Hey y'all, hope you enjoyed this episode of Deep Dives! Let us know which film you think contains the most accurate depiction of a U.S. President in history in the comments below! 👇
@lemon_j222 ай бұрын
Howdy History Hit. I liked Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Johnson. I think he really got across the sense of frustration and how what we think it must be like versus the reality of situations. It just felt the most human to me, whereas some of the other's seem overly-dramatic (as if every scene in their life was this epic moment or something) or kinda cardboard cut-out representations to appease what the audience thinks they already know. You could really feel how wily he was as a politician with years of experience. Maybe it was easier to do with Johnson because of like what you mentioned, he wasn't really a movie star glitzy or the people's choice President, and so most people don't have so many preconceptions and are more open to actually just experiencing the reality of what it was like (or close to, it is a film after all) by watching that film. I'd say the Harry Truman portrayal comes second, for similar reasons, but it wasn't really about him so much. Anyway thanks.
@joannabaity85202 ай бұрын
The Cuban Missile Crisis did It for me because I remember it so well! We were all hiding under our desks at school! (Safety Drills) As if THAT would save us! I also remember the Assination of JFK vividly! I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it happened! Everything changed after that!
@rubo1112 ай бұрын
Your channel propagates so many falsehoods that now I automatically question anyone's credentials who appears in your thumbnails. You have gone the Horrible Histories route into irrelevance.
@m7ray2 ай бұрын
I will be waiting for the reaction of the greatest expert in the world on ancient Egypt, Canaan, Ancient Greece, Rome, medieval Europe, Vikings, ancient China, medieval Japan, the Soviet Union and soon on presidents of the United States - Metatron HAHAHAHA
Gary Senise's portrayal of Truman in the movie "Truman" all through his political career is wonderfully nuanced.
@solomonyanez530214 күн бұрын
What about the one where he was a captain in WW1 who memorized the blind chart to enter the army.
@jbess65055 күн бұрын
Great movie!
@kylek292 ай бұрын
Wait, so you're telling me Abraham Lincoln was not a vampire hunter? This news upsets me and my day is ruined.
@throwawayburnerusername2 ай бұрын
dude, you been living under a rock?! that was not news, it was already 5 hours old.
@halostingray872 ай бұрын
And your nights have suddenly become more dangerous...
@rogerstlaurent87042 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Good one .. Wish History Hit talk about Slick Willie Clinton The cigar a 22 yro intern and a Crooked PP and the Stained Blue Dress 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@karlkarlos35452 ай бұрын
What a funny comment this was.... 12 years ago.
@TheHistoricalDocumentary2 ай бұрын
you don't differentiate between Hollywood and real life ah, ha ha
@charlesflohr18152 ай бұрын
The craziest story about Vasili Arkhipov is that he was also the 1st officer on the infamous K-19 widow maker that had a nuclear engine failure a few years earlier. Man is an unheralded hero.
@DocZFlux2 ай бұрын
Tommy Lee Jones was also fantastic as Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln
@paulrailton22212 ай бұрын
Dan Shaw was on breakfast TV saying Putin wants to overthrow Europe. I will never trust a word that comes out of his mouth again.
@guitarmatricide48342 ай бұрын
Oh I agree. Sadly he gets overlooked because of Daniel Day-Lewis’s incredible performance, but his performance is fantastic as well.
@AlexUSAF2 ай бұрын
Yes he was, he nailed that historical figure down brilliantly. Lincoln in history, & in the movie handled him very well, I do not know if I would have done the same because even the Northern Radical Republicans back then were crazy, they wanted revenge over slavery & instant civil rights granted when at that time the nation needed to be brought back together, it needed to heal & rebuild, slavery just needed to end & other ugly racial, class, & ethnic issues of civil rights had to take time.
@slazeblaze319Ай бұрын
I think he looks way more like Andrew Johnson though
@brinydemon0321Ай бұрын
@@slazeblaze319nah, the guy they got to play Andrew Johnson is literally a clone of him
@PalmelaHanderson2 ай бұрын
The Cuban Missile crisis is fascinating. The world was really on the brink of apocalypse and very few people know how close it really came. I actually have Vasili Arkhipov's name tattooed on myself. Not many people can claim to have single handedly saved all of humanity.
@wcatholic12 ай бұрын
" We stood eyeball to eyeball and they blinked first!"
