1 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:30,481 [ Man Narrating ] They called it the car for Everyman. 2 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:35,017 Henry Ford himself called it a car for the ''great multitude. '' 3 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:41,926 It was functional and simple, like your sewing machine or your cast-iron stove. 4 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:47,799 You could learn to drive it in less than a day, 5 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:52,573 and you could get any color you wanted, so long as it was black. 6 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:59,616 When Ford first conceived the Model T, it took 1 3 hours to assemble. 7 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:05,888 Within five years, he was turning out a vehicle every 90 seconds. 8 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:14,324 Of course, the real invention wasn't the car,' it was the assembly line that built it. 9 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:20,296 Pretty soon, other businesses had borrowed the same techniques. 10 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:23,501 Seamstresses became button sewers. 11 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:27,444 Furniture makers became knob turners. 12 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:31,416 It was the beginning and the end of imagination... 13 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,918 all at the same time. 14 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:38,549 [ Clattering, Clanking ] 15 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:48,734 Howard? 16 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,665 - Charles, I'm talking to you. - Hmm? 17 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:57,199 They need spokes, same as the others. They oughta make a better spoke. 18 00:02:57,277 --> 00:02:59,905 Yeah? Then what would you do? 19 00:03:39,485 --> 00:03:42,283 [ Clicking Tongue ] 20 00:03:51,497 --> 00:03:55,194 [ Horse Whinnies ] 21 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:30,302 [ Narrator ] It was a land of opportunity. [ Bird Squawks ] 22 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:35,034 The country was shrinking, and there was life to be made out West... 23 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:38,703 for any man with drive and ambition. [ Trolley Bell Rings ] 24 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:42,908 If your dream was big enough and you had the guts to follow it, 25 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:46,816 there was truly a fortune to be made. 26 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:58,192 [ Charles ] How are you, sir? 27 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:37,963 [ Engine Sputtering, Steam Hissing ] 28 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:47,411 Damn thing blew on me. What? 29 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,472 It's a Stanley Steamer. The boiler blew. 30 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:53,542 - Oh? - Can you fix it? 31 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:56,986 Uh-- 32 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:03,393 Sure. Sure, I can fix it. 33 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:06,330 [ Clanking ] 34 00:06:14,574 --> 00:06:17,270 [ Sighs ] 35 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:40,297 This is an amazing machine. 36 00:06:40,366 --> 00:06:42,766 It's got a two-stroke boiler system... 37 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:45,804 that's heated by this huge fire grate. 38 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:50,571 I mean, it's-- Well, it's basically a very small locomotive. 39 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:53,305 Thank you. Now, I made some improvements. 40 00:06:53,379 --> 00:06:56,212 It wasn't your boiler that was blowing: it was your bleed valve. 41 00:06:56,282 --> 00:06:59,774 So, with increased pressure, I can see you getting up to 40 miles an hour. 42 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:04,619 Really? Oh, yeah. And if you superheat the excess, I can see you reaching-- 43 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:07,124 Fifty, maybe 60 miles an hour. Is that right? 44 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:11,926 Easily. And the thing of it is, Mr. Coughlin, you don't feed it, 45 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:17,163 you don't stable it, and unless you hit a lamppost, the thing's not gonna get sick and die on ya. 46 00:07:17,236 --> 00:07:21,172 - That's funny. - To tell you the truth, 47 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,540 I wouldn't spend more than five dollars on the best horse in America. 48 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:35,287 [ Breathing Heavily ] 49 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,887 [ Horse Nickers ] 50 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:56,032 [ Vehicle Approaching ] 51 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:11,720 [ Charles ] This is not the finish line, my friends. This is the start of the race. 52 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:16,626 The future is the finish line! And the new Buick White Streak is just the car to take us there! 53 00:08:16,696 --> 00:08:21,133 [ Crowd Affirming ] Four in-line cylinders, 42 1 /2 horsepower, 54 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:26,968 - [ Man ] Wonderful. - This is the same car you can buy at any of our five showrooms across the Bay Area. 55 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:32,306 - '''The age of the automobile is here,' boasted Howard. 'The future has arrived.''' - [ Baby Babbling ] 56 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:35,438 [ Chuckling ] 57 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:40,246 Oh, my. Read the part about the future again. 58 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:44,119 - Oh, I'm kind of dealing with it right now. - Oh, sorry. Here. I'll take him. 59 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:47,250 Come here, big guy. Come here. Come here. 60 00:08:47,326 --> 00:08:50,887 Oh, are you the future, huh? Are you the future? [ Baby Crying ] 61 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:54,262 [ Gibberish ] Are you gonna-- [ Blows Raspberry ] 62 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:57,269 Are you going to the moon? [ Simulates Wind Whistling ] 63 00:08:57,336 --> 00:09:00,328 [ Blows Raspberry ] The moon! Whee! [ Baby Screeches ] 64 00:09:02,141 --> 00:09:04,939 - I'll take it. - [ Bird Screeches ] 65 00:09:05,011 --> 00:09:08,845 Do we really need all this? No. No. We don't need it-- 66 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:13,909 There's also a caretaker's house, a paddock, a barn, some very nice stables. 67 00:09:13,986 --> 00:09:15,977 How big are the stables? 68 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:46,442 [ Chattering ] 69 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:52,390 - [ Man ] Got it. - [ Horse Whinnying ] 70 00:09:52,458 --> 00:09:55,052 - Settle down. Settle down. - [ Whinnying Continues ] 71 00:09:55,127 --> 00:09:58,494 Quit. Quit. Whoa. Whoa. 72 00:09:58,564 --> 00:10:02,330 - [ Whinnying Subsides ] - Whoa. 73 00:10:03,402 --> 00:10:05,632 Whoa. 74 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:08,503 [ Horse Grunting Softly ] 75 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:31,327 [ Horse Nickers ] 76 00:10:31,397 --> 00:10:33,558 Come on, Dad. 77 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:38,327 Whoa. 78 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:51,080 There you go. 79 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:02,423 [ Woman Scoffs ] You're not getting him a horse. 