Directed by
John B. Bredar |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
John B. Bredar |
Cast (in credits order)
Morgan Freeman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
'Reds' Arrington | ... | Self - Plumber 1946-1979 | |
Kathleen Battle | ... | Self - Entertainer (as Diva Kathleen Battle) | |
Barbara Bush | ... | Self - 1989-1993 | |
George Bush | ... | Self - 1989-1993 | |
Lisa Caputo | ... | Self | |
Buddy Carter | ... | Self - Butler | |
Jimmy Carter | ... | Self - 1977-1981 | |
Rosalynn Carter | ... | Self - 1977-1981 (as Rosalyn Carter) | |
Carrie Chapman Catt | ... | Self - Suffragette Leader (archive footage) | |
Julia Child | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Bill Clinton | ... | Self - 1993-2001 | |
Hillary Clinton | ... | Self - 1993-2001 (as Hillary Rodham Clinton) | |
Calvin Coolidge | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Mamie Eisenhower | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Fala | ... | Self - Franklin Roosevelt's Dog (archive footage) | |
Alonzo Fields | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Karen Finney | ... | Self | |
Betty Ford | ... | Self - 1974-1977 | |
Gerald Ford | ... | Self - 1974-1977 | |
Jim Hagerty | ... | Self - Press Secretary to President Eisenhower (archive footage) (as James C. Hagerty) | |
Warren G. Harding | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Herbert Hoover | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Ike Hoover | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Lady Bird Johnson | ... | Self - 1963-1969 | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) | |
Jacqueline Kennedy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
John F. Kennedy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Henry Kissinger | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Neel Lattimore | ... | Self (as G. Neel Lattimore) | |
Roland Mesnier | ... | Self - White House Pastry Chef | |
John Muffler | ... | Self - Electrician | |
Pat Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Richard Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Tricia Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Lillian Rogers Parks | ... | Self - White House Seamstress 1929-1960 | |
Patrick Plunkett | ... | Self - Master Mason | |
Nancy Reagan | ... | Self - 1981-1989 | |
Ronald Reagan | ... | Self - 1981-1989 | |
Eleanor Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Theodore Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Walter Scheib | ... | Self - Executive Chef | |
William Seale | ... | Self - Writer / Historian | |
Hugh Sidey | ... | Self - Time Magazine | |
Steven Spielberg | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
William Howard Taft | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Harry S. Truman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Sarah Vaughan | ... | Self - Singer (archive footage) | |
Gary Walters | ... | Self - White House Chief Usher | |
Woodrow Wilson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Boris Yeltsin | ... | Self | |
Naina Yeltsina | ... | Self (as Mrs. Yeltsin) | |
Maya Angelou | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Menachem Begin | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Wolf Blitzer | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Desiree DaCosta | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Charles de Gaulle | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Amelia Earhart | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Dianne Feinstein | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
David Geffen | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Al Gore | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jesse Helms | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Lou Henry Hoover | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jesse Jackson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Peter Jennings | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Luci Baines Johnson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
John Kennedy Jr. | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Ali MacGraw | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Patrick John Nugent | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Leon Panetta | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Concepción Picciotto | ... | Self (uncredited) | |
Queen Elizabeth II | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Dan Rather | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Anwar Sadat | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Adlai Stevenson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Barbra Streisand | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jessica Tandy | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Bess Truman | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Blair Underwood | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Barbara Walters | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