@TheOldDragoon2 ай бұрын
The other one that pops to mind is Russian as well. LtCol Stanislav Petrov.
@MrJamyang242 ай бұрын
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@heatherevert2742 ай бұрын
@@TheOldDragoon I celebrate Stanislav Petrov day every year.
@shisuiuchiha49482 ай бұрын
Lmao stop the glazing
@JossCarlisle2 ай бұрын
15:52 Not exactly. The Democratic Party forced Roosevelt to choose a new VP because they were very aware he was in poor health and didn't want Henry Wallace (who was considerably more left wing than FDR) to become president. Because of this, FDR let Wallace pick any cabinet position he wanted, other than state, after the election.
@tlmiller3012 ай бұрын
@HistoryHit is one of my favorite YT channels. Love their breakdowns of historical movies
@the_littyest_fam8175Ай бұрын
"When the president does it that means it's not illegal." It's actually insane that, since the supreme court ruling, this is just true now.
@franz-dominikimhof4940Ай бұрын
Yep. It's the law of the Land. Who would have thought that Trickie Dick was right all along.
@ericolson3851Ай бұрын
@@franz-dominikimhof4940just because it’s law doesn’t mean it’s right.
@franz-dominikimhof4940Ай бұрын
@@ericolson3851 That is true about almost anything legal in the US justice system.
@jamiekay133Ай бұрын
@@ericolson3851 you lot will do anything to make Trump look a saint won’t you? 🤡🤡
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
It’s always been true, it just finally had to be codified with a SC ruling. Obama approved the extrajudicial murder of an American citizen that also killed his American citizen 14 year old son with a drone strike. Anyone else that’s murder. Biden could easily be held civilly liable for wrongful death for Lakin Reilly, Jocelyn Nungaray, and many others because he refused to follow immigration law and keep asylum seekers detained until their case is decided. Heck somebody could take a shot at negligent homicide if they really wanted to. There are elements of the constitutional power of the President that would get us normals arrested.
@celly5892 ай бұрын
Saw you in Netflix’s trailer for their Churchill docuseries coming out later this year and I was like “hey that’s Dan from history hit!”
@karntom1012 ай бұрын
Oh neat! What it called?
@stephaniecowans36462 ай бұрын
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, I was a small child (5 yrs old?) and I remember at a site near where I lived, the silos were open and ICBM'S aimed. In my youth, it was like Disneyland. I did not know at the time, that my mother was trying not to panic because she was alone with 3 young children and my father was away on business so she didn't know if we were all going to die. I also remember when the missiles were lowered back into the silos and being disappointed at not seeing them anymore. Thank the gods this did get resolved.
@wcatholic12 ай бұрын
I was 2 months old.
@savage751Ай бұрын
That's crazy....my mom would tell me stories of how they would have "drills" during school where the bomb raid siren would go off and they would have to hide under their desk....she told me even though she was young she knew that wouldn't do shit lol
@kingtutt33712 ай бұрын
"If the President does it, It's not illegal. No one else shares that view." he said. They used to not. Now they do.
@George-ni5ic2 ай бұрын
Codified by a really poorly written ruling by a really weak and compromised court.
@andan042 ай бұрын
Seriously. Now the United States Supreme Court shares that view!
@BG-wp3doАй бұрын
What Nixon was actually saying was quite banal. He was saying that in the interests of national security the President can authorise actions that - absent that authorisation - would otherwise be illegal if the decision is taken in the interests of the safety of the country. He was specifically referring to the crime of burglary - an ordinary robbery is illegal but the President could authorise an intelligence officer to steal something from somebody deemed to be a threat to the United States and that person could act on those orders without fear of prosecution. "When the President does it - that means it is not illegal"
@cathyf.2672Ай бұрын
After Hunter is pardoned: If the President, "or his son" does it, it's not illegal.
@andan04Ай бұрын
@@cathyf.2672 If the power to pardon were abolished, that wouldn't be possible. I'd support that. Would you?
@kevin13552 ай бұрын
You've given me a massive backlog of movies to watch. Thank you.
@HistoryHit2 ай бұрын
Haha, you're welcome!
@benwolk6494Ай бұрын
Honestly Lincoln and 13 Days and Oppenheimer are the only worthwhile movies on this list.
@livethefuture24922 ай бұрын
I would love to see a full deep dive on Lincoln! Such an amazing portrayal by Daniel day Lewis. One of my favourite historical portrayals ever put on screen!