80 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:05,396 Why not? He's great at it. 81 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:09,366 - [ Woman ] Because he's 1 6 years old. - So? 82 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:12,233 So... he should earn it. 83 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:18,573 All right. [ Kids Talking Simultaneously, Indistinct ] 84 00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:22,239 - [ Father] All-- All right. Quiet. - Everybody knows it. 85 00:11:22,314 --> 00:11:24,782 [ Child ] Nobody knows Longfellow. Dickinson. 86 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:27,375 [ All ] Ooh! 87 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:32,218 ''We never know how high we are--'' 88 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:36,091 Oh, I know that. [ Child ] Yeah. I know. 89 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,653 I know it. Well? 90 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:45,763 ''We never know how high we are till we are called to rise.'' 91 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:48,306 - Good. - Very good,john. 92 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:51,400 ''And then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies.'' 93 00:11:51,477 --> 00:11:55,277 - [ Father] Excellent. - [ Child ] Yes.! - [ Mother] That's really good. 94 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:01,948 Uh-oh. 95 00:12:03,122 --> 00:12:05,989 - ''The heroism--'' - Right. 96 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:08,618 Right. ''The heroism--'' 97 00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:11,822 ''The heroism we recite... 98 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:14,661 ''would be a daily thing, 99 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:19,865 [ Groans ] That's it. ''did not ourselves the cubits warp, 100 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:23,966 for fear to be a king. '' 101 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:26,841 [ Children Applauding ] 102 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:33,011 You should be riding it. You knew the poem. [ Chuckles ] 103 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:38,717 Yeah. But he looks so perfect out there, doesn't he? 104 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:42,124 [ Mother ] Yeah. He does. 105 00:12:42,194 --> 00:12:45,630 That's the poetry right there, Agnes. 106 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:48,064 That's the poetry. 107 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:53,004 [ Charles ] Thank you. Thank you for coming. 108 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:56,007 I came here 1 5 years ago with 21 cents in my pocket. 109 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,976 I know a lot of us at the table have a story like that. 110 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:02,172 And,you know, I can't help thinking... 111 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:07,686 that if we can start out there and end up here, where can't we go in America? 112 00:13:07,753 --> 00:13:13,521 Hmm? So, as corny as it sounds, I'd like to propose a toast to the future. 113 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:18,962 [ Scattered Murmuring, Laughter] Because out here, my friends, the sky is literally the limit. 114 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:21,022 [ Man ] To the future! To the future! 115 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:25,036 - [ Man #2 ] To the future.! - [ Chattering ] 116 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,532 [ Telephone Ringing ] 117 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:40,946 [ Ringing Continues ] 118 00:13:46,258 --> 00:13:50,558 [ Narrator ] There were no suicides on Wall Street that day. 119 00:13:50,629 --> 00:13:54,463 It was a myth that would grow over time. 120 00:13:57,036 --> 00:14:02,201 The real effect of October 29 took a little longer to sink in. 121 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:10,146 By noon, all the gains of the previous year had been obliterated. 122 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:15,813 By 4.'00 p.m., nearly $ 1 0 billion of market value was gone. 123 00:14:18,924 --> 00:14:23,088 Over the next two weeks, the hemorrhage continued. 124 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:30,263 And before long, 25% of the workforce was unemployed. 125 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:39,406 A great national migration began. 126 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:43,107 Displaced families took to the American highway... 127 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:46,549 in the last possession that remained to them.' 128 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:49,588 their automobile. 129 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:55,052 And all at once, millions of Americans... 130 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:58,927 had a new definition ofhome. 131 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:03,162 [ Dog Barking ] [ Chattering ] 132 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:06,033 [ Fire Crackling ] 133 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:27,348 I made two dollars today. 134 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:31,954 - What? - I made two dollars. 135 00:15:32,031 --> 00:15:34,829 Here. 136 00:15:38,971 --> 00:15:41,906 Where did you get these? 137 00:15:41,974 --> 00:15:45,671 [ All Yelling, Whooping ] 138 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:48,872 Yeah, your boy combed 'em out, changed all the tack. I didn't have to tell him a thing. 139 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,849 [ Cheering ] 140 00:15:53,385 --> 00:15:55,683 - Hey, Red, - [ Man ] Attaboy! 141 00:15:55,754 --> 00:15:58,746 where'd a young fella like you learn so much about horses? 142 00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:02,055 His name's johnny. 143 00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:04,186 You can call me Red. 144 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:10,262 Whoo! 145 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:19,342 [ Man ] Yeah! Whoo! Yeah! 146 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:46,794 [ Chuckles, Mutters ] 147 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:57,648 What's wrong? What's wrong? 148 00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:59,707 [ Mutters, Indistinct ] 149 00:17:04,056 --> 00:17:07,617 What's that? Everything. 150 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:10,321 Dickens, Wordsworth. 151 00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:15,595 There's your Arabian Nights and Moby Dick, even your Milne, from when you were-- 152 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:19,159 Why? What's wrong? 153 00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:23,368 Mr. Blodget here, he has a house, a real house. Dad-- Dad, what's wrong? 154 00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:25,569 - And his wife cooks. - She is a good cook. 155 00:17:25,644 --> 00:17:29,273 No. No. Shh. Dad. Shh. There's even a phone next door. We'll call you. 156 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:31,976 Every couple of weeks, we'll call you, and we'll tell you where we are. No. No. 157 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:35,316 We're just gonna go home, all right? Let's go. Listen to me. 158 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:39,619 You have a gift. You have a gift. 159 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:44,060 Don't-- Don't do this. [ Whimpering ] 160 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:47,121 Dad, don't do this. We'll be back. 161 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:00,705 Go on. Go with Mr. Blodget. No. 162 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:04,476 He's gonna take care of you, sweetie. Go with him. Mom, don't do this. 163 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,609 [ Gasping ] 164 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:33,041 I don't know. You still look pretty tall to be a jockey. 