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THE INSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE AND CREATE A SPECIAL WEEK OF PROGRAMMING FOR YOU. NEXT, WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO TO OF MY...
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THE SCENES. THAT BE INTRODUCED BY TWO SPECIAL GUESTS AND TO SPECIAL COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUESFARKIS -- >> I WAS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE PROJECT, TAKING...
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WE HAVE A BIT OF TIME TO HEAR STORIES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED. BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, CAN YOU BOTH, FOR PEOPLE...
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OF PEOPLE, WHO HAVE SEEN
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THIS ICONIC VOTING FOR MOST OF THEIR LIFETIMES BUT NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE INSIDE, THE ONLY KNOWLEDGE IS
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OF PRESS CONFERENCES, WHAT ARE YOUR OWN PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS? >> THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS, WE GOT TO BE THERE WHEN IT WAS COMPLETELY QUIET AND FULL OF...
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WORKING BUILDING. WE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE WHO REVERE WHERE THEY WORK BUT THE CAMARADERIE THAT YOU SEE. >> IN YOUR MANY YEARS OF...
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END UP PRESIDING. I WAS IN ALL OF IT. EVEN AS A SHOOTER GOING IN THERE AND PRESS COVERAGE IS, I WAS ALWAYS LIKE, WOW, I AM AT THE WHITE
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| 00:02:30 |
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HOUSE. I AM STILL VERY MUCH IN AWE OF THE HISTORY OF IT. AT THE CAPITOL, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STEPS WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALK-UP'S INTO THE HOUSE GALLERY....
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| 00:03:17 |
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DID A TOUR. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DID A DOCUMENTARY BASED ON A STATE DINNER. NONE OF THEM REALLY TOOK YOU INTO THESE PLACES ON CLUTTERED AND LET YOU GET...
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| 00:03:30 |
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DIFFERENT HISTORIANS VIEWPOINTS. IT WAS FROM A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS LIKE PRESIDENTS AND THE FIRST LADIES. IT WAS A CHANCE TO GO INTO THE HOME TO SHOW...
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| 00:04:08 |
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CAPITAL. HE TOOK IT TO THE FIRST LADY AND THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. THEY WERE THE KEYS TO US GETTING IN.
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| 00:04:16 |
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FROM THERE, SHE WHY -- SHE WATCHED A BIT OF
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| 00:04:20 |
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THE CAPITAL AT THE THE STORY -- THE HISTORIANS WERE ON BOARD. >> WHERE DID YOU WANT TO GO? WHERE WERE YOU GIVEN PERMISSION TO GO? >> WE WANTED TO GO ALMOST...
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| 00:04:47 |
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BESIDES THE SWIMMING POOL, WE GOT INTO EVERY PLACE THAT WE WANTED TO
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| 00:04:51 |
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GET INTO. >> SINCE THIS PRIOR COURSE, THAT TECHNOLOGY KEEPS INVENTING. WHEN WE KNEW WE HAD THAT OK, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT THAT...
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| 00:05:15 |
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WHY SHOOT IT IN HT? >> FOR AUSTERITY. >> WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU CONVERT IT INTO THE STANDARD DEFINITION THAT MOST AMERICANS HAVE? >> THE PICTURE IS...
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LOOK. WE USED
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A WIDE ANGLE LENS TO GET AS MUCH OF IT INTO THE PICTURE AS WE COULD. IT IS STILL RICHER THAN A
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STANDARD DEFINITION, BUT BOB IS RIGHT, FOR POSTERITY'S
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| 00:06:13 |
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SAKE, AND ALSO TO BRANCH OUT WITH OUR CABLE PARTNERS TO DO HD ON DEMAND PRESENTATIONS OF THIS. >> WHEN DID YOU FIRST ARE SHOOTING IT? >> IT REALLY BEGAN...
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| 00:06:42 |
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HOUSE FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF. >>
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| 00:06:47 |
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WE USE AN HD CAMERA. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A PANASONIC CAMERA. THIS IS WHAT WE USED FOR THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION. >> HOW MUCH DOES THAT WAY? >>...
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40 POUNDS. >> I WILL HAVE TO WATCH YOUR TECHNOLOGY. WHEN WE SHOWED THE OPENING VIDEO, WAS THAT THE CAMERA THAT WE SAW? >>
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YES. THE GENTLEMAN OPERATING THE STEADY CAM
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WAS ANDY. WHAT WE DID
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| 00:07:33 |
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WAS ATTACHED THIS ON TO THE STEADY CAMP. HE OPERATES THAT BE A HARNESS THAT IS ON HIS BODY. MARK AND I HAVE A WIRELESS TV
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| 00:07:44 |
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RECEIVER THAT WE WATCH, SO WE ARE NOT TOUCHING IT. WHEAT SEE WHAT HE IS SEEING IN THE FRAME. WE DESCRIBE IT TO ANDY WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND AN ANTI OPERATES...
