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[crowd shouting, cheering]

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[crowd chanting "Sieg heil!",
soldiers marching]

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♪

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FRANKLIN:
Like most men of my age,

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I had made plans
for myself.

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Plans for a private life
of my own choosing

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and for my own
satisfaction.

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These plans,
like so many other plans,

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had been made in a world
which now seems

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as distant as
another planet.

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[sighs]

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Recent world events
have made it clear

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that a great war in
Europe has become not merely

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a possibility,

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but a probability.

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[grunts]

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I have seen war,

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and I hate war.

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♪

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[chuckles]

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I have seen
how its destructive forces

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have torn men--
and civilization itself--

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apart.

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I have said this before,

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and I shall say it again
andagain

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and again:

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sons of the United States

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are not going to be sent
into any

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foreign war.

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I give you assurance

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and reassurance

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that every effort of your
government

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will be directed towards that
end.

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This nation will remain
a neutral nation.

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[reporters clamoring]

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♪ When can I
see you again?♪

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♪ I've been
waiting out here♪

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♪ For so long♪

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♪ And I don't seem♪

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♪ To find a reason♪

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♪ To keep building
these castles♪

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♪ Out of snow♪

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♪

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♪ They only
melt away♪

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♪ When spring
is arriving♪

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♪ And you
won't be here♪

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♪ Waiting to
drag me down♪

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♪ Into your pond♪

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♪

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[exhales]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[sighs]

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ÄRTHA [in Norwegian]:

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ASTRID: Mmm.

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[all speaking Norwegian]

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RAGNHILD:

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♪

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ÄRTHA:

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Signe...

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♪

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ÄRTHA and ASTRID:

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[Ragnhild assents]

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RAGNHILD:

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ÄRTHA:

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[Harald giggling]

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ÄRTHA:

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♪

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[Astrid squealing]

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♪ Somewhere over
the rainbow♪

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♪ Skies are blue♪

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♪ And the dreams
that you dare to dream♪

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[song continues
in background]

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[kids crying]

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ASTRID:

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♪ Birds fly over
the rainbow♪

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♪ Why, then ♪

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♪ Oh, why can't I?♪

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[bell ringing]

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[softly]:

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[speaking Swedish]:

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[knock at door]

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[chuckling]

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[speaking Norwegian]:

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PASTOR:

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♪

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[breathing softly]

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[knock at door]

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MORGENSTIERNE
[through door]:

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RAGNI [in Swedish]:

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[door opens]

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[ ärtha greets pastor,
man coughs lightly]

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[speaking Norwegian]:

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[picks up glass]

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[sets glass down]

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[shuffles paper]

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[clears throat softly]

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[crowd murmuring]

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WOMAN:

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[breath trembling]

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ÄRTHA:

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[organ playing]

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CONGREGATION
[singing in Norwegian]:

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ÄRTHA:

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[breathes deeply]

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[bells ringing,
cars passing]

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MORGANSTIERNE:

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PHOTOGRAPHER:
Your Highness, over here!

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[flashbulb pops]

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Thank you.
[exhales]

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[cars idling]

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♪

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RAGNI [speaking Swedish]:

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ÄRTHA [speaking Swedish]:

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No, I want them to go
all the way down to the floor.

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Your Highness, permit me
to suggest that you choose

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rather a shorter length,
to the sill, like this.

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This is the fashion
of the day.

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But this is just a temporary
solution.

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I'm planning on bringing the
curtains back home to Norway.

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Ah, yes, of course,
Your Highness.

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♪

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ROOSEVELT [in distance]:
Good morning, everybody.

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♪

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ÄRTHA:
Beautiful flowers,

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thank you so much.

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You're very welcome.

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HARALD [in Danish]:

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FRANKLIN:
Mm-hmm, yes.

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I knew you'd
recognize him.

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This is for you.

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[in Norwegian]:

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ÄRTHA:

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Thank you, Godfather!

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FRANKLIN [in Norwegian]:

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HARALD:

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So sweet of you.
Hm.

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Is this a family album?

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Yes.
May I see it?

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Of course.

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I had an undeveloped film roll
in my camera when we left home.

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Oh, that's Harald, hm.

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I'm sorry, ärtha.

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I can't begin to imagine
what you've been through.

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♪

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So how is
the campaign going?

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Ah, well, it's going to be
a very close race.

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But you are certainly
the better candidate.

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[chuckles]:
Thank you.

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But I'm afraid Mr. Willkie
has one advantage.

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He's completely new to
politics, never held public
office,

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which means he's not had
the opportunity

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to make any mistakes.

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Or enemies.

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Yet.

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[sighs softly]

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What keeps you from dropping
out entirely?

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The war.

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Can't you leave that to
a successor?

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Unfortunately,
there is no viable

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alternative candidate
in our ranks.

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As for Willkie,
it would be a catastrophe

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to leave this with an amateur.

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So, it's not the war itself
that holds you back.

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It's your sense of duty.

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I truly don't want this,
ärtha.

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[chuckling]:
Eight years,
it's more than enough.

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What would you do
if you could choose freely?

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If you weren't
the president?

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[kids playing]

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To run through a field.

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Topple over.

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Lie in the grass,
stare up at the sky.

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And climb a mountain,
take in the view.

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Feeling free.

