What is on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets in. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents. The page 47 idea was created to keep the audience in suspense for a next national treasure movie. The secret of page 47 in the president s book is unrevealed. President obama said today that hes seen the real book of secrets, but wont say whats in it.
Book of secrets on the dvdbluray disc release is a 2007 adventure film. After finding out the location of the president s book of secrets, the president asks ben gates nicolas cage to take a look at page 47, to see if he could perhaps lend his expertise to its mystery. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents from kennedy to obama. A black market antiquities dealer, mitch wilkinson, shows one of the 18 missing pages of john wilkes booths diary, with. National treasure 3 is currently in development with no release date known. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. According to one theory, the book of secrets remains hidden in the library of congress, which is the biggest library in the world. He asked him to check page 47 in the book of secrets. Rileys introduction of the book of secrets builds towards his assertion that it contains. In this episode of the stratfor podcast, we ask former intelligence officer, manager and daily briefer at the cia david priess about his latest book the presidents book of secrets. W download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates goes after the president of the united states book of secrets, an unofficial book which contains the answers for the.
I dont think for one second the president has a book of secrets a. The president then pardoned gates for the kidnapping and asked him to assist with page 47 of the president s secret book. Excia officer david priess dishes about president s book of secrets. Its thoroughly setup that the content on page 47 concerns area 51. This theory was used in the film national treasure 2. Whats on page 47 of the presidents book in the movie. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is part of the national treasure franchise. The president of the united states asks ben to read page 47 in the book of secrets after the kidnap in mount vernon and when hes freed. Ben later tells the president that he can help with solving that mystery and even called it life altering. Priess work makes an invaluable contribution to the study of intelligence, which no library on. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents from kennedy to obama, about the president s daily. Page 47 is one of the many pages in the book of secrets, which contains all the secrets of the history to the united states.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the president s book of secrets. In a few months a new us president will begin to chart a course through a complex set of national security issues. Im pretty sure production for the next film has already started or the producers will begin production next year. Book of secrets is the sequel to national treasure 2004 2004, a disney production that was cowritten by numerous screenwriters, including american screenwriting team marianne and cormac wibberley. Will we finally learn whats on page 47 in national. The wibberleys also wrote the screenplay for national treasure. The government would not want all the secrets to be in one place for some one to find c. And that there is some sort of presidential briefing for incomi. From the dialogue and from the movie we can assess a few things. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible.
The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents kindle edition by priess, david, bush, george h. But what about this mysterious page 47 of the book of secrets. National treasure 3 may be stuck in development hell, but there are quite a few stories that could be on page 47 of the president s book of secrets. The physical action is so fast at times, with lots of high speed editing, that there is no danger that the audience will be required to do any thinking. The president of the united states is a man who was kidnapped and later helped ben gates in 2007 by leading him to the president s secret book.
Will there ever be a national treasure 3 film made. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas presidents priess, david, bush, george h. So in my response to your question, yes, i do think there is a book but only metaphorically speaking. One of the desks is used by the president of the united states at the oval office in. That means the president who knows gates by reputation needs gates to see that page, probably to help the government. Perhaps, on page 47, is a message from nicholas cages character, predicting that nicholas cages character would ask the president for access to the book of secrets and also providing some clue to the next quest. Thus, david priesss unprecedented history of the president s daily brief pdb, the presidents book of secrets, is a welcome change of pace from the traditional spy yarn or tellall books that dominate the intelligence literature today. President s top secret intelligence briefing is like. This category is for questions and answers related to national treasure.
Book of secrets ended with the characters looking into page 47 of a secret book owned by the president of the united states. The president s book of secrets is an engaging, welltold history of how the president and the executive branch shape and are influenced by the intelligence they receive almost every day through the president s daily brief pdb. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates is after the president of the united states book of secrets, an unofficial book which contains the answers for the. David priess talked about his book, the presidents book of secrets. I think that there will be a third movie in this series. Whats on page 47 in the presidents book of secrets. But before ben left he asked him to check out page 47 for him. That theory proposes only the president and the librarian of congress know the book s location, so in case of an assassination, the librarian can pass on the secrets for the next president. What is on page 47 of the presidents book of secrets. Book of secrets, nicolas cages character ben gates goes after the president of the united states book of secrets. Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure 2.
While ben was trying to convince the president to tell him where he kept the book of secrets, the president finally told him where, the library of congress. When the group finally finds the book of secrets, riley identifies the area 51 section as ben flips through the contentsbut little time can be spared. Book of secrets is a 2007 american adventure film directed by jon turteltaub and produced by jerry bruckheimer. I just got back from the movie national treasure 2 with nicholas cage. Page 47 production talks have begun for installment 3 of the movie franchise national treasure, based on the president asking ben gates whats on page 47. National treasure 3 page 47 with nicholas cage and bruce greenwood. Its a highly visual movie, with lots of eyepopping outdoor color images. Book of secrets, and claims that the presidents of the united states have passed down a book from washington to obama, in which some or all have added facts and histories earthshattering in scope and implications, and that this book s location is only known to the president, and the national librarian of congress. Request what is on page 47 of the president s book of secrets in national treasure 2. Everything we know about the us presidents book of secrets.
Request what is on page 47 of the presidents book of. Jun 21, 20 national treasure book of secrets page 47 revealed stay safe and healthy. Presidents from washington to the present day, too outrageous to ever be made public. The president s book of secrets takes viewers on a journey inside white house history to unveil staggering information about secrets known only to the president. Will we finally learn whats on page 47 in national treasure 3. Book of secrets, the president asks gates if he can help on what is written on page 47 of the president s secret book, and that plot will be the main idea of. We are given onscreen confirmation that area 51 content in fact exists within the book of secrets, making it the only confirmed possibility for what could be contained on page 47. I guess we can assume its not the jfk assassination or area 51 since those were mentioned moments before. It was stated in the first films commentary that there.
In in this conjectural national treasure 3, nicholas cage follows the clue from page 47, which leads him to travel back in time. Ben gates nicolas cage said at the end of national treasure 2. In my beliefs, the government would tell the president all the secrets. First president that written his entry on this book of secrets was the first american president. President barack obamas hilarious final white house. National treasure book of secrets page 47 revealed.
Edgar hoover was never president only director of the fbi. It is a sequel to the 2004 film national treasure and is the second part of the national treasure film series. Book of secrets, presidential book of secrets replica movie prop the book that doesnt officially exist, 222 pages of the secret musings, confessions, and accusations of u. Excia officer david priess dishes about presidents book. Kennedy, every president has received a short, personalized daily report from the intelligence community. What are they talking about thats on page 47 of the president s book.
Book of secrets released on home video as national treasure. Obama in august 20, 2009 claims that he saw this secret book. It was a great movie, but did i miss something when i had to go out to answer a phone call. Book of secrets ended with the characters looking into page 47 of a secret book owned by the president. And from the second film, when ben gates and the president talk about page 47 of the book of secrets, it will have to deal about something thats life changing. The untold story of intelligence briefings to americas. The president is just a puppet he might think he is running the show but thats just bs b. Washington yes, president barack obama has seen the fabled book of secrets from the national. The mystical book as told in the movie national treasure, probably doesnt exist. Ben gates needed to have a look at the book in order to find the city of gold and thereby restore his ancestor thomas gates good name, but the only way to get to it was by kidnapping the president.
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