165 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,877 I've never been over 1 1 5. 166 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:40,009 Where'd you learn to ride like that? Home. 167 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:44,581 All right. Here's the way it works. 168 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:48,217 I pay you $1 0 a week to ride. You owe nine dollars for your meals, 169 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:51,285 six dollars to sleep in the stalls, three dollar tack fee. 170 00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:54,594 That's the deal. How do I pay all that back? 171 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,827 [ Scoffs ] You win. 172 00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:59,928 [jockey Grunting ] Ow.! 173 00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:02,667 [ Indistinct Shouting ] 174 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:06,837 You son of a bitch.! Get off of me.! 175 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:17,388 - [ Fabric Ripping ] - [jockey Shouting ] 176 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:21,254 [jockey Screams ] 177 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:29,992 Yah! 178 00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:34,405 [jockey ] Get lost! 179 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:36,737 [ Both Grunting ] 180 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:43,278 [ Grunting ] 181 00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:46,909 [ Yells, Indistinct ] 182 00:19:46,985 --> 00:19:49,476 [ Grunts ] 183 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,958 Get off of me! Get off of me! 184 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,153 [ Indistinct Shouting ] 185 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:59,095 [ Crowd Cheering, Shouting ] 186 00:19:59,164 --> 00:20:01,325 [ Cheering, Shouting Continue ] 187 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,800 Get off of me! 188 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:15,479 A nose? You lose a race a nose, you'd better fall off tryin'! 189 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:20,917 Here. Muck these stalls down, every damn one of'em! 190 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:23,978 A nose! For Christ's sake! 191 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:33,995 [ Charles ] No. No, Bill. I'm not gonna do it. No more layoffs. 192 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,035 Well, it can't get any worse. 193 00:20:37,102 --> 00:20:41,198 Look, if it stays like this, we'll just-- 194 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:46,233 Bill, we'll be fine, really. We will. 195 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:50,611 All right. I'll see you in town. 196 00:20:57,122 --> 00:21:01,354 Frankie, come on. It's a glorious day outside. 197 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:05,192 - Why don't-- Why don't you go fishing or something? - I'm reading. 198 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:10,031 You can read when it's raining. Come on. I'll teach you to drive the truck. 199 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,629 You already taught me to drive the truck. 200 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:16,697 - Well, what are you reading? - Flash Gordon. 201 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:21,838 - [ Sighs ] - Come on, Dad. It's about the future! 202 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:31,512 We'll be in San Francisco till Wednesday. 203 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:34,957 [ Charles Continues Talking, Indistinct ] 204 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,926 [ Ignition Turns Over ] [ Birds Squawk ] 205 00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:45,658 [ Ringing ] 206 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:54,297 Yeah? What? 207 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,421 [ Crying, Muted ] 208 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:35,504 [ Clock Ticking ] 209 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:02,932 [ Inhales Sharply, Sobs ] 210 00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:55,916 [ Crossing Bell Dinging ] 211 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:11,642 - [ Charles ] Come inside. - I'm not done. 212 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:14,201 Sam can do that. 213 00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:19,342 I don't want Sam to do it. I want to do it. 214 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:24,219 - Annie. - Don-- Don-- No! 215 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,858 [ Driver] Ma'am. 216 00:25:37,302 --> 00:25:39,566 [ Engine Revs ] 217 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:06,654 - [ Indistinct Shouting ] - [ Boxer Grunts ] 218 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,926 [ Shouting, Grunting Continue ] 219 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,436 [ Cheering ] 220 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:27,442 - [ Yelling, Indistinct ] - [ Gasping ] 221 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,646 Come on, Red! Come on! 222 00:26:35,226 --> 00:26:37,854 [ Crowd Cheering ] 223 00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:50,368 [ Muted Cheering ] [ Muted Gasping ] 224 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,576 [ Crossing Bell Dinging ] 225 00:27:11,062 --> 00:27:14,554 ++[ Mariachi ] 226 00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:22,367 [ Narrator ] At a time when the world really needed a drink, 227 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,570 you couldn't get one in the United States of America. [ Chattering In Spanish ] 228 00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:30,046 Liquor was illegal. Diversions were scarce, 229 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:34,017 and there's just so much a human being can do without. 230 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,320 Soon, the border town was born, 231 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:43,828 providing everything to the south that their neighbor to the north would not. 232 00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:49,492 You could find anything.' food, companionship, 233 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:55,005 decent gin, and with gambling outlawed as well, 234 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:59,373 - the chance to turn bad luck into good. - [ Crowd Cheering ] 235 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:07,482 Relax! You got it! You got it! You got it! 236 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:10,214 Go! 237 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:13,917 That jockey was ridin' like he's got an anvil in his pocket. 238 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:18,088 I'm gonna bet with you no more. I no like it. 239 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:25,062 Who's that? 240 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:28,105 George Woolf, greatest jockey in the world. 