@marquisdelafayette19292 ай бұрын
I was so excited when I heard Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio bought the rights to Ron Chernow’s biography of Grant and wanted to turn it into a movie. They ended up doing the bio miniseries for the History Channel with re-enactments instead. I absolutely love it but am still holding our hope for a real movie/series.?
@StandingTallChannelАй бұрын
I love the scene where Lincoln is talking to soldiers. The US President used to be approachable, but now we view them as super-celebrities, out of reach and out of touch with the common man, which is antithetical to the founding idea of a President. Americans initially rejected the idea of royalty, but now we've made our politicians into monarchs.
@joelg83Ай бұрын
Plus the four successful assassinations and three or four near misses.
@bushit12345626 күн бұрын
Also he wasn't a millionaire.
@cl547021 күн бұрын
It's probably due in large part to how that ended for Lincoln.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
Lincoln was “approachable” in Fords Theatre. Which is why Presidents are not “approachable” anymore.
@livethefuture24925 күн бұрын
It was a different time back then...smaller country, smaller world...
@FancyMcDancy2 ай бұрын
I find it strange and a little disappointing that Snow makes no mention of how well Day-Lewis depicted Lincoln's walk, speech, voice and mannerisms. I understand from other reviews of the film that he came uncannily close.
@Tman0011002 ай бұрын
It was a pretty good portrayal...albeit overly dramatized as hollywood predictably does too often.
@karenteneyck98352 ай бұрын
He stayed in character ALL day even when he wasn’t shooting a scene. Before he arrived to begin filming we had to remove all the Lincoln portraits hanging in our offices. DDL didn’t want to see them because he WAS Lincoln. Rewarding experience. He also did Lincoln’s signature perfectly on every document he signed on camera. He insisted on doing Lincoln’s unexpectedly high pitched voice that he knew from his research. Yes, he’s very ‘method’. 😀
@craigrussell306219 күн бұрын
39:55 Nixon was not impeached in the House of Representatives. They had begun an impeachment inquiry, but Nixon resigned before the articles of impeachment could be voted on.
@arachniweaselАй бұрын
"but for unborn millions to come" was so powerful. i'm one of those millions.
@cathyf.2672Ай бұрын
♥
@dwightlee43152 ай бұрын
You missed one of my favorite examples of a president in movies... The Wind and the Lion, Teddy Roosevelt
@aaronshell6887Ай бұрын
C😮
@andrewwestman24072 ай бұрын
I wish you didn’t have to limit this to Hollywood movies. The History Channel’s “Grant” was an unbelievably impressive portrayal of Ulysses S. Grant but it’s a 3 episode series. So good.
@dionysusNME2 ай бұрын
I was going to say, that History Channel Grant Bio series was shockingly well acted by the lead
@TheJuris1973Ай бұрын
Jared Harris from Chernobyl and The Crown. Incredible actor
@andrewwestman2407Ай бұрын
@@TheJuris1973 he nailed that role
@andrewjohnson8508Ай бұрын
@@TheJuris1973 Jared Harris played Grant in the movie "Lincoln", not in the Grant series.
@TheJuris1973Ай бұрын
@@andrewjohnson8508 thanks you're right
@SPQRTempus2 ай бұрын
David Frost in Frost/Nixon was played by English actor Michael Sheen, not American actor Martin Sheen.
@JenniferBECKETT-py8vl2 ай бұрын
And he is brilliant!
@viperzvapourz47382 ай бұрын
*Welsh actor Michael Sheen
@Twiggys1452 ай бұрын
He’s Welsh. English is not synonymous with British
@thegreyarea-WPP2 ай бұрын
@@Twiggys145to be fair, when Martin Sheen was born, Wales hadn’t had the referendum and devolution of powers and still counted as being a principality belonging to England. It was only 1997 when the change to that finally came in. That’s why, even back to the Act of Union in 1536, the United Kingdom was the merging of Scotland and England with Wales simply being a part of England. Later in time Ireland was drawn into it which is why the Union Flag became the cross of St. George, the diagonal cross of St. Andrew, and the diagonal cross of St. Patrick. I personally think that post-1997 the flag should include a dragon too, but my opinion doesn’t count for anything really. As for Michael Sheen himself, I think he’s amazing, especially in Good Omens he was perfect for the role of Aziraphale alongside David Tenant’s Crowley. They work so well together.