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| 00:08:31 |
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IT IS NOT JUST AN EMPTY, COLD BUILDING. >> YOU HAVE ANOTHER CAMERA NEXT
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TO YOU. HOW WAS THAT USED IN THE PROJECT? >> WE REQUESTED THAT WE BE ABLE TO TAKE IN A SMALL CAMERA. IT HD CAMERA. -- IT IS NOT AN
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| 00:08:56 |
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HD CAMERA. WHAT I WANTED TO SHE WAS ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS OUR INTERACTION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
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| 00:09:03 |
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WORKING WITH THEM AND THE SECRET SERVICE, SOME OF WHAT WE SHOT HAS BEEN OK'D BUT SOME OF IT WAS NOT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE LINCOLN BEDROOM, THAT...
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THIS TAKING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW -- WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT THE FACT THE JUROR ABLE TO DO THAT? >> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAD ALLOWED...
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| 00:10:18 |
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INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY, OR AT THE STAFF. THEY MADE AN EXCEPTION
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| 00:10:25 |
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FOR US, AND IT WAS NOT JUST THAT EXAMPLE. >> WHY DID THEY SAY YES TO THAT? >> I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY SAID YES. HOPEFULLY, THEY LIKED US. I THINK THERE...
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THEY
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| 00:10:56 |
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WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DID THIS AS THAT AFTER 9/11, YOU CANNOT VISIT IT AS EASILY AS YOU COULD BEFORE. THE BUILDING...
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| 00:11:41 |
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THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY. IT WAS NOT ANY YELLING OR
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| 00:11:49 |
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SHOUTING, NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS ALL VERY PLEASANT. IF WE DID SHOOT IN AN AREA THAT WE THOUGHT WAS SENSITIVE, THEY WOULD WANT TO REVIEW THE TAKE IMMEDIATELY....
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| 00:12:39 |
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MRS. BUSH IN THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE. WE EXPECTED TO GET SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK OF WHAT TO BLURT OUT, BUT WE REALLY DID NOT. SHE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IS SECRET...
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| 00:13:20 |
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NOT BEEN UP THERE. SHE WAS INTEGRAL IN GETTING US IN. EVERY PLACE THAT WE WENT INSIDE THERE, NOT
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| 00:13:32 |
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ONLY IN THAT EAST WING, EVERYTHING HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FIRST LADY'S OFFICE. I THINK -- OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS PROUD OF SOME OF THE WORK SHE HAS DONE THERE...
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| 00:14:12 |
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IT'S ACTUALLY A BEDROOM THAT THE FIRST LADY'S USED TO USE. SECRET SERVICE DID NOT KNOW WE WERE GOING IN THERE. WE DID NOT KNOW WHERE BOEING IN THERE....
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| 00:14:24 |
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WAS GOING, I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW. THAT IS WHERE WE SAW PUZZLE SHE WAS WORKING ON, AND DIFFERENT PAINS ON THE WALLS. THAT WAS KIND OF A NEAT MOMENT, BECAUSE...
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| 00:15:16 |
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SOME VIDEO OF THE USE OF SOMETHING CALLED A DOLLY TRACKS IN THE STATE DINING ROOM. IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG SET UP. WHY DID YOU FEEL THE NEED TO DO THAT?...
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| 00:15:34 |
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USE OF THE STEADY CAMP. THE THOUGHT WAS IF WE USE THE DALI IN THE WHITE HOUSE, -- IF WE USED TO BE DOLLY IN THE WHITE
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| 00:15:50 |
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HOUSE, IT GIVES YOU A FLUID MOTION. IT IS ALL VERY SMOOTH. IS HOLLYWOOD. THAT IS HOW THEY DO IT, AND THAT IS HOW WE DEALT WITH THIS DOCUMENTARY. YOUR...
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| 00:16:37 |
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WERE NOT THIS USING ONE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. JAKE IS ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE FIELD THAT KNOWS HOW TO SET THIS UP IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT IS...
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| 00:17:29 |
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OIB IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. FOR US
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| 00:17:33 |
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TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THAT IN, WE HAD TO GET THEM TO OPEN UP THE GATES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH SECURITY LEVELS TO GET SOMETHING THAT...
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| 00:18:08 |
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MANNER. THEY GOT TO KNOW US AND SAW OUR MODE OF OPERATION. WHEN WE ASKED TO BRING IN LARGER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT, THEY WERE OPEN TO IT. WHEN...
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| 00:18:48 |
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UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE? >> THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM. DOING THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
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| 00:18:56 |
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LADY OBVIOUSLY HELD TOP DRAWER. I AM A HUGE HISTORY FAN, AND BEING IN THE LINCOLN BEDROOM WAS KIND OF A DREAM COME TRUE. >>
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| 00:19:05 |
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HOW BAD A STORY IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY? >>
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| 00:19:10 |
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WE SHOT ON THE SOUTH LAWN WITH THE JIB. WE ARE GIVEN AN HOUR TO SET IT UP, AND OUR TISSUE, AND THEN WE HAD TO GET TO THE NORTH SIDE THE WHITE HOUSE....
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LOT OF TIME, SO WE WERE WONDERING HOW TO GET IT TO THE NORTH SIDE IN A TIMELY
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| 00:19:33 |
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FASHION WITHOUT HAVING TO DISASSEMBLE. I SUGGESTED THAT WE PUSH IT THROUGH THE PALM ROOM. WE DID THAT, AND WE GOT THE 35- FOOT BOOM THROUGH THE DOOR AND...