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Then I'm chained to this chair
from morning till night.

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People come into my office day
after day.

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Most of them want something
from me--

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mostly things I can't give, nor
would if I could.

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You sit in your chair,
too.

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But if something goes
wrong, and you're tired

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or annoyed, you can get up,
you can walk around.

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You can leave the room.

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I can't.

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What about you, ärtha?

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What would you do, if you
weren't to be the future queen?

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No one ever asked me that
before.

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[knocks on door]

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RAGNI:
Telephone, Your Highness.

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From London.

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Oh, excuse me.

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ÄRTHA [in Swedish]:

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OLAV [on phone,
in Norwegian]:

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♪

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OLAV:

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[Olav hangs up]

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FRANKLIN:
Oh, now I'm going to be
very pretty.

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I'm so sorry,
I have to go.

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I want to stay
with you all.

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Oh, are you leaving so soon?

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Yes, you have business
to attend to,

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and I have a campaign to run.

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Come, say goodbye, children.

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Give me a hug.

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You come see me at the
White House anytime.

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Bye, Harald.
HARALD:
Goodbye.

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RAGNHILD: Goodbye,
Godfather.
Love you all.

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CHILDREN:
Bye!
See you soon.

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[kids calling and playing]

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You know,
I just wanted...
Listen, I...

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[both chuckling]

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You go first.

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Well, I just want to say how
wonderful it is

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to talk with someone who doesn't
have a hidden agenda.

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Believe me, in my life,
that hardly ever happens.

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[inhales deeply]

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You make me relax,
my dear.

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And I appreciate that.

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Likewise.

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Hm.

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[inhales deeply]

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If there's anything
you need

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to make this easier for
you and the children,

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don't hesitate to ask.

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I...

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[exhales]:
I'm sorry,

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but I have to
ask you this.

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Would you please

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meet with the
Norwegian ambassador,

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Morgenstierne?

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So you do have an agenda.

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I'm sorry.

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I was asked to...
No, no, ärtha...

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I understand.

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But I have to decline.

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Lots of European
ambassadors

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have been lining up
to meet me lately,

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and they all pretty much want
the same thing:

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"Please, sell us
munitions," but the Neutrality
Act

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forbids the sale of weapons
to nations at war.

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Look,

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there's nothing I would
like more

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than to bury my fist into
Hitler's face.

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So you want to fight the Nazis,
but, at the same time,

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you're telling the American
voters you won't.
Yes,

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It's politics, ärtha.

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And politics is all
about knowing

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what hand to play
and when to play it.

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You make it sound like a game.

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I'm sorry,
but the attack on my country

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doesn't seem much like
a game to me.

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I understand.

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I do.

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Thank you so much
for coming.

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MAN:
Mr. President,
your car is ready for you.

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00:20:04,133 --> 00:20:05,204
Sir...

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[engine starts]
All right,
bring the president's car.

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Ready, Mr. President?

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One, two, three.

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MORGANSTIERNE
[speaking Norwegian]:

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ÄRTHA [speaking
Norwegian]:

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♪

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[door opens]

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[car door closes]

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[sighs]

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[car door closes]

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ÄRTHA [in Swedish]:

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[in Swedish]:

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[engine starts]

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REPORTER:
Election morning ends
the presentation of the case.

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It is a jury chosen
regardless of race, color,
creed, or sex.

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00:21:58,144 --> 00:22:00,526
In city and town,
in fair weather

272
00:22:00,526 --> 00:22:02,838
and foul, an estimated
45 million voters--

273
00:22:02,838 --> 00:22:06,877
perhaps a record number--
go to the polls to exercise

274
00:22:06,877 --> 00:22:10,329
their heritage,the right to
choose their president.

275
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,296
REPORTER:
It is late in the night,

276
00:22:12,296 --> 00:22:14,125
and the result of the
United States presidential
election

277
00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:15,782
is still in doubt.

278
00:22:15,782 --> 00:22:18,647
REPORTER:
The current election returns
represent almost

279
00:22:18,647 --> 00:22:21,478
46% of the total votes cast
today,

280
00:22:21,478 --> 00:22:23,825
and are actual figures based
on news services

281
00:22:23,825 --> 00:22:26,241
from polling stations
in the East, in the South,

282
00:22:26,241 --> 00:22:29,451
and parts of the Midwest.

283
00:22:29,451 --> 00:22:31,729
Election returns from
the West are now trickling
in.

284
00:22:31,729 --> 00:22:35,906
REPORTER:
The currentreturns, with
24 of 48 states reporting,

285
00:22:35,906 --> 00:22:39,047
gives Roosevelt an early
but uncertain lead.

286
00:22:39,047 --> 00:22:41,774
Willkie, on the other hand,
still has a commanding lead

287
00:22:41,774 --> 00:22:45,294
in several states carried by
Roosevelt in 1936,

288
00:22:45,294 --> 00:22:50,541
such as Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, North
Dakota,

289
00:22:50,541 --> 00:22:52,405
and South Dakota.

290
00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:56,029
The early returns from
Indiana also seem to favor
Willkie.

291
00:22:56,029 --> 00:22:58,480
Should he win this state,
it would be an additional

292
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,793
14electoral votes in his
favor.