John Williams | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Enlai Zhou | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Produced by
John B. Bredar | ... | producer |
Brian Breger | ... | senior producer: National Geographic |
Nicolas Noxon | ... | executive producer |
Michael Rosenfeld | ... | executive producer |
Peter Schnall | ... | senior producer: National Geographic |
Music by
Mark Adler |
Cinematography by
Peter Schnall |
Editing by
Lisa Fredrickson |
Production Design by
John David Dean |
Production Management
John Bowman | ... | director of post production: National Geographic |
Francisca Drexel | ... | director of production: National geographic |
Debbie London-Harrington | ... | production manager (as Debbie London) / production supervisor: National Geographic (as Debbie London) |
Addie Moray | ... | production manager |
Anne Tarrant | ... | post-production supervisor / production manager |
Michele Wilbourne | ... | post-production manager |
Art Department
Yeorgos Lampathakis | ... | art: and animation |
Michael Lentz | ... | art: and animation |
Sound Department
Gary Black | ... | additional sound |
Mike Boyle | ... | additional sound (as Michael Boyle) |
Tom Donahue | ... | additional sound editor |
Nelson Funk | ... | sound mixer |
Glen Marullo | ... | additional sound (as Glenn Marullo) |
Brenda Ray | ... | sound recordist |
Greg Smith | ... | additional sound |
Dennis Towns | ... | sound recordist |
Traci Zambotti | ... | sound editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Reuben Aaronson | ... | additional cinematography |
Henry Adebonojo | ... | camera assistant |
Scott Carrithers | ... | camera assistant |
Rick Gioia | ... | camera assistant |
Jeff Morales | ... | camera assistant |
Mark Petersson | ... | additional cinematography |
Jerry Risius | ... | camera assistant |
Jeff Victor | ... | camera assistant (as Jeff Viktor) |
Animation Department
Berle Cherney | ... | animation |
Editorial Department
Robert Hatch | ... | additional apprentice editor (as Rob Hatch) |
Jef Huey | ... | on-line editor |
Averi Livingston | ... | post-production coordinator: WETA |
Dave Markun | ... | colorist (as David Markun) |
Lauren Meschter | ... | colorist |
David C. Scheer | ... | post-production coordinator |
Salvatore Vecchio | ... | apprentice editor (as Salvatore F. Vecchio) |
Traci Zambotti | ... | assistant editor |
Music Department
Tim Larkin | ... | musician: trumpet soloist |
Additional Crew
John B. Bredar | ... | researcher |
Tracey Clark-Stajka | ... | publicist |
Phylis Geller | ... | executive in charge: WETA |
Jennifer Gold | ... | researcher |
Linda Goldman | ... | stock footage researcher |
Gilbert M. Grosvenor | ... | chairman of the board: National Geographic |
Tim Kelly | ... | president: National Geographic Television |
Carter Lee | ... | production coordinator |
Patrick Prentice | ... | creative consultant |
Bonnie Rowan | ... | stock footage researcher |
Mary Schultz | ... | publicist: WETA |
William Seale | ... | historical consultant |
Christina Shutes | ... | researcher: still photo |
Margaret Sidlosky | ... | publicist |
Gina Spann-Perry | ... | production coordinator |
Ellen C. Stanley | ... | publicist |
Kathleen F. Teter | ... | publicist |
Cecily Van Praagh | ... | publicist: WETA |
Andrew Carl Wilk | ... | vice president of programming and production: National Geographic |
Scott Wyerman | ... | director of research: National Geographic |
Sharon Rockefeller | ... | president: WETA (uncredited) |
Thanks
Skip Allen | ... | additional special thanks |
Robert Breeden | ... | additional special thanks: White House Historical Association |
Lisa Caputo | ... | with special thanks to |
Nash Castro | ... | additional special thanks |
Maria Downs | ... | additional special thanks: White House Historical Association |
Alonzo Fields | ... | dedicated to |
Karen Finney | ... | with special thanks to |
Susan Ford | ... | additional special thanks (as Susan Ford Bales) |
Rosemary B. Freeman | ... | additional special thanks |
Dennis Freemyer | ... | additional special thanks |
Ernest C. Gaddy Jr. | ... | additional special thanks |
Neil Horstman | ... | additional special thanks: White House Historical Association |
Marjorie Hunt | ... | additional special thanks |
Robert Kapsch | ... | additional special thanks: HABS/HAER |
Josh King | ... | additional special thanks |
Neel Lattimore | ... | with special thanks to |
James I. McDaniel | ... | additional special thanks: National Park Service |
Bernard R. Meyer | ... | additional special thanks: White House Historical Association (as Bernard Meyer) |
Nancy Mitchell | ... | additional special thanks |
Betty Monkman | ... | additional special thanks: White House Curator's Office |
James Popkin | ... | additional special thanks |
Ann Stock | ... | with special thanks to |
Gary Walters | ... | with special thanks to |