241 00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:40,079 [ Kids Chattering ] 242 00:28:40,151 --> 00:28:43,609 [ Woman ] That's Charles Howard? [ Woman #2 ] Yeah. 243 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:46,748 I thought he came down here for a-- Quickie divorce? 244 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:51,353 - Why? - [ Woman ] Look at him. 245 00:28:52,597 --> 00:28:55,259 Nothing quick about that. 246 00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:58,427 [ Grunts, Sniffs ] 247 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:03,799 [ Exhales ] 248 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:08,343 [ Sniffs ] 249 00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:13,341 [ Retching ] 250 00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,982 It was in the palace of the great sultan. 251 00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:23,994 [jockey ] Sultan of where? The Sultan of Araby. 252 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:29,159 I'd been living there for almost a year, racing his Arabians across the desert by day... 253 00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:32,829 and finishing my personal history of the region by night. 254 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:38,672 Then one day, the sultan summons me into his throne room. 255 00:29:38,743 --> 00:29:41,769 He looks at me and says, 256 00:29:41,846 --> 00:29:45,907 - ''john Pollard--'' - ''john Pollard, you are my greatest jockey. 257 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:51,752 It is you I have chosen to ride my hundred-mile race from Kusmat to Tripoli.'' 258 00:29:51,823 --> 00:29:55,725 [ All Chuckling ] 200-mile. 259 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,661 All right. 200-mile. Excuse me, sahib. 260 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:06,233 - [ Red ] You didn't need to wreck it, Georgie. - When you started tellin' that story, it was only 50 miles. 261 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:09,899 Yeah, well, everything gets longer in the retellin'. 262 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:13,432 Just ask your friend Wanda over there. 263 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:17,311 You know, if you start ridin' a little more and talkin' a little less, you might start winnin' some races. 264 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:20,283 - I got two bucks says I beat you in this one. - [ George ] I'm not sure if you do, 265 00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:22,876 but I got five says I beat you. [ Red ] Done. 266 00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:26,253 [ Starting Bell Rings ] [jockeys Shouting ] 267 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:30,861 - [ Red ] Give me odds. You're the favorite. - Even money. 268 00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:34,092 - Nah! Forget it! Two-to-one! - Fine. 269 00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:38,124 You got it. Hey,johnny. You're on a speed horse. What are you doin' back here with me? 270 00:30:38,203 --> 00:30:41,536 I like the conversation, and it's not a speed horse. Don't try to hook me. 271 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:43,767 You goin' tonight? Nah. You? 272 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,242 Nah. What time? 273 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:49,971 I don't know. 8:00? Okeydoke. 274 00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:53,449 Oops. There's my hole! Gotta go! Yah! [ Yells ] 275 00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:57,387 [ Coaxing Horse ] 276 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,759 [ Red ] Goddamn it! 277 00:31:04,128 --> 00:31:07,120 [ Man Shouting In Spanish, Indistinct ] 278 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:12,463 - [ Men Shouting In Spanish ] - [ Horse Whinnying ] - Whoa! 279 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,768 - [ Shouting Continues ] - [ Gun Cocks ] - [ Man ] We got him.! 280 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,300 - I'll take him. - Get the hell out of here. 281 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:24,781 - I said, I'll take him. - He's got a fractured foot. 282 00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:27,647 If you're gonna shoot him anyway, I'll save you the bullet. 283 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,313 [ Horse Whinnies ] 284 00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:34,324 - [ Man ] Whoa. - Fine. 285 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:37,987 Let him go. Hey. Let him have him. [ Man ] Mira. 286 00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:41,361 [ Men Shouting In Spanish ] [ Horse Whinnies ] 287 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,964 [ Grunting Softly ] 288 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,309 Now, bud. 289 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,384 Yeah, boy. 290 00:32:04,455 --> 00:32:07,390 ++[ Mariachi ] 291 00:32:09,727 --> 00:32:13,356 [ Girls Singing In Spanish ] 292 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,594 [ Chattering, Laughter ] 293 00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:23,133 [ All Cheering, Whooping ] 294 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:29,511 [ Cheering Continues ] 295 00:32:43,728 --> 00:32:48,529 Okeydoke,johnny. There's the hole.! Gotta fly.! 296 00:32:51,836 --> 00:32:56,899 [ All Cheering, Whooping ] [ Man ] Yeah.! Yeah.! Yeah.! Yeah.! 297 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:05,447 [ Red ] There once was a princess from Siam... 298 00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:09,247 who was sitting here sort oflike I am. 299 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:15,020 I wined her and dined her, and then I reclined her. 300 00:33:15,093 --> 00:33:18,085 ++[ Singing Continues, Faint ] 301 00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:23,725 Ah, shit. What rhymes with Siam? 302 00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:26,702 That's great. You make that up? 303 00:33:26,771 --> 00:33:30,537 Pretty obvious, huh? 304 00:33:30,608 --> 00:33:35,875 - That's beautiful. - No. You're beautiful. 305 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:39,041 Don't say that. You pay me. 306 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:46,914 So, you wanna--you know-- 307 00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:49,255 get going? 308 00:33:51,095 --> 00:33:53,655 Sure. Why not? 309 00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:15,512 - How do you miss a hole like that? - There's my hole! Gotta fly! 310 00:34:15,586 --> 00:34:17,611 [ Trainer ] Are you blind? 311 00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:27,390 �ngel, are you okay? 312 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:32,697 [ Crowd ] !Ol�! 313 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,968 !Ol�! 314 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,702 [ All Chattering, Cheering ] 315 00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:54,816 [ Cheering Continues, Distant ] 316 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,325 [ Woman ] You don't wanna watch? 317 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:09,472 No. Not really. 318 00:35:10,741 --> 00:35:14,074 I don't either. 319 00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:18,640 [ Crowd, Distant ] !Ol�! 320 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,881 So, what? They brought you down here to make you feel better? Is that it? 321 00:35:28,259 --> 00:35:31,228 Yes. Sort of. 322 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:34,423 Those guys, they think everything is fixed with a party. 323 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:40,028 I'm sorry. Who are you? 324 00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:44,165 Oh. Marcela Zabala. 