Bob Dole TV Ad January 11th WMUR News Channel 9 Length of Ad: 60 seconds
[Bob and Elizabeth Dole walking hand in hand in a flower garden; Bob Dole outside shaking hands with someone with others around; fade to head and shoulder shot of Elizabeth Dole speaking (`Elizabeth Dole' written at bottom of screen)] Elizabeth Dole: "There's really so much about Bob Dole that people don't know. His story is really the "American story". Triumph over adversity, love of family, commitment to a core set of beliefs that have been tested in the toughest situations imaginable." [Cut to black and white video of a plane in the sky, fade to sailor at a deck gun; fade to b/w head and shoulders shot of Bob Dole in uniform as a young man] Male narrator: "When his country called, Bob Dole did not hesitate to serve." [Fade to head and shoulders video of Bob Dole sitting and speaking to viewer] Bob Dole: "I joined the Tenth Mountain Division as a Second Lieutenant Platoon leader." [Fade to black and white video of WWII troops marching; fade to b/w video of helmet falling to the ground near a gun lying in the grass] Male narrator: "On a hillside in Italy he was severely wounded saving a fellow soldier." [Fade to same shot of Bob Dole seated and speaking] Bob Dole: "Some high explosive bullet entered my right shoulder." [Fade to b/w video of a gun falling to the ground as gunshots are heard; fade back to Bob Dole seated and speaking] Bob Dole: "I couldn't move my body I couldn't move my arms, my legs." [Cut to Elizabeth Dole seated and speaking] Elizabeth Dole: "Bob was paralyzed for a year..." [Fade to b/w shot of a wounded Bob Dole lying in a bed in bandages] Elizabeth Dole: "...and some said he'd never get out of bed..." [Fade back to Elizabeth Dole seated and speaking] Elizabeth Dole: "...but they, the experts, didn't understand what a man like Bob Dole was made of." [Fade to Bob Dole talking with community people outside; fade to shot of woman and child setting up a church sign; fade to Bob and Elizabeth Dole coming out of a building, walking up to a podium with people applauding; fade to Bob Dole shaking hands with a crowd of people outside (Dole sign being held up in the background); blur of crowd; Dole speaking at a podium and waving; American flag overlaid upon b/w shot of Bob Dole in bed wounded and then over a child with parent pointing with a small American flag to a name on the Vietnam Memorial; fade to Bob Dole walking with a crowd with `Dole' signs being held up - `Paid for by Dole for President, Inc.' written at the bottom of the screen; fade to close up shot of Bob and Elizabeth Dole's heads] Male narrator: "Today these same values guide Bob Dole as he steps forward, ready to lead America. This courageous man who understands so much about the privilege and the price of what it is to be an American. Bob Dole. The courage and character to lead America."