293
00:23:00,793 --> 00:23:05,694
♪

294
00:23:05,694 --> 00:23:07,696
[knock at door]

295
00:23:07,696 --> 00:23:10,112
[door opens,
[radio playing in next room]

296
00:23:10,112 --> 00:23:13,530
Uh, sir...
Leave me alone.

297
00:23:13,530 --> 00:23:17,396
Can I...
Leave me alone, God damn it!

298
00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:21,572
♪

299
00:23:25,611 --> 00:23:27,578
[birds chirping]

300
00:23:30,650 --> 00:23:34,378
[speaking Swedish]:

301
00:24:02,682 --> 00:24:06,168
♪

302
00:24:08,895 --> 00:24:10,690
[strap cinches]

303
00:24:12,658 --> 00:24:17,076
[murmurs]

304
00:24:18,491 --> 00:24:20,079
[grunts]

305
00:24:20,079 --> 00:24:22,944
Thank you, Missy.

306
00:24:22,944 --> 00:24:25,809
REPORTER:
Down rainswept
Pennsylvania Avenue

307
00:24:25,809 --> 00:24:28,984
in Washington comes President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

308
00:24:28,984 --> 00:24:32,022
Mr. Roosevelt returns to the
Capitol for the first time

309
00:24:32,022 --> 00:24:33,092
since his reelection.

310
00:24:33,092 --> 00:24:35,819
[crowd cheering]

311
00:24:35,819 --> 00:24:39,063
A crowd of over 300,000
braved wind and rain

312
00:24:39,063 --> 00:24:39,823
to welcome
the president.

313
00:24:39,823 --> 00:24:46,105
♪

314
00:24:52,663 --> 00:24:54,734
[cars passing,
horns honking]

315
00:24:57,219 --> 00:25:00,119
ELIZA:
Let's see what they have here.
RAGNHILD [in Norwegian]:

316
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:01,361
ASTRID [in Norwegian]:

317
00:25:01,361 --> 00:25:05,365
RAGNI [speaking Swedish,
chuckling]:

318
00:25:05,365 --> 00:25:08,679
RAGNHILD AND ASTRID:

319
00:25:08,679 --> 00:25:11,233
[chuckling]

320
00:25:34,153 --> 00:25:38,502
PASTOR:

321
00:25:41,229 --> 00:25:44,612
ASTRID and SIGNE:

322
00:26:32,936 --> 00:26:37,285
[voice rising]

323
00:26:37,285 --> 00:26:39,494
[shouting]

324
00:26:42,946 --> 00:26:48,365
♪

325
00:26:56,580 --> 00:27:00,239
There's also something
with even more colors...

326
00:27:00,239 --> 00:27:02,828
[voice fading]

327
00:27:07,764 --> 00:27:10,559
♪

328
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:15,185
[explosions, gunfire,
men shouting]

329
00:27:15,185 --> 00:27:17,290
WOMAN
What do you think?

330
00:27:19,154 --> 00:27:20,915
Choose whatever you like.

331
00:27:20,915 --> 00:27:22,433
Whatever?

332
00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:25,540
ÄRTHA:
Yes, whatever
you think is best.

333
00:27:26,852 --> 00:27:29,268
You decide.

334
00:27:33,790 --> 00:27:35,343
I like the blue one.

335
00:27:37,517 --> 00:27:39,519
It's just this way,
Your Highness.

336
00:27:39,519 --> 00:27:41,245
Hello.
Hello.

337
00:27:42,868 --> 00:27:44,732
We'll be there soon.

338
00:27:46,561 --> 00:27:49,529
[man coughing in distance]

339
00:27:52,601 --> 00:27:54,603
NURSE:
Here you are.

340
00:27:57,641 --> 00:27:59,919
This way.

341
00:28:03,233 --> 00:28:04,855
Alfred.

342
00:28:04,855 --> 00:28:06,892
There's someone
to see you.

343
00:28:17,316 --> 00:28:22,355
[speaking Norwegian]

344
00:29:14,269 --> 00:29:17,514
[sobbing]

345
00:29:31,493 --> 00:29:34,980
[gasps tearfully]

346
00:29:41,365 --> 00:29:43,367
[sniffs]

347
00:30:05,493 --> 00:30:09,221
[takes paper]

348
00:30:09,221 --> 00:30:15,296
♪

349
00:30:21,267 --> 00:30:24,857
[engine idling]

350
00:30:32,175 --> 00:30:33,486
[door shuts]

351
00:30:37,801 --> 00:30:40,252
Take me to the Norwegian
embassy.

352
00:30:40,252 --> 00:30:42,979
Right away,
Your Royal Highness.

353
00:30:50,503 --> 00:30:53,852
[car horns honking]

354
00:31:00,341 --> 00:31:05,346
♪

355
00:31:05,346 --> 00:31:06,588
[knocks on door]

356
00:31:06,588 --> 00:31:09,488
Mr. Ambassador,
you have a visitor.

357
00:31:09,488 --> 00:31:12,353
[speaking Norwegian]:

358
00:31:12,353 --> 00:31:15,977
ÄRTHA [speaking
Norwegian]:

359
00:31:30,509 --> 00:31:32,994
Thank you.