325 00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:51,743 My sister, Isabella, she's married-- No. No, no. I know. 326 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:55,752 Nice to meet you. Charles. Mucho gusto. 327 00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:11,966 So, do you feel better? 328 00:36:17,041 --> 00:36:21,478 No. No, not really. 329 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:26,477 No. How could you? 330 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,418 With something like that. 331 00:36:44,635 --> 00:36:47,729 [ Cheering, Muted ] 332 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:51,400 [ Counting In Spanish ] 333 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:06,413 [ Light Slapping ] [ George ] Come on, buddy. Wake up. 334 00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:09,152 Come on. 335 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:14,162 [ Groans ] 336 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,427 [ Sighs ] 337 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:22,632 - Did I lose? - Oh, no. You clobbered him. 338 00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:28,812 Easy. [ Groans ] 339 00:37:28,879 --> 00:37:31,507 Easy, easy. Nice and slow. I'm fine. I'm fine. 340 00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:33,573 Come on. Let me buy you some turtle soup. I'm fine, George. 341 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:37,644 Go win yourself a race or something. Let's go down to Sloan's, and we'll just-- 342 00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:42,284 I'm fine, George. I don't need your help, and I sure as shit don't need your charity. 343 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:47,894 Leave me alone, all right? 344 00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:57,498 [ Sighs ] It's been 20 years since I've been on a horse. [ Marcela ] Don't worry. 345 00:37:57,575 --> 00:38:00,806 It's the kind of thing that comes right back. 346 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:11,111 [ Clicks Tongue ] 347 00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:23,195 Let's go. 348 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:33,875 [ Marcela ] Come on! [ Charles Whistles ] 349 00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:44,450 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 350 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,604 [ Bells Ringing ] 351 00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:09,112 [ Bells Continue Ringing ] [ All Chattering, Cheering ] 352 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:12,081 [ Inaudible Dialogue ] 353 00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:17,880 [ Man ] What? She got you back up on a horse, and now you wanna buy 'em? 354 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:22,392 [ Charles ] Yeah. Maybe. Maybe a couple. [ Man ] You wanna win or just own 'em? 355 00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:25,486 I wanna win. What sort of question is that? 356 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:28,396 Well, you're gonna need a trainer before you buy horses. 357 00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:31,560 No. You need two. So you can fire one, eh? 358 00:39:31,635 --> 00:39:34,570 [ Distant Cheering ] 359 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:40,076 Randy Thatcher's barn. Trains about 50 or 60 ponies. 360 00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:45,377 Good fella too. Real horse person. A real horse-shitter. Scusa. 361 00:39:45,449 --> 00:39:48,816 Now, now. I don't know. Maybe you want a smaller barn, somebody who can take the time to-- 362 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:52,913 - [ Charles ] Who's that? - [ Man ] Huh? 363 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:57,654 Oh, he's a crackpot. Lives alone in the bushes. 364 00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,424 What's he do? 365 00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:06,198 I don't know. He used to be a trainer, farrier. Now hejust looks after that horse. 366 00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:10,836 Come on. Let's look at another barn. 367 00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:16,475 [ Animal Calls, Distant ] 368 00:40:20,684 --> 00:40:23,414 [ Branches Snapping ] 369 00:40:27,691 --> 00:40:31,422 - Howdy. - Hello. 370 00:40:35,699 --> 00:40:39,863 Wh-- You hungry? No. No, thanks. 371 00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:42,929 I'm fine. Charles Howard. 372 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:46,170 Tom... Smith. Nice to meet you, Tom. 373 00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:52,574 [ Exhales Sharply ] What's-- What's in his bandage? 374 00:40:54,485 --> 00:40:59,923 Oh, that's hawthorn root. It increases circulation. 375 00:40:59,990 --> 00:41:03,790 You wanna sit down? 376 00:41:03,861 --> 00:41:06,853 Oh. All right. Thank you. 377 00:41:10,568 --> 00:41:14,026 [ Coughs ] Will he get better? 378 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:17,164 Already is... a little. 379 00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:21,678 Will he race? [ Dog Barking, Distant ] 380 00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:25,476 No. Not that one. 381 00:41:26,684 --> 00:41:30,211 So why are you fixing him? 382 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:32,380 'Cause I can. 383 00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:39,688 Every horse is good for somethin'. 384 00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:43,790 He could be a cart horse or a lead pony. 385 00:41:43,868 --> 00:41:46,928 And he's still nice to look at. 386 00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:51,464 You know,you don't throw a whole life away... 387 00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:54,136 just 'cause he's banged up a little. 388 00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:10,827 Is that coffee? 389 00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:12,886 Yeah. 390 00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:21,100 It's bad, though. [ Chuckles ] 391 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:23,840 You always tell the truth? 392 00:42:23,908 --> 00:42:26,968 Well, I try to. 393 00:42:42,092 --> 00:42:46,495 [ Tom ] It ain'tjust the speed. It's the heart. 394 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:50,591 You want something that's not afraid to compete. 395 00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:54,365 Half these horses are just show ponies. 396 00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:57,839 You want something that's not gonna run from a fight. 397 00:42:59,109 --> 00:43:02,772 How do you find that? 398 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:06,441 Look, I won the Robles Handicap. I was second in the Tijuana Derby. 399 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:09,611 I won the Manzanita Oaks. You know, that used to be a stakes race. 400 00:43:09,687 --> 00:43:13,350 I know. I would've won T.j., but the piece of shit lugged out on me. 401 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:18,794 - Sounds great. We'll let ya know. - Look. I can work 'em out in the morning. 402 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:24,164 [ Horse Nickers ] Or even hot-walk 'em if you need me to. 403 00:43:24,234 --> 00:43:27,897 Really? You'll hot-walk 'em? 404 00:43:27,972 --> 00:43:31,237 This is somethin' else. 405 00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:33,708 A dream come true, walkin' you around. 