Recently, I watched a documentary called “Secrets of
the Secret Service.” I watched this because politics and everything that has to
do with the government interests me and the secret servicemen are the ones who
sign up to protect the President of the United States at all costs. I wanted to
know more about how exactly they do their job. This documentary was narrated by
Rob Naughton. Naughton narrates for other documentaries, such as Treasure Quest (2009) and various
others. The documentary opens up by talking about the assassination of former
President John F. Kennedy in order to show how his assassination would forever
change the secret service, preventing anything like this from ever happening
again. The documentary talks about the secret service and the importance of
their job; showing the world how the secret service works, and the technologies
it uses to protect the President of the United States.
The purpose of this documentary was to definitely
give insight to the public about how the secret servicemen do their job and how
protected the president really is. This was achieved by first giving a
definition of the secret servicemen and who they are, “The secret service does
many things like safeguard our currency, protect important U.S. officials and
foreign visitors, but its most important task is to protect the President of
the United States.” Then, the documentary introduced retired secret service
agents, Joseph Funk, and Joseph Petro, who gave testimonies about the job and
how much pressure it really is because it really provides insight on how these
men will go to all costs to protect the president. A lot of facts were given and I thought this was really
effective because these were actual secret servicemen who were very credible
because they have done their job in protecting the president and they gave
testimonies on how they did it. It really helped me learn about how the secret
servicemen really achieve their job.
The
filmmakers used a lot of 3-D models in order to show the protection the
president has. A 3-D model was used to demonstrate the bulletproof glass that
the president’s car has. After that, to make it more credible, they had a
secret service agent; shoot this same bulletproof glass from 20 feet in order
to show how durable it really is. This really enhanced the film’s credibility
because the world did not just hear about how severely the president is
protected: the world got to witness just how this protection works. However,
what made the documentary really interesting and credible is that the makers
did not just talk about the durability of the president’s limo; they talked
about the president’s house, helicopter, and Boeing. Furthermore, testimonies
from Mark Burton, CEO and President of the company who makes these bulletproof
cars were given to provide further insight as to how these cars were made. The
world was given insight on how carefully and strategically all of this
technology was constructed in order to serve its one intended purpose: to
protect the president.
Footage of the Presidents and layouts of the secret
servicemen showed exactly how vulnerable these men are and how honorable they
are to sacrifice their lives in order to do their job and protect the
president. I thought that this film was very effective in proving the great
extents these secret servicemen go to protecting the president, and really this
film provided the world insight as to how these men actually protect the
president with the technology they have.
However, I do not really think it was smart to give out so much detail
and information about the secret servicemen and the president because this
knowledge can be used against them by assassins, so although a lot of
information was left classified, I was amazed at the amount of information
actually given out to the public. Although, I can understand that the minor
purpose of this was to kind of warn any individuals who plan on attacking the
president, that the president is really secure and any attempts will not go
through.
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