360
00:31:43,556 --> 00:31:45,765
[removes pen cap]

361
00:31:48,044 --> 00:31:49,459
[stammering]

362
00:31:49,459 --> 00:31:50,667
[exhales]

363
00:32:05,164 --> 00:32:08,719
[exhales, clicks lighter]

364
00:32:12,309 --> 00:32:14,139
[impersonating Franklin]:
My dear Ambassador.

365
00:32:14,139 --> 00:32:18,626
[chuckles]:
Welcome to the Oval Office.

366
00:32:18,626 --> 00:32:20,214
[clears throat softly]

367
00:32:20,214 --> 00:32:21,629
What can I do for you?

368
00:32:29,568 --> 00:32:32,605
Please, please, have a seat.

369
00:32:34,849 --> 00:32:36,540
So what can I do for you?

370
00:32:38,508 --> 00:32:41,649
No time to lose, good man.
[chuckles]

371
00:32:41,649 --> 00:32:44,065
[exhales, clears throat]

372
00:32:44,065 --> 00:32:47,206
You mean,
"Yes, Mr. President."

373
00:32:47,206 --> 00:32:48,380
Of course.

374
00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:51,141
Mr. President.

375
00:32:53,661 --> 00:32:56,802
Well, I'm sure you are
aware of,

376
00:32:56,802 --> 00:32:59,598
the Norwegian
gold reserves

377
00:32:59,598 --> 00:33:01,289
are placed safely
here in America.

378
00:33:01,289 --> 00:33:06,708
Now, this puts our
government in a unique position

379
00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:09,125
to purchase weapons
and military equipment...

380
00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:14,682
...directly from American
armaments manufacturers.

381
00:33:14,682 --> 00:33:17,236
MORGENSTIERNE
[continues in Norwegian]:

382
00:33:48,612 --> 00:33:52,133
♪

383
00:34:00,486 --> 00:34:02,212
[exhales]

384
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:11,152
♪

385
00:34:23,716 --> 00:34:26,961
[phones ringing]

386
00:34:28,376 --> 00:34:30,102
MISSY:
Can I help you?

387
00:34:30,102 --> 00:34:32,518
You can't-- ärtha,
they're having a meeting.

388
00:34:32,518 --> 00:34:33,519
You can't just go...

389
00:34:33,519 --> 00:34:35,107
ärtha!

390
00:34:35,107 --> 00:34:36,557
I am so sorry!

391
00:34:36,557 --> 00:34:39,077
Quite all right, Missy.

392
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:42,321
Well, I...
think we're done here now.

393
00:34:42,321 --> 00:34:44,634
Please stay,
Eleanor.

394
00:34:44,634 --> 00:34:47,119
If you have time.

395
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:49,294
I would like to make a request
on behalf

396
00:34:49,294 --> 00:34:50,674
of the Norwegian Cabinet.

397
00:34:50,674 --> 00:34:54,540
Oh, well,
this sounds very formal.

398
00:34:54,540 --> 00:34:56,611
What's on your mind?

399
00:34:56,611 --> 00:34:58,924
We would like to ask the
United States

400
00:34:58,924 --> 00:35:00,960
to sell us weapons, aircraft,

401
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,722
and other
military equipment

402
00:35:03,722 --> 00:35:05,379
in the fight
against the Nazis.

403
00:35:05,379 --> 00:35:06,932
[clears throat softly]

404
00:35:06,932 --> 00:35:09,866
ärtha, we've had
this discussion.

405
00:35:09,866 --> 00:35:13,663
The Neutrality Act prohibits
me from selling...

406
00:35:13,663 --> 00:35:17,908
What about the 50 destroyers you
recently sold to Great Britain?

407
00:35:19,669 --> 00:35:20,670
[exhales]

408
00:35:20,670 --> 00:35:21,878
Well, technically,

409
00:35:21,878 --> 00:35:24,260
we didn't sell them anything.

410
00:35:24,260 --> 00:35:27,297
We gave them
some obsolete ships--

411
00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:29,023
old junk, to be honest--
and in return,

412
00:35:29,023 --> 00:35:30,542
they gave us some navy bases;
it was a win-win deal.

413
00:35:30,542 --> 00:35:32,578
So, technically,

414
00:35:32,578 --> 00:35:35,581
you can work around
the Neutrality Act.

415
00:35:35,581 --> 00:35:39,206
A lot of people claim
that trade was against the law.

416
00:35:39,206 --> 00:35:42,036
We certainly will not do
that again.

417
00:35:43,382 --> 00:35:45,867
I've heard that Churchill is
appealing to you

418
00:35:45,867 --> 00:35:47,455
to find a way around

419
00:35:47,455 --> 00:35:51,321
that same law so America
can further help the British.

420
00:35:51,321 --> 00:35:53,047
ärtha...

421
00:35:53,047 --> 00:35:58,294
You know where I personally
stand on this matter.

422
00:35:58,294 --> 00:36:00,088
But I've promised

423
00:36:00,088 --> 00:36:04,334
my voters to keep America
out of this war.

424
00:36:04,334 --> 00:36:07,751
[exhales]

425
00:36:07,751 --> 00:36:08,925
Franklin,

426
00:36:08,925 --> 00:36:10,961
you've sacrificed

427
00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:12,894
so much to stay in power--

428
00:36:12,894 --> 00:36:15,414
your family life, your sleep,

429
00:36:15,414 --> 00:36:16,760
your health...

