How Realistic is National Treasure?

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Just how, ahem, realistic is National Treasure?

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0:00.0	This is Civics 101, I'm Nick Capitice, and today we're bringing you a special bonus
0:07.0	episode, the latest edition in our series Civics at the Movies.
0:12.2	And we are once again taking on a movie that puts on full display the fun that can happen
0:16.6	when the government and its most revered institutions are put on the big screen in all of their
0:21.7	glory.
0:22.7	And joining me once again to delve into Civics at the Movies is our producer, Jackie Fulton.
0:27.2	Hey, Nick.
0:31.0	Jackie, what movie are we going to be talking about today?
0:34.7	One of my all-time favorite movies about the government, National Treasure.
0:39.3	Benjamin Franklin Gates, you're undertaking the duty of the family gates to find the
0:44.7	most spectacular treasure in history.
0:50.1	Jackie, it fills my heart with joy to know that you like this movie so much, because
0:54.9	I love it too.
0:55.9	I love both the national treasures.
0:57.8	I don't even know if I'd have this job if it weren't for national treasure.
1:00.8	A cheesy caper starring Nick Cage waxing poetic about American history?
1:06.0	I'm there for it.
1:07.5	The Declaration of Independence.
1:09.7	You think there is a treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
1:13.2	The map is invisible.
1:15.6	Why would we make this up?
1:17.2	Where's your proof?
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