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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDbs Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for National Treasure: Book of Secrets can be found here.
It is never mentioned, and some speculate that it exists as a cliffhanger solely to set up another sequel. On the DVD commentary, however, director Jon Turteltaub thrice says something about the contents of page 47, but his microphone fails mysteriously all three times. He also rebuffs the sequel theory, saying that the references to page 47 exist to show how much the President began to trust Ben Gates and to establish a closeness between the characters.
The President mentions that he was an Architecture History major at Yale, so secret passageways (especially under such a historical site as Mount Vernon) would be of extraordinary interest to him. In the first Movie, the gold was given to the people of the world by Ben Gates. It wasn't as if Gates was a regular person out of the blue, but he was famous, which helped the president trust him. We must suspend our disbelief, however, to imagine that he would join Ben Gates without a Secret Service agent.
There were two aircraft in the hanger, both A-3 Skywarriors. The plane was versatile, filling the roles of both bomber and tanker during the Vietnam War and as a spy plane during the Cold War. It was retired from service in 1991
Mostly likely by showing that Thomas Gates burned the diary page to prevent the Confederates from finding the treasure rather than attempting to eliminate evidence of his involvement.
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