430
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,279
But if power isn't used

431
00:36:18,279 --> 00:36:21,662
to govern according to your own
personal convictions--

432
00:36:21,662 --> 00:36:22,904
what you believe in--

433
00:36:22,904 --> 00:36:27,046
what is the purpose
of fighting so hard?

434
00:36:28,082 --> 00:36:30,291
Anyone could sit in this
Oval Office

435
00:36:30,291 --> 00:36:33,121
and carry out the will
of the voters.

436
00:36:33,121 --> 00:36:37,333
But it takes a strong person
to do what's right.

437
00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:42,338
[clears throat]

438
00:36:48,827 --> 00:36:50,208
When I was pregnant
with Ragnhild,

439
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:54,557
just three weeks
before my due date,

440
00:36:54,557 --> 00:36:56,110
our house caught fire.

441
00:36:56,110 --> 00:36:59,320
The entire building
went up in flames.

442
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,287
The smoke and flames

443
00:37:00,287 --> 00:37:03,359
were visible for miles,
and in no time,

444
00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:06,189
neighbors came over.

445
00:37:06,189 --> 00:37:08,950
Not to watch,
but to help put the fire out.

446
00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:12,747
These people,
they took a huge risk.

447
00:37:12,747 --> 00:37:14,818
And for what?

448
00:37:14,818 --> 00:37:17,752
To save some
old furniture?

449
00:37:17,752 --> 00:37:19,616
No.

450
00:37:19,616 --> 00:37:21,204
To be good neighbors.

451
00:37:22,585 --> 00:37:24,759
That was very
kind of them.

452
00:37:24,759 --> 00:37:26,589
Yes, kind.

453
00:37:26,589 --> 00:37:30,213
But also the smart thing to do.

454
00:37:30,213 --> 00:37:35,943
Because, as you all know,
fires spread.

455
00:37:35,943 --> 00:37:41,120
And Europe is on fire, Franklin.

456
00:37:43,709 --> 00:37:45,884
Help my country.

457
00:37:47,782 --> 00:37:50,233
[footsteps retreating]

458
00:37:52,787 --> 00:37:55,376
Don't go getting
any funny ideas now.

459
00:37:59,518 --> 00:38:06,076
♪

460
00:38:10,495 --> 00:38:12,773
[knock at door]

461
00:38:12,773 --> 00:38:14,878
SIGNE [in Norwegian]:

462
00:38:23,577 --> 00:38:24,750
[engine stops]

463
00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:27,788
♪

464
00:38:27,788 --> 00:38:29,824
Olav!

465
00:38:34,588 --> 00:38:40,456
♪

466
00:38:41,836 --> 00:38:44,287
[Olav speaking Norwegian,
ärtha speaking Swedish]

467
00:38:49,913 --> 00:38:51,950
[exhales]

468
00:38:51,950 --> 00:38:54,297
[laughs]

469
00:38:58,370 --> 00:38:59,785
♪

470
00:38:59,785 --> 00:39:06,413
[heavy breathing]

471
00:39:14,421 --> 00:39:16,699
[door creaks]

472
00:39:16,699 --> 00:39:21,151
[Ragni speaking Swedish,
Nikolai speaking Norwegian]

473
00:39:24,085 --> 00:39:25,501
[both laugh]

474
00:39:52,666 --> 00:39:54,253
[sighs]

475
00:40:24,836 --> 00:40:27,010
[sighs]

476
00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:52,104
[breathes deeply]

477
00:41:14,092 --> 00:41:18,648
Hmm.

478
00:41:18,648 --> 00:41:20,443
♪ God rest ye
merry, gentlemen♪

479
00:41:20,443 --> 00:41:23,619
♪ Let nothing
you dismay♪

480
00:41:23,619 --> 00:41:26,587
ÄRTHA [speaking
Norwegian]:

481
00:41:28,624 --> 00:41:30,867
[shutter clicks]

482
00:41:30,867 --> 00:41:33,007
ASTRID:

483
00:41:33,007 --> 00:41:37,943
ÄRTHA:

484
00:41:37,943 --> 00:41:40,049
♪ Comfort and joy♪

485
00:41:44,778 --> 00:41:46,814
OLAV [from outside]:

486
00:41:46,814 --> 00:41:48,367
[ ärtha laughs]

487
00:41:48,367 --> 00:41:53,234
[kids exclaiming]

488
00:42:06,696 --> 00:42:08,698
RAGNHILD AND ASTRID:

489
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,605
[ ärtha speaking Swedish]

490
00:42:32,204 --> 00:42:34,103
♪

491
00:42:34,103 --> 00:42:36,657
[cheers, applause]

492
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:43,319
[speaking Norwegian]

493
00:42:49,290 --> 00:42:50,568
[shutter clicks]

494
00:42:55,642 --> 00:43:02,234
ALL:
♪ Peace on Earth
and mercy mild ♪

495
00:43:02,234 --> 00:43:04,789
♪ God and sinners reconciled!

