JFK: Seven Days That Made a President

00:00:06 Narrator: John Fitzgerald Kennedy,

00:05:03 They decide to contact Jack's parents.

00:09:49 He graduates from Harvard, and on December 9, 1941,

00:14:06 Their captains believe that no one could have survived the explosion that they saw.

00:18:16 and we would have gone looking."

00:22:08 He's hailed as a hero.

00:25:28 It's youth versus experience,

00:28:36 and he goes to the bathroom.

00:31:50 he was a more experienced political performer than Kennedy.

00:35:04 He has everything still to lose and much to gain.

00:39:02 is preparing for the performance of a lifetime,

00:42:39 the stakes could not be higher for the President.

00:46:31 And so, this is the way to get one of the biggest highs from adrenalin possible.

00:50:37 will determine the fate of mankind.

00:54:05 He was a father.

00:58:04 -Kennedy throughout this wanted peace.

01:01:49 -People think that it was the finest day of his presidency because it's true.

01:05:40 What's more, Wallace represents the views

01:09:03 to prevent the integration of the last all-white, state university.

01:12:37 he's got really the nation's attention

01:15:40 -This is a matter which concerns this country and what it stands for,

01:19:25 -We had 34 agents on his detail.

01:23:13 It was unbelievable what had just happened.

01:27:32 Thank you!