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[David Axelrod] On inauguration day
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First Ladies

On inauguration day, everyone was celebrating, but there was in the backof everyone's mind...

[David Axelrod]
On inauguration day, everyone was celebrating, but there was in the back
of everyone's mind the fact that in the morning, we were going to come into face
a epic financial crisis, two wars, and more pressures
than any president had faced probably
since Franklin Roosevelt

Full Transcript

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[David Axelrod] On inauguration day,
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everyone was celebrating,
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but there was in the back of everyone's mind
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the fact that in the morning,
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we were going to come into face a epic financial crisis,
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two wars, and more pressures than any president had faced
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probably since Franklin Roosevelt.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:33
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
BVG Films

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Movie Summary

The personal and political lives of First Ladies from throughout history.
S01 • E05 [Melanne Verveer] That should have been a clue - First Ladies 00:07
[Melanne Verveer] That should have been a clue
S01 • E02 [Barbara Perry] Kennedy thought he could get through that summit - First Ladies 00:06
[Barbara Perry] Kennedy thought he could get through that su...
S01 • E04 She did have a lot of work to do - First Ladies 00:08
She did have a lot of work to do
S01 • E03 [telephone rings] - First Ladies 00:08
[telephone rings]
S01 • E06 All week I've felt this way." - First Ladies 00:21
All week I've felt this way."
S01 • E02 [reporter] President Kennedy expressed America's desire - First Ladies 00:08
[reporter] President Kennedy expressed America's desire
S01 • E04 Where she got the energy or the time from - First Ladies 00:16
Where she got the energy or the time from
S01 • E03 And the telephone was her sort of weapon of choice. - First Ladies 00:04
And the telephone was her sort of weapon of choice.
S01 • E05 I want to thank you for letting me speak with you - First Ladies 00:07
I want to thank you for letting me speak with you
S01 • E01 And Michelle, the God's honest truth is, - First Ladies 00:11
And Michelle, the God's honest truth is,
S01 • E03 She once joked to me that she wanted - First Ladies 00:08
She once joked to me that she wanted
S01 • E05 [Kate Brower] I remember being - First Ladies 00:14
[Kate Brower] I remember being
S01 • E03 [Jim Kuhn] She didn't go down to the cabinet room - First Ladies 00:05
[Jim Kuhn] She didn't go down to the cabinet room
S01 • E02 It is described in the press - First Ladies 00:34
It is described in the press
S01 • E01 [narrator] There is, as Michelle puts it, - First Ladies 00:10
[narrator] There is, as Michelle puts it,
S01 • E06 But she didn't need him as much as he needed her. - First Ladies 00:04
But she didn't need him as much as he needed her.
S01 • E03 She didn't go into the Oval Office - First Ladies 00:04
She didn't go into the Oval Office
S01 • E04 Writes the weary reporter travelling with her, - First Ladies 00:13
Writes the weary reporter travelling with her,
S01 • E06 [Brower] He was essentially a manic-depressive, - First Ladies 00:05
[Brower] He was essentially a manic-depressive,
S01 • E01 We set up the White House as-- as a royal court in a way, - First Ladies 00:16
We set up the White House as-- as a royal court in a way,