496
00:43:04,789 --> 00:43:10,898
♪ Joyful, all ye nations,
rise ♪

497
00:43:10,898 --> 00:43:14,350
♪ Join the triumph
of the skies ♪

498
00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:21,253
♪ With angelic host proclaim

499
00:43:21,253 --> 00:43:24,878
[kids playing]

500
00:43:26,983 --> 00:43:29,296
Children,

501
00:43:29,296 --> 00:43:31,850
in honor of our guests,

502
00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:35,164
we will do things slightly
differently

503
00:43:35,164 --> 00:43:40,238
and follow the Norwegian
tradition, and open our gifts

504
00:43:40,238 --> 00:43:41,722
tonight-- on
Christmas Eve!

505
00:43:41,722 --> 00:43:44,760
[cheers, applause]

506
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,694
And I get to be the first to
open all my gifts!

507
00:43:47,694 --> 00:43:48,936
CHILD:
What?

508
00:43:48,936 --> 00:43:50,006
OTHERS:
No!
No?

509
00:43:50,006 --> 00:43:52,353
But I'm the boss!

510
00:43:52,353 --> 00:43:54,183
No, you're our grandpa!

511
00:43:54,183 --> 00:43:57,600
Just Granddad--
oh, tragic.

512
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,154
Well, would you allow me
at least to be the first

513
00:44:00,154 --> 00:44:02,570
to give a gift--
would that be all right?

514
00:44:02,570 --> 00:44:03,917
KIDS:
Yay! Yeah!

515
00:44:03,917 --> 00:44:05,297
Oh, good.

516
00:44:05,297 --> 00:44:07,023
Because this gift is so special,

517
00:44:07,023 --> 00:44:09,267
it cannot wait.

518
00:44:09,267 --> 00:44:12,063
Literally.

519
00:44:12,063 --> 00:44:14,893
Ragnhild and Astrid,
come, girls!

520
00:44:14,893 --> 00:44:16,964
Yeah.

521
00:44:16,964 --> 00:44:18,725
All right,
are you ready?

522
00:44:18,725 --> 00:44:20,658
[guests exclaim]

523
00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:24,351
Oh, I'm very excited--
what could it be?

524
00:44:24,351 --> 00:44:26,733
What could it be?

525
00:44:26,733 --> 00:44:29,597
All right, open it-- quickly.

526
00:44:31,358 --> 00:44:34,050
[chuckles, kids reacting]

527
00:44:34,050 --> 00:44:36,466
I know how much

528
00:44:36,466 --> 00:44:38,399
you miss your own dog
back home.

529
00:44:38,399 --> 00:44:40,436
And I did check in with
your mother

530
00:44:40,436 --> 00:44:41,644
before I bought it.

531
00:44:41,644 --> 00:44:42,921
Yes.

532
00:44:42,921 --> 00:44:44,060
[in Norwegian]:

533
00:44:44,060 --> 00:44:46,131
ASTRID AND RAGNHILD:
Thank you, Godfather.

534
00:44:46,131 --> 00:44:48,168
Aw...
[chuckles]

535
00:44:48,168 --> 00:44:49,479
Thank you.

536
00:44:49,479 --> 00:44:53,311
[puppy yips]
Look, he's very curious.

537
00:44:53,311 --> 00:44:56,728
[laughter, indistinct chatter]

538
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,527
Mmm, mmm...

539
00:45:02,527 --> 00:45:05,288
The best...
the best so far.

540
00:45:05,288 --> 00:45:06,393
Fitting.

541
00:45:06,393 --> 00:45:08,188
FRANKLIN:
Listen, listen...

542
00:45:08,188 --> 00:45:09,672
I want to get serious.

543
00:45:09,672 --> 00:45:12,606
I'm going to introduce
a new bill to Congress.

544
00:45:12,606 --> 00:45:14,781
MISSY:
Point of order.

545
00:45:14,781 --> 00:45:17,715
What happened to the No
Politics During Cocktail Hour
bill?

546
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:19,061
Ah...

547
00:45:19,061 --> 00:45:20,683
FRANKLIN:
Well...

548
00:45:20,683 --> 00:45:23,721
I will use
my presidential authority

549
00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:28,104
to grant an exemption
to that rule.

550
00:45:28,104 --> 00:45:29,381
But only for me.

551
00:45:29,381 --> 00:45:31,729
[laughter]
Oh, that is so unfair.

552
00:45:33,972 --> 00:45:37,527
Now, you all know the gist
of this idea,

553
00:45:37,527 --> 00:45:38,908
and I and a few others

554
00:45:38,908 --> 00:45:41,739
have been kicking this
idea around for a while.

555
00:45:42,947 --> 00:45:44,224
We contend

556
00:45:44,224 --> 00:45:46,502
that by arming
the British now,

557
00:45:46,502 --> 00:45:50,368
we are promoting the defense
of the United States.

558
00:45:50,368 --> 00:45:54,096
I mean, if Britain falls,

559
00:45:54,096 --> 00:45:58,686
who's to say that little madman
won't turn on us next?

560
00:45:58,686 --> 00:46:02,449
It sounds like an attempt
to reverse the Neutrality Act.

561
00:46:02,449 --> 00:46:03,899
No, not at all.

562
00:46:03,899 --> 00:46:04,934
We are still neutral.

563
00:46:04,934 --> 00:46:07,661
Please explain the logic
to the rest of us,

564
00:46:07,661 --> 00:46:09,628
because, you know,
we're not as smart as you.

