Overview
Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-depth tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- the White House. Interviews with presidents and first ladies offer a revealing look at what goes into running that famous household, and White House employees give viewers a taste of the preparations involved in hosting a state dinner.
Director and cast
- Morgan Freeman as Narrator (voice)
- Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)
- Rosalynn Carter as Self (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Calvin Coolidge as Self (archive footage)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
- Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
- Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon Cast
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