National Treasure Page #6

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Wait..."The vision to see the treasured

past" must refer to a way to read the map.

Well, I thought the cipher was the map.

No, the cipher was a way

to find the way to read the map.

And the way to read the map can be found

where the "timely shadow" crosses

in front of the Liberty Bell.

Crosses in front of the "house"

of the Liberty Bell. Independence Hall.

Right, so "timely shadow" -

it's a specific time.

- Right.

- Uh, what time?

What time? What time?

Wait a minute, wait.

You're gonna love this.

Excuse me, can I see one of those

hundred-dollar bills I paid you with?

No.

Oh. Well, uh, here,

I have this diver's watch.

It's called a Submariner. I dive with it.

It's actually quite valuable.

- You can use it as collateral.

- Whatever.

Thank you.

On the back of a hundred-dollar bill

is an etching of Independence Hall

- based on a painting done in...

- Hello.

Thank you.

...in the 1780s, who...

The artist was actually a friend

of Benjamin Franklin's. It's wonderful.

- (clerk) Fascinating.

- Hold this.

OK.

I'm not going anywhere.

Now, I think that if we look

at this clock tower...

...we may find the specific time.

- (Abigail) What do you see?

- 2:
22.

- What time is it now?

- Almost three.

- We missed it.

- No, we didn't.

We didn't miss it because... uh...

You don't know this? I-I know something

about history that you don't know.

I'd be very excited to learn about it, Riley.

Well, hold on one second, let me just...

let me just take in this moment.

This is... this is cool.

Is this how you feel all the time? Because,

you know... Except for now, of course.

- Riley!

- All right.

What I know is that daylight savings

wasn't established until World War I.

If it's 3pm now, OK, that means

in 1776, it would be 2pm.

- Let's go.

- Riley, you're a genius.

Yeah.

Do you actually know who the first person

to suggest daylight savings was?

- (Ben) Benjamin Franklin.

- (Abigail) Benjamin Franklin.

Is this real?

Just tell me what you told my friend.

Just a bunch of letters.

I can't remember.

Can you remember which ones

you were gonna tell him next?

Yeah, here. S-T-O-W.

(man) Top results: Liberty Bell

and Independence Hall.

(guide) Imagine its impact

back in the 18th century.

It could have been seen for miles around,

which was exactly its purpose,

because it served as a beacon, as it were,

for people to collect and hear...

Good stuff.

(guide) It was in 1846,

on George Washington's birthday,

that the final expansion

of the crack occurred,

retiring the Liberty Bell permanently.

Eventually, it was moved from its place

in Independence Hall steeple

and given its own...

- Idiot.

- (Shaw) Who?

- Me.

- What?

It's not here. It's there.

Come on.

- What bell is this?

- It's the Centennial Bell.

It replaced the Liberty Bell in 1876.

(Abigail) There it is.

All right. I'm gonna go down there,

and you meet me in the signing room.

- OK? All right.

- OK.

All right, let's go.

Hey. What'd you score?

I found this.

Some kind of ocular device.

"The vision to see the treasured past."

Let me take this.

Aw, they're like early American

X-ray specs.

Benjamin Franklin invented

something like these.

Uh...

I think he invented these.

So, what do we do with them?

We look through it.

- (Abigail) Here, help me.

- Uh-huh.

- (Ben) Careful.

- (Abigail) You think?

Whoo...

- What?

- It's just that the last time this was here

it was being signed.

- Ben, there's another tour coming.

- Turn it over.

- Careful.

- Spectacles.

(gasps)

(gasps)

What do you see?

What is it? Is it a treasure map?

It says, "Heere at the wall,"

spelled with two E's.

Take a look.

(Abigail) Ah.

(gasps)

Wow.

Why can't they just say, "Go to this place,

and here's the treasure, spend it wisely?"

(Ben) Oh, no.

- Oh, no.

- Oh, no.

How'd they find us?

Well, Ian has nearly unlimited resources.

And he's smart.

(Abigail) I don't think we can get out

of here without being spotted.

Well, we don't want them to have

the Declaration, or the glasses.

But we especially don't want them

to have them both together.

- So what do we do?

- We separate the lock from the key.

- We're splitting up.

- Good idea.

Really?

I'll take this.

And those. You keep that. Meet me at the

car and call me if you have any problems.

Like if we get caught and killed?

Yeah. That would be a big problem.

Take care of her.

- I will.

- I will.

We're on him.

(Ian) There he is.

- Let's walk this way.

- Wait up.

- Shaw, look. There's the others.

- I got it.

Viktor, meet me at Fifth and Chestnut. Fifth

and Chestnut. They're heading your way.

(car horn)

- (Shaw) Look out! Look out!

- Riley!

- (Shaw) There they are! Move!

- Move!

- Time to run.

- Keep up, Viktor! Move. Come on.

In here.

- Come on.

- Follow me.

That way.

If you're not a steak,

you don't belong here.

(whispers) I'm just trying to hide

from my ex-husband.

- Who, baldy?

- Yes.

Honey, stay as long as you like.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

You want something?

- Do you want something?

- Shut up.

I see why you left him.

Go around. Go around.

Gates!

Ow!

Aw, come on!

- (yelps)

- Shh-shh-shh.

- Where were you?

- Hiding.

Come on. Let's go, let's go.

Ian. Ian, I've got 'em.

They're heading toward City Hall.

- OK, I'm on my way.

- Out of the way!

Ow!

(car horn)

Whoa!

They're headed for the breezeway

on the north side.

I'll be right there.

Hey, Gates!

Enough, man! Give me the document.

All right, Phil.

Watch out! Get out of my way!

(cyclist) Watch it!

(horn)

(shouting)

Leave them! Let 'em go.

We've got it.

- (woman) FBI. Have you seen this guy?

- (man) No.

Nope, I haven't seen him.

Ted. Philadelphia police

found Gates's car.

It's close.

We got surveillance there now.

Let's go. Tell the boss

we got the car.

(cell phone rings)

- What?

- (Riley) We lost it.

- What?

- We lost the Declaration. Ian took it.

Yeah, uh, OK. You all right?

You both all right?

Yeah, yeah, we're all right.

- Ben, I'm sorry.

- We'll be fine.

Meet me at the car.

Suspect has arrived.

Hello, Mr. Gates.

Mr. Gates, face your father's car and

put your hands behind your back, please.

- (agent) We got one in custody.

- Gates, you're a hard man to find.

Could you please be careful?

Riley, do you know

how to get in touch with Ian?

Excuse me?

That's some story.

Well, it's the same story I tried to tell you

guys before the Declaration was stolen.

- By you.

- No, by Ian. I stole it to stop him.

I did it alone.

Dr. Chase was not involved.

And Ian still ended up with

the Declaration of Independence.

Because of you.

So here's your options.

Door number one,

you go to prison for a very long time.

Door number two, we are going to get back

the Declaration of Independence,

you help us find it, and you still

go to prison for a very long time,

but you feel better inside.

Is there a door that doesn't lead to prison?

- Someone's got to go to prison, Ben.

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