Because thats not there. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The co
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
Silence. Why should my husbands job or yours prevent us from doing this and being first lady should prevent us from expecting our ideas. She and president gerald ford it discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, and so much of a public life struggled with jargon alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her First White House years. Good evening and working to cspan series, first ladies, influence an image. Well tell you about elizabeth of our president gerald floored, and here is Richard Norton smith. President ial historian and we have one of the academic advisers. We have talked about a number of president ial libraries. Among them the Gerald Ford Library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fourth, so you bring that to the table. In folders closure, i try to be objective as possible, but i was very fortunate to become friends with the ford. I want to start the story where we left off, which is that night in august where they learned we will be in the white house
Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in new york city, here to meet an heir whose strange inheritance not only unraveled her life. It left her hanging by a thread. My names charlotte smith. What do you do when your godmother leaves you 70 huge boxes of dresses . One thought send them right back. But then i realized these werent just dresses. They were oneofakind pieces of history. Charlotte . Hello. Hi. Im jamie. Lovely to meet you. Charlotte, a native of philadelphia who now lives in australia, is in manhattan to meet with fashion students at the famed Parsons School of design. This is my inheritance, all pieces bequeathed to me from my american godmother. Why cant i get so lucky . Charlottes wardrobe is filled with fashion gems that are as timeless as they are priceless. So elizabeth taylor, cleopatra. Yeah this is 1930s. It was all decadence. It was the silver screen. It was hollywood. This was about 1915. Over 100 years old over 100 years old. And this is just a small sampling of the valua