406 00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:38,339 Hook you up to a plow, pull me around for a little while. Come on. 407 00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:42,545 You ever run in the money? Huh? 408 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:45,589 Hey. Hey. You ever run in the money? 409 00:43:45,656 --> 00:43:49,592 [ Horse Whinnies ] I don't think so. Couldn't beat a human being, let alone another horse. 410 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:54,563 [ Scoffs ] You goddamn sack-of-crap old plater. 411 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:59,126 Probably the fastest you're gonna run in your entire life, you piece-of-shit old glue-pot. 412 00:43:59,203 --> 00:44:03,162 - That's right. - [ Horse Nickers ] 413 00:44:20,691 --> 00:44:25,856 [ Narrator ] The first time he saw Seabiscuit, the colt was walking through the fog at 5.'00 in the morning. 414 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:31,392 Smith would say later that the horse looked right through him... 415 00:44:31,468 --> 00:44:34,733 as if to say, ''What the hell are you looking at? 416 00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:39,640 - Who do you think you are?'' - [ Horse Grunting ] 417 00:44:39,710 --> 00:44:42,474 He was a small horse, barely 1 5 hands. 418 00:44:42,546 --> 00:44:47,313 He was hurting too. There was a limp in his walk, 419 00:44:47,384 --> 00:44:50,911 a wheezing when he breathed. 420 00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:53,548 Smith didn't pay attention to that. 421 00:44:53,624 --> 00:44:58,288 He was looking the horse in the eye. 422 00:44:58,362 --> 00:45:02,162 God... damn. 423 00:45:08,338 --> 00:45:12,934 He was the son of Hard Tack, sired by the mighty Man O' War. 424 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:16,776 But the breeding did little to impress anyone at Claiborne Farms. 425 00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:19,748 Get rid of him. 426 00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:22,843 [ Whinnying ] 427 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:28,788 At six months, he was shipped off to train with the legendary trainer Sunny Fitzsimmons, 428 00:45:28,859 --> 00:45:32,590 who, over time, developed a similar opinion of the colt. 429 00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:36,429 Is that a racehorse or a lead pony? 430 00:45:37,634 --> 00:45:40,865 [ Narrator ] Thejudgment wasn't helped by his gentle nature. 431 00:45:40,938 --> 00:45:45,671 Where his sire had been a fierce, almost violent competitor, 432 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:48,712 Seabiscuit took to sleeping for huge chunks of the day... 433 00:45:48,779 --> 00:45:53,978 and enjoyed lolling for hours under the boughs of thejuniper trees. 434 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:57,612 His other great talent was eating. 435 00:45:57,688 --> 00:46:03,058 Though half the size of other colts, Seabiscuit could frequently eat twice as much. 436 00:46:04,361 --> 00:46:07,387 Fitzsimmons decided the horse was lazy... 437 00:46:07,464 --> 00:46:11,059 and felt sure he could train the obstinance out ofhim. 438 00:46:11,135 --> 00:46:15,572 I want you to hit him as many times as you can over a quarter of a mile. 439 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:20,008 When he didn't improve, they decided the colt was incorrigible. 440 00:46:21,945 --> 00:46:24,436 They made him a training partner to better horses, 441 00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:27,006 forcing him to lose head-to-head duels... 442 00:46:27,084 --> 00:46:29,450 to boost the confidence of the other animal. 443 00:46:30,754 --> 00:46:32,688 By the time he was three years old, 444 00:46:32,756 --> 00:46:36,214 Seabiscuit was struggling in two cheap claiming races a week. 445 00:46:37,661 --> 00:46:41,995 Soon he grew as bitter and angry as his sire Hard Tack had been. 446 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:47,904 He was sold for the rock-bottom price of $2,000. 447 00:46:51,842 --> 00:46:54,572 And, of course, it all made sense. 448 00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:58,445 Champions were large, they were sleek, 449 00:46:58,515 --> 00:47:00,506 they were without imperfection. 450 00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:05,944 When they finally did race him, he didjust what they had trained him to do. 451 00:47:06,023 --> 00:47:07,957 He lost. 452 00:47:08,425 --> 00:47:10,325 [ Banging ] [ Seabiscuit Neighing ] 453 00:47:10,394 --> 00:47:12,328 What exactly is it you like? 454 00:47:12,396 --> 00:47:15,422 [ Neighing ] He's got spirit. 455 00:47:15,499 --> 00:47:18,059 [ Banging ] I'll say. 456 00:47:19,369 --> 00:47:22,930 Can-- Can he be ridden? Oh, sure. 457 00:47:23,006 --> 00:47:26,407 -[ Banging ] - [ Neighing ] 458 00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:29,536 Eventually. [ Neighing ] 459 00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:33,549 He can be a little touchy. Yeah, I got it. 460 00:47:33,617 --> 00:47:36,245 No. Really. 461 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,311 I'm fine. 462 00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:42,921 - [ Neighing ] -[ Men Shouting ] 463 00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:46,993 [ Fabric Tearing ] 464 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:49,532 Jesus Christ! That horse is nuts! 465 00:47:51,802 --> 00:47:55,795 [ Growling, Neighing ] 466 00:48:02,012 --> 00:48:03,946 [ Neighing Continues ] 467 00:48:07,951 --> 00:48:10,920 [ Red ] Come on.! Come on.! Come on.! 468 00:48:10,988 --> 00:48:12,956 Let's go.! Come on, you sons ofbitches.! 469 00:48:17,194 --> 00:48:21,358 [ Neighing ] 470 00:48:24,835 --> 00:48:26,894 [ Red ] Let's go.! Come on.! 471 00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:31,006 Let's go! Come on, you sons of bitches! 472 00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:33,804 I'll take all of you! Come on! Come on! 473 00:48:33,877 --> 00:48:36,675 [ Snorting ] 474 00:48:36,747 --> 00:48:39,580 [ Neighing ] [ Banging ] 475 00:48:47,057 --> 00:48:49,719 [ Banging ] [ Growling ] 476 00:48:49,793 --> 00:48:54,321 [ Neighing ] 477 00:48:54,398 --> 00:48:58,061 [ Neighing ] 478 00:48:58,135 --> 00:49:01,036 It's okay. 479 00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:05,867 - I'm not afraid of you. - [ Snorting ] 480 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:08,935 Sure. I know. 481 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,574 I know what you're all about. 482 00:49:20,991 --> 00:49:22,925 You hungry? 483 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:27,286 Huh? 484 00:49:29,733 --> 00:49:32,497 Yeah. Bet you are. 485 00:49:33,570 --> 00:49:37,233 Huh? Come on. 486 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:39,298 Come on, boy. 487 00:49:44,915 --> 00:49:48,510 [ Snorts, Grumbles ] 488 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:51,076 [ Chuckles ] Yeah. 489 00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:55,090 [ Snorting ] 490 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:58,286 Why don't you just breeze him around one turn. 491 00:49:58,362 --> 00:50:01,024 Give the folks a look. [ Red ] Right. 492 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:05,958 Red Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Yeah. Hi. 493 00:50:06,036 --> 00:50:09,472 Hello. [ Neighing ] 494 00:50:09,539 --> 00:50:11,473 Well, we'll just be movin' on. 495 00:50:17,381 --> 00:50:19,508 Does he breeze? 496 00:50:19,583 --> 00:50:21,983 Well, we'll find out. 497 00:50:40,771 --> 00:50:43,331 Seems pretty fast. Yeah. 498 00:50:43,407 --> 00:50:45,432 In every direction. 