@alexfarkas3881Ай бұрын
@@thegreyarea-WPP I absolutely agree with you on the flag issue from a perspective of fairness, but also because it would make it a hilariously busy flag. 😀 Alternatively, I think they should add the dragon because dragons are cool as hell.
@tinamagnuson96562 ай бұрын
If you read Doris Kearn Goodwin’s a Team Of Rivals upon which the movie is based, she details the genius of Lincoln and how he knew when the time would be right to move ahead with the abolition of slavery as he needed Congress to pass the amendment. He knew if tried too early and failed, he may never succeed nor be re-elected.
@peterfraser90702 ай бұрын
CA Tripp's The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln is also quite interesting.
@uToobeD2 ай бұрын
The Bush and Cheney actors look spot on, wow
@karlkarlos35452 ай бұрын
It's tons of makeup. Cheney is played by Christian Bale after all.
@uToobeD2 ай бұрын
@@karlkarlos3545 Yeah, I knew that, but to be honest when i saw him I'd forgotten. Regardless of the "how", it's brilliantly done and convincing. The Bush too looks very well done
@bradenr867Ай бұрын
@@karlkarlos3545well he put on 100lbs to look like him. It’s not just make up, bale goes to every extreme.
@karlkarlos3545Ай бұрын
@@bradenr867 Yeah, he wanted that Oscar so badly. Lol.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
They might have looked spot on but nothing in that hack job “comedy” by Adam McKay was in any way shape or form true or historical. It’s disappointing they would even use that film. He might as well be reviewing President Camacho in Idiocracy.
@TheJuris1973Ай бұрын
They should have used the portrayal of Harry Truman by Gary Sinise in 'Truman'. The Gary Oldman version is basically a cameo
@hammerman199374Ай бұрын
I would love to get your take on "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), particularly Brian Keith's portrayal of Theodore Roosevelt. I've always liked the film, and am amazed at how Sean Connery somehow manages to pull off playing a Berber Chieftain. Jerry Goldsmith's score is incredible as well.
@NickBallenger-i7i2 ай бұрын
The fact that the VICE director thinks that W was stupid like a fish is exactly what W wanted everyone to think. There’s a reason he asked the VP to step in the role. Probably shouldn’t forget that there was more than one reason to ask someone to be VP. The “dumb Texan” is a great disguise.
@nimrodsson4029Ай бұрын
George Bush actually wasn’t fit for the job at all, but they created a Dynasty of War and personal gain. He wasn’t ignorant, but he’s not the smartest man in the room, by any means.
@jacobwatson1818Ай бұрын
Well, he listened to lies and knowingly started a war based on a lie. If you can that smart, you would be in a bubble.
@NickBallenger-i7i29 күн бұрын
@ he didn’t start a war based on lies…he started a war because of the opportunity to start one that made him and others money…if it needed to seem like a lie then all the better
@jacobwatson181829 күн бұрын
@@NickBallenger-i7iTo clarify, did he tell the public the war was to make money? I remember some WMDs talk. Was the WMD narrative a lie?
@johnnyoutlaw65342 ай бұрын
This historian is such a stud. Love a man who is a history buff.
@sevun12 ай бұрын
I think we in America need these reminders and deep dives into the leaders of our country and the values that they place on our nation! Thank you for this overview. Hope there may be more!
@Boots11642 ай бұрын
I can never get enough of the True North speech in Lincoln, it's so good.
@bobbydylanio2 ай бұрын
Very picky of me but it irks me that when Lincoln is in a camp you'd expect every pair of eyes to be on Lincoln, but the extras have clearly been told NOT to look at Lincoln. No-one makes the merest glance!
@D2RCR2 ай бұрын
Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln is easily my favorite theatrical depiction of a president ever. He totally nailed it. I have to give an honorable mention to Rufus Jones in the Theodore Roosevelt TV miniseries though. The portrayal wasn't 100% perfect, but he absolutely was Roosevelt in the moment.
@GylesJohnson2 ай бұрын
Well done HH. A very enjoyable hour. 👍
@HistoryHit2 ай бұрын
Thanks Gyles 👍
@williamrobinson74352 ай бұрын
Well hi - de - hi! I'm not really much of a film watcher mostly when it comes to important historical events, but I did enjoy this. Nice one Dan and team! 🌟👍
@kevinpace61212 ай бұрын
Don’t sleep on David Costabile as James Ashley in Lincoln. Fantastic performance as a counter to Lincoln.
