hello?
29:01What are you doing?
29:11I think we both understand the significance of this moment.
29:16Yes.
29:18But do we understand the terms?
29:23They appear to be in some kind of negotiation.
29:26What kind of negotiation?
29:27Get her out of there.
29:30Your Majesty.
29:35Oh, Lord.
29:36What's going on?
29:42He's taking her hand.
30:01They're dancing.
30:04Our Queen is dancing, sir.
30:08With an African.
30:09What?
30:10Was this agreed?
30:11Was this agreed?
30:12This was definitely not agreed.
30:14What are they doing?
30:15What are they doing?
30:17Hard to say.
30:19I believe it's the Foxtrot.
30:21The Foxtrot, sir.
30:23Huh?
30:25What do we do?
31:03Ladies and gentlemen, the man I'm proud to call, the 35th President of the United States, but even more proud
31:10to call my brother, John F. Kennedy.
31:18Thank you, Bobby.
31:44Thank you, Bobby.
31:47There has been a change, a slippage in our moral and our intellectual strength.
31:54Blight has descended on our regulatory agencies, and a dry rot beginning in Washington is seeping into every corner of
32:02America.
32:03Too many of us have lost our way, our will, and our sense of historic purpose.
32:09It is time for a renewal, a new generation of leadership, healing leadership, but we cannot do it alone.
32:18And so I am asking each of you to be pioneers in this renewal, in this healing, in the reclaiming
32:26of great American values, freedom, tolerance, and equality of opportunity.
32:31Then we can claim our position and responsibilities as leaders of a truly free world.
32:37God bless you all, and God bless the United States of America.
32:41God bless you all, and God bless you all, and God bless you all.
33:04worthwhile.
33:09Ladies, if you'd like to step over.
33:20When the British royal family visits the former colony,
33:23it doesn't normally make news of the U.S.
33:26But when Queen Elizabeth dances with the former...
33:29Watch out, honey.
33:29...a white monarch with an African leader,
33:32the world pays attention,
33:34and so too the Ghanaian leader,
33:36President Nkrumah himself.
33:40I'm going to Glenora with the kids in the morning.
33:43It's not the weekend yet.
33:45It's Wednesday.
33:47It's weekend enough for me.
33:49Don't be like that.
33:52Don't you take away my dignity
33:53and then tell me how to be.
33:55I just wanted to thank you, that's all.
33:58For the second time in recent weeks,
34:00you've been instrumental in changing a significant matter of foreign policy.
34:06And an African state that was fast running into the arms of the communists
34:09has been turned around and kept in the West.
34:14Well, what does that have to do with me?
34:15Well, dreary queen, thick ankles.
34:20Her majestic dullness.
34:23The incurious crown.
34:25Apparently just some of the things you've said about her at a dinner in London,
34:29which then got back to Queen Elizabeth, and it seems spurred her on.
34:34Without those insults, she wouldn't have defied her cabinet,
34:37risked her reputation, and gone to Ghana against all advice
34:40to bring President Nkrumah back on side.
34:41But she did.
34:44Pulled off some incredible stunt with a dance,
34:47and it's all thanks to you.
34:49They're ready for you.
34:51Relax.
34:51It's not like you're running to her in Glenora.
34:55Not Glenora, no.
34:57But I am due back in London on my way back from India and Pakistan.
35:01Then my advice would be don't go to Buckingham Palace.
35:05Sorry.
35:06The provincial hotel.
35:08It's not so easy.
35:09Her sister set up a lunch last time we were in town.
35:11Well, that should be fun.
35:15Catfight.
35:16I look forward to a full report.
35:19Come on, Bobby.
35:41Your Majesty, some more international reactions to the Ghana trip.
35:46Positive or negative?
35:49Overwhelmingly positive, ma'am.
35:53Well, just a quick look, then.
36:00So...
36:00The New York Times calls it
36:03shrewd strategic manoeuvring.
36:06An example of impeccable political brinkmanship.
36:08The Australian papers are very impressed
36:10with your commitment to the Commonwealth.
36:12And the Illustrated London News
36:14call it an outstanding personal success.
36:18The voting doesn't suit you.
36:21The Garnet Press
36:22are calling you a socialist.
36:25Oh.
36:26Goodness.
36:28One more thing.
36:29First Lady, Mrs. Kennedy.
36:34What about her?
36:36Um...
36:37Her office has written requesting a private audience
36:39with your Majesty prior to lunch on the 28th of March.
36:42Whatever for?
36:44They didn't say.
36:46Where's the lunch?
36:47Barking at Palace, ma'am.
36:52Well, let's make the audience Windsor Castle.
36:57Sometimes only a fortress will do.
37:01Windsor Castle.
37:18You're welcome.
37:20You're welcome.
37:21I will wait.
37:26You've made it a great job.
37:27You're welcome.
37:27You're welcome.
37:29You're welcome.
37:31You're welcome.
37:35Headway to the Queen Star!
37:49Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy.
37:52Mr. Kennedy's.
37:55Oh, help!
37:57Oh, help!
38:00This way, Mrs. Kennedy.
38:13Mrs. Kennedy, this way, your knees.
38:29Mrs. Kennedy, your majesty.
38:32Your majesty.
38:35Thank you for seeing me.
38:38Mrs. Kennedy.
38:41Do sit down.
38:53Shall we have tea?
39:11I asked to speak to you in private ahead of our lunch on Friday, because I owe you an apology.
39:17Whatever for.
39:19I think we both know the answer to that question.
39:34At a social occasion, shortly after our last visit, I made some comments.
39:41Some foolish comments, which I believe got back to you.
39:44There really is no need for this.
39:47Reports that you've said certain things did get back to me.
39:53And I'll confess to being momentarily surprised, since they in no way reflected what I understood to be the spirit
39:59of our meeting.