499 00:50:47,344 --> 00:50:50,040 Hell, he's so beat up, it's hard to tell what he's like. 500 00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:53,512 I just can't help feelin' they got him... 501 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:56,143 so screwed up runnin'in a circle, 502 00:50:56,219 --> 00:51:00,178 he's forgotten what he was born to do. 503 00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:04,554 He just needs to learn how to be a horse again. 504 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:08,789 Well, how do you do that? 505 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:20,699 How far do you want me to take him? Till he stops. 506 00:51:22,145 --> 00:51:24,773 Okay. 507 00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:26,839 That seems like a pretty good ride. 508 00:51:28,452 --> 00:51:31,353 Hope so. 509 00:51:48,939 --> 00:51:50,873 That's it, boy. 510 00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:52,875 You're all right. 511 00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:55,537 Let's see what you got, boy. [ Clicks Tongue ] Ha! Ha! 512 00:51:55,612 --> 00:51:59,070 Ha! Ha! Whoo! 513 00:51:59,149 --> 00:52:02,016 That's it, boy. That's it! 514 00:52:08,125 --> 00:52:10,218 Yeah! 515 00:52:16,933 --> 00:52:19,231 Whoo! 516 00:52:22,839 --> 00:52:24,830 Whoo-hoo! 517 00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:37,210 Well, at least he wasn't expensive. No. That's true. 518 00:52:40,290 --> 00:52:43,657 Whoo! [ Laughs ] 519 00:52:48,198 --> 00:52:51,065 Goddamn it! You're an amazing animal! 520 00:52:55,372 --> 00:52:58,671 Whoo! [ Laughs ] 521 00:53:05,815 --> 00:53:08,409 [ Whistle Blowing ] 522 00:53:17,994 --> 00:53:19,985 You can come inside, you know. 523 00:53:20,063 --> 00:53:23,260 I'm fine. Thank you. Yeah, you look it. 524 00:53:25,001 --> 00:53:27,026 No, really, I'm fine. 525 00:53:28,104 --> 00:53:31,039 Okay. Suit yourself. 526 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,112 [ Charles ] Welcome. 527 00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:01,663 Thank you. You're welcome. 528 00:54:13,016 --> 00:54:15,007 [ Charles ] It's okay. 529 00:54:16,086 --> 00:54:18,020 Oh, I'm not that hungry. 530 00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:20,716 Mmm. Sure you're not. 531 00:54:21,992 --> 00:54:23,926 It's just a lot of food. 532 00:54:29,199 --> 00:54:31,724 It's okay. 533 00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:34,167 Rather have you strong than thin. 534 00:54:57,861 --> 00:54:59,988 [ Narrator ] They called it ''relief,'' 535 00:55:00,063 --> 00:55:01,928 but it was a lot more than that. 536 00:55:01,998 --> 00:55:04,228 It had dozens of names.' 537 00:55:04,301 --> 00:55:06,792 N.R.A., W.P.A., 538 00:55:06,870 --> 00:55:09,304 the C.C.C. 539 00:55:09,372 --> 00:55:12,136 But it really came down tojust one thing. 540 00:55:14,444 --> 00:55:16,912 For the first time in a long time, 541 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:18,971 someone cared. 542 00:55:20,317 --> 00:55:23,480 For the first time in a long time, 543 00:55:23,553 --> 00:55:26,044 you were no longer alone. 544 00:56:15,905 --> 00:56:18,897 [ Crickets Chirping ] 545 00:56:56,780 --> 00:57:01,717 [ Horse Neighing ] [ Banging ] 546 00:57:05,722 --> 00:57:08,919 [ Bucket Clattering ] 547 00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:13,122 [ Bleating ] Goat racing? 548 00:57:13,196 --> 00:57:17,132 Oh, no.just trying to calm him down a little. 549 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,067 Smart ones hate being alone all the time. 550 00:57:20,136 --> 00:57:22,969 Oh. And sometimes another animal, 551 00:57:23,039 --> 00:57:26,008 it just-- just soothes them a bit. 552 00:57:26,075 --> 00:57:28,305 [ Bleating ] 553 00:57:32,248 --> 00:57:35,581 [ Bleating ] 554 00:57:49,165 --> 00:57:51,326 [ Snorting ] 555 00:58:04,814 --> 00:58:07,214 Pretty quiet in there. 556 00:58:07,283 --> 00:58:09,877 [ Laughing ] What'd you do? 557 00:58:09,953 --> 00:58:11,944 Go take a look. 558 00:58:19,762 --> 00:58:23,425 Oh. [ Chuckling ] 559 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:28,403 +Rock of ages, cleft for me + 560 00:58:28,471 --> 00:58:33,465 I am hid and safe in thee 561 00:58:33,543 --> 00:58:38,480 +For the water and the blood + 562 00:58:38,681 --> 00:58:40,615 +From thy riven--++ 563 00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:42,878 [ Tom ] Okay. You don't break him or anything, 564 00:58:42,952 --> 00:58:45,978 but we gotta see what he's got. 565 00:58:46,055 --> 00:58:49,183 [ Snorting ] You take him to the 51/2 pole... 566 00:58:49,259 --> 00:58:51,591 and turn him loose. 567 00:58:51,661 --> 00:58:54,755 Turn him loose? Yeah, son. 568 00:58:54,831 --> 00:58:56,822 He's a racehorse. 569 00:59:00,937 --> 00:59:03,337 Ha! Ha! Come on! 570 00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:11,872 Come on! 571 00:59:11,948 --> 00:59:16,009 Ha! Come on! I know you got more than this! Let's show 'em, boy! 572 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:22,824 How's he look? 573 00:59:22,892 --> 00:59:25,019 Asleep. 574 00:59:26,195 --> 00:59:30,063 Come on! Let's show 'em, Pops! Come on! 575 00:59:39,842 --> 00:59:43,403 Whoo! There it is! Yeah! Whoo! 576 00:59:43,479 --> 00:59:45,640 Oh, my. 577 00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,656 Yeah, you and me! Let's go! 578 00:59:59,729 --> 01:00:01,424 Whoo! Whoo-hoo! 579 01:00:07,904 --> 01:00:09,838 [ Exhales ] 580 01:00:12,575 --> 01:00:14,975 -[ Charles ] Boy. Fast? - Oh. Yeah. 581 01:00:15,044 --> 01:00:17,035 How fast? 582 01:00:18,348 --> 01:00:21,806 Your horse just broke the track record at Tanforan. 583 01:00:26,789 --> 01:00:29,349 Sometimes they-- they just, uh, 584 01:00:29,425 --> 01:00:31,359 hanker for a little competition. 585 01:00:31,427 --> 01:00:33,895 [ Laughing ] 586 01:00:38,534 --> 01:00:42,163 As long as we're talkin'long shots, I got a real doozy for you, folks. 587 01:00:42,238 --> 01:00:44,832 [ Blows Slide Whistle ] We got a horse that's going off at 7 0-to-1 , 588 01:00:44,907 --> 01:00:46,875 and that's a short price, my friends. 589 01:00:46,943 --> 01:00:49,969 This horse couldn't win a church raffle, let alone a $2,000 allowance. 590 01:00:50,046 --> 01:00:52,310 [ Taps Cymbal ] Yeah, talk about a jump in class. 591 01:00:52,382 --> 01:00:54,350 This is the skunk of the garden party. [ Raspberries ] 592 01:00:54,417 --> 01:00:56,351 Yes, he's the surprise in the punch bowl. 593 01:00:56,419 --> 01:01:00,446 As a matter of fact, I'll lay even money that this nag, Seabiscuit, couldn't even finish six furlongs. 594 01:01:00,523 --> 01:01:03,856 This is Tick-Tock McGlaughlin live at Clockers' Corner. 595 01:01:03,926 --> 01:01:06,121 [ Plays Call To Post ] 596 01:01:07,463 --> 01:01:10,296 Wow. [ Sighs ] I wanted maroon. They only had bright red. 597 01:01:10,366 --> 01:01:13,563 Oh, it looks great. You don't think the ''H'' is too big? 598 01:01:13,636 --> 01:01:15,968 You seen the size of our jockey? 599 01:01:16,039 --> 01:01:19,338 - [ Sighs ] - Come on. 600 01:01:28,317 --> 01:01:32,515 Okay. Favorite's that gray over there. 601 01:01:32,588 --> 01:01:34,579 He's got a big late charge, 602 01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:39,185 so lock in early with him and stay right off his flank. 603 01:01:39,262 --> 01:01:43,096 Okay. Once our boy sees who the competition is, 604 01:01:43,166 --> 01:01:45,100 he'll do most of the work. 605 01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:47,102 But don't move till that gray does. 606 01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:49,263 What if it's late? 607 01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:51,863 - [ Snorting ] - Let's go. 608 01:01:51,941 --> 01:01:54,466 -[ Track Announcer Over P.A.] Twelve minutes to post. - [ Seabiscuit Grumbles ] 609 01:01:54,544 --> 01:01:56,478 I don't think it's gonna matter much. 610 01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:59,208 [ Neighing ] Honestly. 611 01:01:59,282 --> 01:02:05,312 [ Call To Post ] 612 01:02:27,043 --> 01:02:31,241 -[ Man ] Come on in. -[ Track Announcer ] Number 3, Pollard on Seabiscuit. 