@jillfromatlanta4272 ай бұрын
He is equally excellent in many roles, including as a baddie in Damages.
@helenwood12 ай бұрын
Kudos-this is well-researched. I learned a lot! With Hollywood movies, you never know what to believe and what not to.
@davidloftus37712 ай бұрын
Very entertaining and informative.
@HistoryHit2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@josephpetrino17412 ай бұрын
It's nice to see other countries get interested in American history. We squeezed some compelling moments into our short history. Now is no exception.
@AdNLBАй бұрын
Without a doubt. As a non-American, there is something about your relatively short history that stuns you into attention. I think it’s because the consequences of those events seem to have so directly shaped the world we live in.
@Alexbacica2 ай бұрын
Another proof, if was still needed, that Sam Rockwell is one of the best and most underrated actors of his generation.
@jilips2 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! Lincoln will forever be my favorite person in history
@AlexSCSI516 күн бұрын
This video should have a lot more views. Brilliant.
@jamesdoyle54052 ай бұрын
Lyndon Johnson came to Congress as a Represenitive from Texas in the 1930s during the Roosevelt administration. Roosevelt was the role model LBJ tried to emulate and he wanted to succeed at those things FDR could not do.
@samvidas9599Ай бұрын
11:34 that compass analogy was powerful!
@davidhurray2 ай бұрын
Love this video!
@georgewilliam11Ай бұрын
Should do the John Adams mini series. There's three presidents in that
@carlosrodolfofloresdelgado8 күн бұрын
I love how the contextualization of the scenes makes you realize how complex decisions presidents make. It's crazy!
@qjones61092 ай бұрын
This is such good work my man
@MotorPotor562 ай бұрын
"pettifogging Tammany Hall hucksters" is the best line
@janerkenbrack33732 ай бұрын
This reminds us of the importance of character when choosing a President. This goes for all government offices, but especially for the Presidency, because its power is a single person. In the US Constitution, Congress is the first branch of three co-equal branches. The Executive branch is second. The idea is to spread power out, to avoid the hazards that come when power is concentrated.
@terryjohnson55792 ай бұрын
Jesus until you showed that picture i didnt realize how well cast Tommy Lee Jones was as Thaddeus Stevens.
@madelinemae883Ай бұрын
I worked at the Truman library for a summer and he is my favorite president! What I think is super notable about Truman is his sense of responsibility and the way that the loss of life also weighed greatly on him. He kept a Purple Heart from a fallen soldier in Korea in his desk until his death.
@Paul-ic2ki2 ай бұрын
This guy completely misses the Truman discussion. The soviets got the bomb because American scientists gave it to them... And Oppenheimer had such an ego that he thought HE was responsible for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki... Truman put him in his place and said that he was the one who was responsible... And demonstrated his courage in the last line of the scene.
@Tman0011002 ай бұрын
"Courage" may be describing it subjectively. If Truman was afraid of any blowback to begin with, then maybe. But most of modern history does not look back at the bomb bein dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a triumph as it implied that the world and universe revolved around the U.S. and American lives only as if no other lives on Earth matter...which is NOT the case.
@bartooh19932 ай бұрын
Awesome breakdown! But it feels like something’s missing... Key & Peele’s Obama sketches would’ve been a perfect addition to this topic!
@katherinecollins46852 ай бұрын
Brilliant video
@lw36462 ай бұрын
Lincoln is one of my favourite movies of the 2010s. Its just so excellent, the scipt, the music, the acting, just superb. 😊 You also learn a lot too watching it.
@kush6846Ай бұрын
Johnson is the most fascinating president to me, that Cranston movie is so underrated. A guy from the Jim Crow era south ushering in the most progressive legislation ever with the civil right act, it’s amazing.
@defaultusername123Ай бұрын
yep truly a fascinating guy. everything he did in his presidency was so antithetical to his upbringing, yet I think seeing true poverty in Texas back then , growing up in it with his father, living in Texas before electricity...he knew things had to change.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
He did it for purely political power reasons. Johnson was a huge old school southern racist. “These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again.” Source: Doris Kearns Goodwin He also was said to have called the 1957 civil rights bill the “N--er Bill” to another Senator. And was well known to liberally use the n word when directly talking to blacks. And he only got it passed because the vast majority of Republicans voted for it (80%-20% as opposed to the Dem vote of 61-39%). Nothing amazing about it.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
@@defaultusername123He was a massive racist that only did it for political reasons. There was no principle involved.