40:00But in this job, I've learned, as I'm sure you have too, not to take things too seriously.
40:06People say things for all sorts of reasons, which get misquoted or misunderstood.
40:11And before you know it, those words are turned into something quite different.
40:13And everyone's upset or up in arms.
40:17I'm quite sure that you meant no harm nor disrespect.
40:20After all, why would you?
40:22We barely know one another.
40:24Still, it was inexcusable, so I can't offer an excuse.
40:27But if you'll allow me, I'd like to offer an explanation.
40:33Yes, of course.
40:35Last time we were in London, Jack and I probably seemed, at least from the outside, to be riding on
40:41a high.
40:42Yes, I should say so.
40:44The most celebrated, most famous couple in the world.
40:46Well, the truth is that I was still suffering from postnatal problems after the birth of our son.
40:52And Jack had his own health issues.
40:55To say we were strained would be an understatement.
40:59So, when we got to Paris,
41:02I don't mind telling you I took some pleasure in shining there.
41:06And then, at the Elysee Palace.
41:08I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris.
41:14I enjoyed it.
41:16Jack didn't appreciate being upstaged.
41:20Behind closed doors.
41:22I can imagine.
41:26There are other factors too.
41:29Our doctor.
41:31Dr. Jacobson routinely administers us his cocktails before major trips.
41:38Vitamins.
41:42But other substances too.
41:46To help pep us up or calm us down.
41:54On the occasion of that dinner, he had given me something.
41:58A little booster.
42:01And I told him I needed cheering up.
42:05But I guess it loosened my tongue.
42:08And then I heard some of these terrible things got back to you.
42:13And...
42:14I can't tell you how much distress it's caused me.
42:18The idea that I might have upset someone I admire so much.
42:23That's very kind of you to say.
42:25It's true.
42:27The way you do your job.
42:29The way you cope with the pressure.
42:32The...
42:33Personal sacrifices you've made.
42:35Not to mention your...
42:37Composure and dignity.
42:40As a woman, it's so inspiring.
42:43And what you just did in Ghana...
42:46Was just extraordinary.
42:52What I should have said...
42:54Was that I didn't do very much in Ghana.
42:57I got on a plane...
42:58And I went.
43:00The only reason I went was because I felt...
43:03Utterly useless in comparison to you.
43:06And I was trying to compete.
43:08And if anything...
43:10I owe you a huge debt of gratitude.
43:15But I didn't.
43:17I just sat there.
43:20And I let her say her peace.
43:22And savoured your victory?
43:24Yes.
43:25And what do you want from me now?
43:28For ticking off?
43:29Well, don't you think I'm deserving of one?
43:31No.
43:32But she was so broken.
43:34And fragile.
43:36And lost.
43:38You did exactly the right thing.
43:43She insulted you.
43:44All of us.
43:44And you're not a saint.
43:46No.
43:46We know that already.
43:50There's ice in those veins when there needs to be.
43:53Yes.
43:56Well, if we cheers to that.
44:10Yes.
44:30Ma'am.
44:31What is it?
44:32You're needed back in the house.
44:34Right.
44:39What's going on?
44:40I don't know that.
44:42Somebody come.
44:43I don't know.
44:54There was absolutely pandemonium around the scene.
44:57People screamed and lay down on the ground as shots were heard.
45:00Reporters saw President Kennedy lying flat on his face on the seat of his car.
45:05Men and women were screaming.
45:07He saw blood on the president's head.
45:09This is all we have here in Washington at this moment.
45:12And for the moment, I return you to Radio Newsreel in London.
45:15Hello, London. I've just heard from Dallas that the president is still alive, but in critical position.
45:21He was apparently shot in the head, and the governor of Texas, Governor Connolly, was shot in the chest.
45:27Mrs. Kennedy was weeping, trying to hold up her husband's head, when the reporters reached the car as it dashed
45:34toward the hospital.
45:35Vice President Lyndon Johnson was in the car behind the president.
45:38Blood transfusions are being given to President Kennedy.
45:41However, one of the two priests called into the room has administered the last sacrament of the church to President
45:48Kennedy.
45:50Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connolly are stunned, but they are at the bedside of their husbands.
46:04He's dead.
46:43Didn't you say how unhappy she was in the marriage?
46:48Mrs. Kennedy, accompanied the fallen president.
46:52That's the thing about unhappiness.
46:56All it takes is for something worse to come along.
47:00And you realize it was actually happiness after all.
47:11She's still wearing the same clothes.
47:14Couldn't they have found her something else?
47:17She's covered in her husband's blood.
47:23No, I think it's deliberate.
47:32Where'd you go then?
47:35Linda Johnson, sworn in on Air Force One, less than 100 minutes after the official death of President Kennedy.
47:55I would like everyone in the royal household to observe a full week of court mourning.
48:03And I would like the bell rung at Westminster Abbey.
48:07Ma'am, it custom dictates that the bell will only be rung...
48:12When a member of the royal family dies.
48:14I know.
48:17But I would like it to be rung...
48:19...every minute.
48:21For an hour.
48:22I ask for your help from 11 o'clock until midday.
48:25I ask for your help from 11 o'clock until midday.
48:25I ask for your help from 11 o'clock until midday.
48:30Yes, ma'am.
48:30President Johnson, in his prayer for God's help, may we all find some right and hope in the darkness of
48:39the days that lie ahead.
48:41So, let's go.
48:58My job, Mr. Alexander.
49:00Thank you for having me.
49:00I don't want to play with your help.
49:03And we're on the bench.
49:04I won't let you chat.
49:05Who knows, my brother?
49:09I don't want to be a little bit as much.
49:10You don't want to be a little bit as a new boy.
49:11I don't know.
49:41I don't know.