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| 00:20:41 |
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THAT TAKE? >> WE FINISHED SHOOTING IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE JUST WENT ON THE AIR AT THE BEGINNING
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| 00:20:47 |
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OF THIS WEEK, SO THE BETTER PART OF FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. WE HAD ABOUT
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| 00:20:53 |
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140 HOURS OF RAW TAPE TO GO THROUGH. THAT IS THE VISUALS WE COLLECTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE INTERVIEWS WE COLLECTED WITH HISTORIANS, AS WELL AS...
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| 00:21:04 |
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EVERYTHING ELSE SUCH AS THE MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND THE NARRATION. TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF SCRIPTWRITING AND NARRATION WRITING....
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| 00:21:44 |
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THAT IS A VERY SMALL ROOM THAT WE HAVE THERE.
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| 00:21:49 |
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WE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THOSE MONTHS GETTING TO KNOW THE PRODUCT AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LOT BETTER. >> HE ALSO SHOT A LOT OF THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES...
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| 00:22:18 |
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HURRY, ONCE YOU GET THAT ACCESS. YOU HAVE TO GET IN THERE AND GET IT DONE.
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| 00:22:24 |
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WE KNEW AT THE START OF IT THAT THE GOAL WAS TO SHOW PEOPLE THE WHITE HOUSE
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| 00:22:29 |
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TODAY, AND WHAT IS THE MECHANISM GOING TO BE? IT ENDED UP BEING TAKING YOU BACK THROUGH HISTORY. WE HAD A COUPLE OF INCARNATIONS OF PROPOSALS AND TREATMENTS....
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| 00:23:07 |
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WE WERE IN THE RECEPTION ROOM GETTING A SHOT READY TO GO. WE HAVE THE TRIPOD ON A CARPET SQUARE. HERE COMES BARNEY AND MS. BEASLEY, RUNNING THROUGH THE...
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| 00:23:26 |
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THAT WAS A WINDOW INTO A STATELY HOME. THE OTHER PART WAS BEING UP IN THE SOLARIUM, WHICH IS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE WHITE HOUSE. ALL THE OTHER PLACES...
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| 00:24:26 |
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YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE PARTS HERE, IT IS KIND OF LIKE A BIG PUZZLE. IF
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| 00:24:36 |
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YOU HAVE YOUR VIDEO TRACKS UP HERE IN YOUR AUDIO TRACKS DOWN HERE. AT ANY ONE TIME, YOU CAN HAVE BETWEEN SIX AND 10 DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON ON THE...
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| 00:26:38 |
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INVOLVED WITH THE PICTURES THAT CAME OUT, BUT WHAT ABOUT NATURAL SOUND RECORDING INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE? >> DURING THE COURSE OF PRODUCTION, DEPENDING...
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| 00:27:06 |
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A WIRELESS MICROPHONE ON THEM. WE WOULD USE THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, ON ANOTHER CHANNEL -- ON ANOTHER CHANNEL, WE WOULD PUT AN AMBIENT MIKE. THE AUDIO...
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| 00:28:03 |
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I THINK AFTER 9/11, IT IS A PLACE THAT IS OPEN, BUT NOT AS OPEN. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE STAFF ALLOWED US INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED....
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| 00:28:26 |
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FOR HER STAFF TO DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS SPEAKS TO NOT ONLY HOW RARELY THIS IS DONE, BUT ALSO TO HAVE MUCH HISTORY THERE IS INSIDE...
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| 00:29:01 |
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IT IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF FILM THAT I HOPE LIVES
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| 00:29:06 |
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FOR A LONG TIME. >> IT WILL, BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESS ON THE
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| 00:29:13 |
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INTERNET. THERE ARE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO TAKE SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE TO ONE ROOM IN THAT BUILDING....
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| 00:29:28 |
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I AM GOING IN THE CHOCOLATE SHOP. IT IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE DID NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ON OUR LIST. THEY ASKED IF YOU WANTED TO GO IN THE CHOCOLATE...
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| 00:29:52 |
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OF THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT OF THE WHITE HOUSE'S 58 -- ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY. I WOULD TAKE THEM TO A LOT OF PLACES, BUT THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO START....
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HOUSE, BUT WE ARE ALSO IN A PERIOD OF
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TRANSITION. WHAT IS THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENS WITH EACH PRESIDENT VERSUS WHAT YOU LEARNED THAT IS THE CONTINUITY OF THE BUILDING?...
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| 00:30:47 |
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WHOLE SERIES. IT IS A PLACE OF CHANGE. EVERY NEW FAMILY THAT COMES IN CAN CHANGE IN EITHER PHYSICALLY OR PHILOSOPHICALLY. THEY ALSO FIND STRENGTH FROM...
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| 00:31:05 |
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PRESIDENT'S -- LOOKING AT THE PICTURES OF THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY'S. >> MARK WAS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND BOB RILEY WAS THE PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR...
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OUR WEB SITE OFFERS FOOTAGE FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY. YOU'LL ALSO FIND OVER 100 VIDEO CLIPS,
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.