@mirandadunham75792 ай бұрын
Did I already know all of this? Yes. Did I still watch the video? Again, yes.
@HistorysRaven2 ай бұрын
On the JFK movie and the pilots not reporting damage, one of my favorite scenes is the "bird strike" scene when the pilots return to base.
@StewartLawson2 ай бұрын
38:43 "no-one else shares that view" that Nixon was acting within his powers as president even if it meant breaking the law. The Supreme Court of the United States has not only shared that view but also extended that to say exactly how far a President can go - and it's all the way apparently. Shame Dan didn't refer to this as it seems to vindicate Nixon's argument.
@TheEnecca2 ай бұрын
the supreme court recently?
@StewartLawson2 ай бұрын
@TheEnecca Trump v. United States (07/01/2024) "[Supreme Court] Justice Sonia Sotomayor said it plainly: “Under [the Supreme Court's] rule, any use of official power for any purpose, even the most corrupt purpose indicated by objective evidence of the most corrupt motives and intent, remains official and immune. Under the majority’s test, if it can be called a test, the category of Presidential action that can be deemed ‘unofficial’ is destined to be vanishingly small" It is now the law that Nixon was right.
@brandon-butlerАй бұрын
@@TheEneccaIndeed! As of October 2023 the Supreme Court said the President cannot be convicted for “official acts”.
@vadergaming1014Ай бұрын
@@TheEneccaSort of, it’s been an evolving legal precedent since Jefferson was president. There’s this precedent in presidential immunity that any official act done by the president is not something he can be criminally or civilly charged for, and the only way to prove that it was not an official act (courts assume any presidential action is official) is by getting access to documents protected by Executive Privilege, which the court has also strengthened in recent years. One of my law school courses was on this exact topic so it’s very interesting seeing how it’s played out especially post Trump v. US
@vadergaming1014Ай бұрын
@@TheEneccaalso, as part of his executive privilege the Court has indulged in the Theory of the Unitary Executive which basically cedes ALL executive branch authority directly and solely to the President, unless he defers it to someone else (think Border/Economy Tsar’s or Cabinet secretaries). Additionally, by having control of all executive power the President is then allowed deference in all Court proceedings should he invoke a claim of official action or executive privilege. It’s all a very convoluted and very interesting legal feedback loop. Too bad the movie Vice absolutely butchered the Unitary Executive Theory.
@shaggycan2 ай бұрын
My favorite portrayal of JFK: Bill Burr. That being said I love Thirteen Days. Maybe the first film I ever saw fellow Canadian Bruce Greenwood in.
@victoriafrost54612 ай бұрын
You should look into the television series Turn: Washington's Spies. Check out how Ian Khan played General Washington.
@therealmckoy3652 ай бұрын
I really like how the actor in the John Adam’s series portrayed Washington, too.
@5Andysalive2 ай бұрын
tbf "the other guy" at Gettysburg was supposed to give a long speech and Lincoln was supposed to add a few remarks. So it's a bit unfair, how bad a press he gets nowadays. It's not like he hijacked the stage and just went for it unwanted. also the cabinet scenes with Lincoln are a very neat way to explain things to the viewer, without making it too on the nose.
@hari232 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure the X-Men stopped the Cuban missile crisis
@robertn22 ай бұрын
Daniel Day-Lewis version Lincoln more realistic than Dennis Weaver version of him. Some of us were children during the Cuban missile crisis, and the thought of being draft into Vietnam war when we turn 18 was also on our minds.
@peterfraser90702 ай бұрын
Dennis Weaver also played Samuel Mudd, the doctor who wittingly or unwittingly helped Booth after he shot Lincoln.
@Pete_Finch2 ай бұрын
Let's not forget that Truman was a very successful and respected Captain in WW1 - the guy knew how to get things done militarily, not just from an ivory tower. Also, I always felt bad for Colin Powell - he was a real General that cared deeply about his troops from Vietnam all the way through to the Gulf War. Being in W's cabinet ruined his reputation and it didn't need to happen
@Lukecash22 ай бұрын
The fact of the matter, his WWI experience was what convinced him to drop the bomb. Front line trench warfare was not good. Most Americans felt that lives were wasted.