565
00:46:09,628 --> 00:46:11,354
[laughs]:
Nonsense.

566
00:46:11,354 --> 00:46:13,805
But here it is.

567
00:46:16,635 --> 00:46:23,228
We don't actually sell arms
to the British.

568
00:46:23,228 --> 00:46:25,058
We lend or lease them.

569
00:46:25,058 --> 00:46:28,026
When the war is over,
we get them back.

570
00:46:28,026 --> 00:46:30,339
In order not to repeal

571
00:46:30,339 --> 00:46:34,032
certain existing statutes,

572
00:46:34,032 --> 00:46:39,313
I would call it
the Lend-Lease Act.

573
00:46:39,313 --> 00:46:40,901
What do you think?

574
00:46:40,901 --> 00:46:43,007
Well, timing-wise, I think
it's tantamount

575
00:46:43,007 --> 00:46:44,318
to political suicide.

576
00:46:44,318 --> 00:46:45,803
It is a poorly disguised
revocation

577
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:48,288
of the Neutrality Act,
and I am totally opposed to it.

578
00:46:48,288 --> 00:46:49,634
Think of your legacy.

579
00:46:49,634 --> 00:46:51,222
ELEANOR:
It jeopardizes
the United States...

580
00:46:51,222 --> 00:46:53,224
HOPKINS:
Fat chance of it ever
getting past Congress.

581
00:46:53,224 --> 00:46:54,570
ELEANOR:
And it will eventually
draw us into war.

582
00:46:54,570 --> 00:46:55,640
FRANKLIN:
Mm-hmm.

583
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:57,987
So you don't
approve of it.

584
00:46:57,987 --> 00:46:59,506
ÄRTHA:
I think

585
00:46:59,506 --> 00:47:03,061
it is a splendid idea.

586
00:47:03,061 --> 00:47:04,511
MISSY:
Of course, you do.

587
00:47:04,511 --> 00:47:07,652
ÄRTHA:
If Great Britain falls,

588
00:47:07,652 --> 00:47:13,554
this country will be a solitary
island of democracy,

589
00:47:13,554 --> 00:47:15,660
surrounded by
dictatorship,

590
00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:20,147
and, and totalitarianism on all
sides.

591
00:47:20,147 --> 00:47:23,081
In such scenario,
I'm afraid your neutrality

592
00:47:23,081 --> 00:47:24,669
will not protect you.

593
00:47:24,669 --> 00:47:28,121
I speak from experience.

594
00:47:29,191 --> 00:47:31,089
FRANKLIN:
Bravo.

595
00:47:31,089 --> 00:47:32,401
My point

596
00:47:32,401 --> 00:47:34,886
exactly.

597
00:47:34,886 --> 00:47:37,544
ELEANOR:
You sound just like Churchill.

598
00:47:39,063 --> 00:47:40,858
Well, I like Churchill.

599
00:47:42,721 --> 00:47:43,999
OLAV:

600
00:47:43,999 --> 00:47:45,966
ELEANOR:
Thank you, and good night!

601
00:47:45,966 --> 00:47:47,554
Goodbye!

602
00:47:47,554 --> 00:47:49,452
OLAV:
Thanks again!

603
00:47:49,452 --> 00:47:50,695
♪

604
00:47:50,695 --> 00:47:52,076
[ ärtha sighs]

605
00:48:04,467 --> 00:48:06,262
[exclaims in mock disgust]
[chuckling]

606
00:48:06,262 --> 00:48:08,023
[man pounds car]

607
00:48:14,236 --> 00:48:17,032
♪

608
00:48:23,176 --> 00:48:24,349
Here.

609
00:48:24,349 --> 00:48:26,179
Thank you, Arthur.

610
00:48:33,565 --> 00:48:37,673
I strongly dislike
these changes, Franklin.

611
00:48:37,673 --> 00:48:40,434
And now, so soon
after the election.

612
00:48:40,434 --> 00:48:43,921
The timing might not be the best
but, unfortunately,

613
00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:46,613
I cannot dictate world events.

614
00:48:49,029 --> 00:48:50,720
You're mad about her--
that's what this is about.

615
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:52,550
[chuckles]:
Nonsense!

616
00:48:52,550 --> 00:48:55,173
Nonsense.

617
00:48:55,173 --> 00:48:57,693
You think I don't
recognize that look in your
eyes?

618
00:48:58,763 --> 00:49:00,799
Are you jealous, Eleanor?

619
00:49:06,564 --> 00:49:12,259
I don't care about
your romantic escapades.

620
00:49:12,259 --> 00:49:16,919
I do care that you are
letting your urges

621
00:49:16,919 --> 00:49:19,542
change the political
direction of this country.

622
00:49:19,542 --> 00:49:21,510
Is that what you think?
It's what I know!

623
00:49:21,510 --> 00:49:23,098
You know nothing
about my motives!

624
00:49:23,098 --> 00:49:25,721
Oh, I know everything
about your motives.

625
00:49:25,721 --> 00:49:27,585
We cannot close our eyes
to the fact

626
00:49:27,585 --> 00:49:30,381
that the entire Western
democratic civilization

627
00:49:30,381 --> 00:49:32,797
is at stake!