613 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:38,153 Hey, sahib. Kinda small, isn't he? 614 01:02:38,221 --> 01:02:40,849 Gonna look a lot smaller in a second, Georgie. 615 01:02:40,923 --> 01:02:42,720 I got five bucks says he doesn't. 616 01:02:44,494 --> 01:02:46,257 [ Snorting ] 617 01:02:46,329 --> 01:02:48,058 [ Track Announcer ] Starter's poised. The flag is up. 618 01:02:48,131 --> 01:02:51,931 -[ Bell Ringing ] -And there they go. 619 01:02:52,001 --> 01:02:55,835 Pirate's Gold breaks first, followed by Geronimo on the outside. 620 01:02:55,905 --> 01:02:59,204 Silver Treasure is third, followed by Seabiscuit. 621 01:03:00,376 --> 01:03:02,867 [ Track Announcer Continues, Indistinct ] 622 01:03:11,420 --> 01:03:13,752 They're coming by the five-furlong pole. 623 01:03:13,823 --> 01:03:17,919 It's Pirate's Gold, Geronimo, Hill's Army and Agua Dulce. 624 01:03:22,598 --> 01:03:25,260 Whoa! 625 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:28,792 Son of a bitch! Ha! Ha! 626 01:03:30,439 --> 01:03:32,373 Piece of shit bastard! 627 01:03:35,211 --> 01:03:37,145 What the hell is he doing? 628 01:03:37,213 --> 01:03:40,046 [ Track Announcer ] ...opening up a 31/2-- a 4-length lead-- 629 01:03:40,116 --> 01:03:41,913 - Let's go! - What are you doing? 630 01:03:41,984 --> 01:03:45,044 [ Red ] I'm gonna put you on the rail, you piece of shit! 631 01:03:46,389 --> 01:03:49,085 - Get off of me! - How do you like that, you son of a bitch? 632 01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:52,127 You're gonna drop me, man! 633 01:03:52,195 --> 01:03:56,131 -[ Track Announcer ] The two horses are flying down-- - You like the rail? 634 01:04:04,807 --> 01:04:07,901 - Here comes the cavalry charge.! - [ Red ] Knock me off my horse! 635 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:11,909 It's Silver Treasure on the inside. 636 01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:17,079 Silver Treasure on the inside. Silver Treasure and Pirate's Gold. 637 01:04:17,153 --> 01:04:20,520 And at the wire it's Silver Treasure. 638 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:27,595 Aw, damn it. 639 01:04:27,663 --> 01:04:29,756 What the hell were you thinkin'? He fouled me. 640 01:04:31,167 --> 01:04:34,193 - What am I supposed to do, let him get away with that? - Well, yeah, when he's 40-to-1 . 641 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:36,932 - He almost put me in the rail! - Well, did he? 642 01:04:37,006 --> 01:04:39,304 Look, we had a plan. 643 01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:43,539 He fouled me, Tom! What am I supposed to do? He cut me off!. 644 01:04:47,884 --> 01:04:50,079 He fouled me! 645 01:04:50,152 --> 01:04:52,814 Son? Son. 646 01:04:54,724 --> 01:04:56,715 What are you so mad at? 647 01:05:08,137 --> 01:05:10,731 [ Red's Father's Voice ] There's a phone next door. We'll call you. 648 01:05:10,806 --> 01:05:13,468 Every couple of weeks, we'll call you and tell you where we are. 649 01:05:13,542 --> 01:05:16,875 [ Red's Voice ] No. We'rejust gonna go home. All right? 650 01:05:18,314 --> 01:05:20,305 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 651 01:05:22,084 --> 01:05:24,075 [ Sighs ] 652 01:05:25,721 --> 01:05:27,655 [ Father's Voice ] You have a gift. 653 01:05:27,723 --> 01:05:30,191 You have a gift. 654 01:05:37,566 --> 01:05:39,500 [ Red ] I need to borrow some money. 655 01:05:43,272 --> 01:05:45,740 All right. [ Red ] I, uh, 656 01:05:45,808 --> 01:05:48,368 I haven't been to a dentist, and m-- 657 01:05:50,646 --> 01:05:53,012 Well, I-I need to borrow some money. 658 01:05:53,082 --> 01:05:56,779 - That's fine. - I don't know when I can pay you back. 659 01:05:57,954 --> 01:06:00,889 I mean, when we win. When we win, I can pay you back. 660 01:06:00,957 --> 01:06:04,415 That is if you still want me to ride. 661 01:06:06,629 --> 01:06:08,756 Of course I want you to ride. 662 01:06:12,635 --> 01:06:14,569 How much do you need? 663 01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:16,571 [ Red Inhales ] Uh, 664 01:06:18,207 --> 01:06:20,198 ten dollars. 665 01:06:21,344 --> 01:06:24,211 Here. 666 01:06:27,950 --> 01:06:30,714 Than-- Uh-- It's fine. 667 01:06:36,859 --> 01:06:39,953 Thank you. I really appreciate it. 668 01:06:47,703 --> 01:06:52,299 That's it, Pops. We're okay now. It's all right, boy. 669 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:56,178 Yeah, we're okay. 670 01:06:56,245 --> 01:06:58,475 Nothing to worry about. 671 01:06:58,547 --> 01:07:01,641 All the time in the world, boy. That's it, Pops. 672 01:07:01,717 --> 01:07:04,481 Nice lead. Just like that, boy. 673 01:07:04,553 --> 01:07:06,077 Just like that. 674 01:07:09,525 --> 01:07:12,824 What do you think, boy? You ready to go? 675 01:07:12,895 --> 01:07:16,092 [ Whinnies ] You and me. Let's go, boy. Let's go. Ha! Ha! 676 01:07:25,408 --> 01:07:27,376 Ha.! Ha.! 677 01:07:33,115 --> 01:07:36,278 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 678 01:07:41,090 --> 01:07:43,217 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 679 01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:52,332 [ Crowd Roaring ] 680 01:07:56,872 --> 01:07:58,999 Whoo! 681 01:08:00,409 --> 01:08:03,708 [ Narrator ] In the end, it wasn't the dams... 682 01:08:03,779 --> 01:08:07,112 or the roads or the bridges or the parks. 683 01:08:08,784 --> 01:08:11,480 Or the tunnels or the thousands of other public projects... 684 01:08:11,554 --> 01:08:13,545 that were built in those years. 685 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:16,884 It was more invisible than that. 686 01:08:18,494 --> 01:08:20,860 Men who were broken only a year before... 687 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:22,921 suddenly felt restored. 688 01:08:24,033 --> 01:08:27,366 Men who'd been shattered suddenly found their voice. 689 01:08:27,436 --> 01:08:29,996 Well, I just think this horse has a lot of heart. 690 01:08:30,072 --> 01:08:32,267 He may have been down, but he wasn't out. 691 01:08:32,341 --> 01:08:35,401 He may have lost a few, but he didn't let it get to him. 692 01:08:35,478 --> 01:08:37,878 We could all learn a lick or two from this little guy. 693 01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:39,881 Oh, and by the way, he doesn't know he's little. 694 01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:42,076 He thinks he's the biggest horse out there. 695 01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:45,348 - [ Laughing ] -So you got big plans for this little horse? 696 01:08:45,421 --> 01:08:47,685 Oh,yeah. See, sometimes when the little guy, 697 01:08:47,756 --> 01:08:51,590 he doesn't know he's a little guy, he can do great big things. 698 01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:53,787 - [ Clamoring ] - Can we get a shot here? 699 01:08:53,863 --> 01:08:56,593 See, this isn't the finish line. 700 01:08:56,665 --> 01:09:01,068 The future is the finish line, and the Biscuit is just the horse to get us there. 701 01:09:01,137 --> 01:09:03,605 [ McGlaughlin ] ''Just the horse to get us there. '' 702 01:09:03,672 --> 01:09:06,402 You certainly made a believer out of me, Mr. Howard. 703 01:09:06,475 --> 01:09:08,409 It's time for this old tout to eat some crow. 704 01:09:08,477 --> 01:09:13,039 Four and 20 blackbirds, to be exact, all baked up in some humble pie, 705 01:09:13,115 --> 01:09:15,208 and I'll take mine � la mode. 706 01:09:15,284 --> 01:09:17,752 [ Call To Post ] Oh. 707 01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:19,913 And one more thing, Mr. Howard. I just wanna say-- 708 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:23,083 Thanks for the champagne. Don't mention it. 709 01:09:23,159 --> 01:09:25,218 Did you see the infield? No, not yet. 710 01:09:25,294 --> 01:09:28,627 Take a look. Your little horse is sellin' out the cheap seats.