@rustomkanishka2 ай бұрын
The film Vice shows Secretary of State Powell as being a man who shouldered the blame and sold out his stellar reputation on behalf of the Bush administration. This is apparently when he sold the case for the Iraq War to the UN and the American people. He's also shown to be morally bothered by this. As much as one may feel bad for the man, I'm not sure why he'd go along with such a lie. His reputation is one thing, and I'm sure it was very dear to him. But his participation in the lie got a lot of people killed, including US servicemen as well as a lot of Iraqi civilians. That last part seems glossed over.
@brandonparnell6160Ай бұрын
The biggest issue with Truman's supposed WW1 service was his oddly warhawk perspective post war and inherent disregard for his own men's lives during the war. All of this can be gleamed from his letters to home to his girlfriend and later wife. Truman seemed oddly out of touch with what was going on during that period and far more concerned with his own personal desires to uplift himself back home.
@brandonparnell6160Ай бұрын
@@Lukecash2True but not in the way you think, Truman during the war was a successful Captain but with the conclusion of the war he didn't want to end the war with the bomb for the sake of people's lives but imo for his own glory. Truman was not an amazing person by any measure his personal letters make that very clear.
@terrioestreich40072 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@nathanielpemberton93032 ай бұрын
MISTAKE/CORRECTION at 27:03: 60 votes are needed in the senate to overcome the filibuster and pass standard legislation, not 67.
@MeltedCheesefondueGruyere2 ай бұрын
It was changed from 67 (two thirds) to 60 (three fifths), in 1970, I believe.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
@@MeltedCheesefondueGruyerethe cloture threshold was changed in 1975
@lw36462 ай бұрын
Truman is in the top 10 list of presidents.
@robertmosley31272 ай бұрын
There are a lot of contenders for greatest speech in the history of the English language. To say there is a consensus on Gettysburg being the greatest is perhaps overstating it a little.
@davidsullivan77432 ай бұрын
I would love to see Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of A Team of Rivals, give her breakdown of the film Lincoln, the film is a masterpiece without a poor performance in it
@karenteneyck98352 ай бұрын
Her book was the source material for the movie.
@Rob_Enhoud2 ай бұрын
Should have used the accurate depiction of Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.
@JMurphyyyАй бұрын
good video
@ericfellner26892 ай бұрын
The metaphors in Vice were so heavy handed, they may as well have printed "Get it? He's FISHING?; GET IT, HE HAS NO HEART?" Good performances, but the direction of the movie is so heavy-handed.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
Because it was a hack job by a far leftist, not a historically accurate movie.
@trapdoorspringfieldmodel18882 ай бұрын
Hal Holbrook who is playing Francis Preston Blair in Lincoln also played Lincoln in the mini-series North and South (book 1 and 2) as well as in a 1974 - 76 mini-series called Sandburg's Lincoln.
@conservativepineapples62032 ай бұрын
Hal Holbrook was amazing as Lincoln! His voice was so well suited to Lincoln.
@lw36462 ай бұрын
Peter Jennings actually did an excellent report on Truman and the dropping of the bombs.
@crispycookie97392 ай бұрын
This was interesting. Now, I'd like to see an American historian do a segment on British PMs
@jw8702062 ай бұрын
That scene in the lift where Johnson gets very close to the Senator he's trying to persuade to not be present for the vote on the Civil Rights Act is very accurate on the type of tactics LBJ would use to get his way. He was a tall man, very assertive and brash, and he was essentially a bully. He did use intimidation to get his way. I'm not a fan of his foreign policy, but he got things done domestically regarding the Civil Rights Act and the Civil Rights Movement.
@robertwilliams90102 ай бұрын
People literally called it "The Johnson Treatment". He'd also go to the bathroom during tense meetings and leave the door open. Literally waved his dong at his adversaries to show them who was in charge.
@jw8702062 ай бұрын
@ So, Johnson swung his johnson? 😂
@robertwilliams90102 ай бұрын
@jw870206 He apparently referred to it as "Jumbo", but yes, yes he did.
@barppoots43782 ай бұрын
Lincoln needs a deep dive!
@biggerdoofus2 ай бұрын
While it's good to include the apocalyptic rhetoric when explaining the beliefs of people making decisions during the cold war, I think it'd be good to mention that scientists since then have largely rejected the idea that nuclear war would end human civilization.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
Might not end it completely but not a theory I’d prefer be tested.