628
00:49:32,797 --> 00:49:35,973
This is not about doing
the right thing, Eleanor--

629
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:39,217
it's about doing what is
absolutely necessary.

630
00:49:52,058 --> 00:49:54,992
This is not going
to end well.

631
00:49:59,962 --> 00:50:03,655
♪

632
00:50:03,655 --> 00:50:04,932
FRANKLIN:
In the present

633
00:50:04,932 --> 00:50:09,144
world situation,
there is absolutely no doubt

634
00:50:09,144 --> 00:50:13,079
that the best immediate defense
of the Unites States

635
00:50:13,079 --> 00:50:16,910
is the success of Great Britain
defending itself.

636
00:50:16,910 --> 00:50:23,365
[on radio]:
It is possible to either lease
or lend certain munitions,

637
00:50:23,365 --> 00:50:26,540
subject to mortgage,
to the people of Great Britain.

638
00:50:26,540 --> 00:50:31,752
If you get the munitions
back at the end of the war,

639
00:50:31,752 --> 00:50:33,168
you are all right.

640
00:50:33,168 --> 00:50:36,999
Let me give you
an illustration.

641
00:50:36,999 --> 00:50:39,898
Suppose my neighbor's home
catches fire,

642
00:50:39,898 --> 00:50:43,695
and I have a length
of garden hose

643
00:50:43,695 --> 00:50:45,249
[on radio]:
400 or 500 feet away.

644
00:50:45,249 --> 00:50:47,492
Now, what do I do?

645
00:50:47,492 --> 00:50:50,461
Well, I don't say to him,
"Neighbor,

646
00:50:50,461 --> 00:50:55,086
"my garden hose cost me $15,

647
00:50:55,086 --> 00:50:59,504
you need to pay me
$15 for it."

648
00:50:59,504 --> 00:51:02,059
I don't want $15.

649
00:51:02,059 --> 00:51:06,166
I want my garden hose back
when the fire is over.

650
00:51:06,166 --> 00:51:09,997
♪

651
00:51:09,997 --> 00:51:13,863
I have recently pointed out
how quickly

652
00:51:13,863 --> 00:51:20,077
the tempo of modern warfare
could bring into our very
midst

653
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:25,185
the physical attack which we
must eventually expect

654
00:51:25,185 --> 00:51:29,465
if the dictator nations
win this war.

655
00:51:29,465 --> 00:51:31,502
[exhales excitedly]

656
00:51:31,502 --> 00:51:35,333
We learn much from the
lessons of the past years in
Europe--

657
00:51:35,333 --> 00:51:37,956
particularly the lesson
of Norway,

658
00:51:37,956 --> 00:51:41,374
whose essential seaports
were captured

659
00:51:41,374 --> 00:51:43,617
bytreachery and surprise.

660
00:51:43,617 --> 00:51:45,826
[car horns honking]

661
00:51:45,826 --> 00:51:50,555
[on TV]: As long as the
aggressornations maintain the
offensive,

662
00:51:50,555 --> 00:51:55,905
they-- not we-- will choose
the time and the place

663
00:51:55,905 --> 00:52:00,082
and the method
of their attack.

664
00:52:00,082 --> 00:52:05,294
That is why the future of all
the American republics

665
00:52:05,294 --> 00:52:10,575
is today in
serious danger.

666
00:52:10,575 --> 00:52:16,374
The need of the moment is
that our actions and our
policy

667
00:52:16,374 --> 00:52:22,311
should be devoted primarily--
almost exclusively--

668
00:52:22,311 --> 00:52:26,004
to meeting this
foreign peril.

669
00:52:26,004 --> 00:52:30,457
Let us say to
the democracies:

670
00:52:30,457 --> 00:52:34,289
We Americans are
vitally concerned

671
00:52:34,289 --> 00:52:37,154
in your defense
of freedom.

672
00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:40,709
We shall send you,
in ever-increasing numbers,

673
00:52:40,709 --> 00:52:46,024
ships,planes,
tanks, guns.

674
00:52:46,024 --> 00:52:51,927
This is our purpose
and our pledge.

675
00:52:51,927 --> 00:52:53,756
What the hell is he up to?
This'll get us straight
into the war.

676
00:52:53,756 --> 00:52:55,551
He promised to keep us
out of the war!

677
00:52:55,551 --> 00:52:57,001
America first!

678
00:52:57,001 --> 00:52:58,899
CROWD [chanting]:
America first! America first!

679
00:52:58,899 --> 00:53:01,592
[chanting]:
America first! America first!

680
00:53:01,592 --> 00:53:03,214
[chanting]:
America first! America first!

681
00:53:03,214 --> 00:53:04,491
[chanting]:
America first! America first!

682
00:53:04,491 --> 00:53:06,528
[chanting]:
America first! America first!

683
00:53:06,528 --> 00:53:09,600
[chanting]:
America first!
America first!

684
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:10,946
[glass shatters]

685
00:53:10,946 --> 00:53:12,913
POLICEMAN:
Get down,
get down on the ground!

686
00:53:12,913 --> 00:53:15,261
[crowd chanting, shouting]

687
00:53:15,261 --> 00:53:16,538
♪

688
00:53:16,538 --> 00:53:18,229
CROWD [chanting]:
America first! America first!

689
00:53:26,893 --> 00:53:32,381
♪