@kevinprzy4539Ай бұрын
I wish Cassius Marcellus Clay had a cameo in this film, he was extremely important to ending slavery in the US.
@sellm_bc_arwhite42492 ай бұрын
I'm sure someone has pointed it out by now, but the description has an error - it is Michael Sheen, not Martin Sheen, playing David Frost.
@stefanthoen22076 күн бұрын
Dick Cheney's Secret Service name was Angler because of his love for fly fishing. Also the name of the book by Barton Gellman, which is a very good read
@DoomWalker423 күн бұрын
Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter! 😂I thought you just said that Sir Winston Churchill's speech was the greatest in the English language?
@jgberzerker2 ай бұрын
There was a documentary a few years back where McNamara says he spoke to Castro in 1992 where Castro said there were 172 nuclear warheads, including 90 tactical warheads already in Cuba on October 27th.
@uToobeD2 ай бұрын
Richard Nixon has such a distinctive look and persona that it'd be next to impossible to get someone to play him. The guy they chose... looks absolutely nothing like him. I didn't even recognise it as Nixon until it was said that he was Nixon
@robertpolityka84642 ай бұрын
I like the Anthony Hopkins version of Nixon.
@NimicNOR2 ай бұрын
Censoring a certain word (but not even the particular word that should be censored) is pretty weak by History Hit, IMO. It's part of the film, and more importantly it's part of history.
@TheFuri0uswcАй бұрын
I love just how much Truman hated oppenhimmer.
@TheAmazingSpiderman872 ай бұрын
By far the best scene in Lincoln is when he argues both legal sides of the emancipation proclamation. Hell, the whole movie was great. Didn't feel like a movie, felt like you were there.
@janariley60052 ай бұрын
Johnson was a master at strong arming people
@TimRHillard2 ай бұрын
I thought Lincoln the Vampire Hunter was pretty hysterically accurate🤔
@stephenbriggs9153Ай бұрын
How is there not a big budget film just centered around the life of JFK? Not just his death and his time as President, but a true biopic showcasing his rollercoaster of a life. Same for most presidents honestly, especially Teddy Roosevelt.
@gruweldaadАй бұрын
Dan, you need 60 votes in the Senate, not 67. 67 is required for a constitutional amendment.
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
67 was the vote needed to invoke cloture in the senate until it was changed to 60 in 1975. So in 1964, 67 is the right number.
@protox072 ай бұрын
I like your videos
@anthonyhastings59612 ай бұрын
Thanks Dan. I've visited the Truman Presidential Library on a couple of occasions and it's amazing some of the documents they have on display that influenced the world history that my Grandparents lived through and told me about.
@uToobeD2 ай бұрын
With Abe being so tall and wearing that hat, I'm guessing that there were no snipers as of yet!
@ttothek1312 ай бұрын
Wrong, an assassin just missed him when he was on a trip to the front and struck his hat
@ZachCook13972 ай бұрын
I love All The Way using the Johnson lean, I think is what it’s called, where Johnson who was like 6’2”, 6’3” would just get into people’s personal space to browbeat them to agree with him
@franciscodanconia43247 күн бұрын
He was a hugely abusive person, physically and mentally.
@WimsicalSage2 ай бұрын
Gotta say it’s interesting that I’m watching a “Historian Breaks Down U.S. Presidents In Hollywood Movies” video when the historian breaking down the U.S. presidents is British.
@photo_n_art2 ай бұрын
George W. wanted the title but not the responsibilities, so he was more than happy to go with Cheney's expended role... 🤷♂️
@ysolda96142 ай бұрын
I was looking forward to commentary on Lincoln the Vampire Hunter you know.. sadge
@gatb43872 ай бұрын
Commenting from the start: YES, I needed this!
@5Andysalive2 ай бұрын
there is a uncomfortbale truth in Truman's argument. A ground invasion of Japan would not just have cost many US lifes but also many japanese ones. You're talking a second d-day plus all the rest here. I wonder if they had any idea of the extended results of the bomb and if they had done it anyway.
@robertalexander-bk5zj2 ай бұрын
I believe certainly yes, but they would have put on a bigger show of feeling bad about it. American lives > Foreign lives. To be clear, this is my take on American history. Not my opinion.