The President: July 1966 Part 2 of 3
Unusual MCU side view of White House. LBJ photocall outside White House w/ Prime Minister Holt of Australia - press w/ eyemo cameras.
01:11:51 LBJ & Holt onto the yacht ‘Sequoia’ for trip along Potomac River - CU life ring - crew preparing to set sail. Scenic montage of cruise - US flag flying - guests relax at tables on covered deck - sunset over riverbank - CUs Holt & LBJ.
01:13:14 15Jul66 Citation presented by LBJ to Executive Clerk of White House William J Hopkins after 22 years of service. Busy reception in WH rose garden - LBJ & Hopkins greeting guests - VO LBJ “...I believe our country has developed the finest professional civil service in the history of the world...”
01:14:45 INT members of mostly female distaff press gathered for forthcoming marriage of Luci Johnson - Luci & Lady Bird joking w/ journalists who perform skits for them - Luci throwing dart at board w/ possible honeymoon destinations, dart lands on leaflet for ‘Lyndon Johnson’s Boyhood Home’ - laughter MOS. LBJ press conference “If I could have your permission to just step aside on any of the detailed wedding arrangements I would like very much to do so”. B/W still sequence showing 19Jul66 meeting of LBJ & Congressional leaders in WH Cabinet Room - VO re strong economy.
01:17:13 LBJ w/ Lady Bird visits 500 returning Vietnam veterans at reception on board cruise ship ‘George Washington’, Potomac River - some in wheelchairs - VO says they support “what the President is trying to do”.
01:18:48 20Jul66 LBJ farewell speech to 3000 foreign exchange students on WH lawn - good views of crowds & Washington Monument / Jefferson Memorial in distance - CU guest holding American Field Service concert brochure over face - LBJ mobbed by crowd - shaking hands - speech in VO “...wherever such a volunteer may walk, he will find an American among the first to give him welcome...”
01:20:09 Military fanfare from WH balcony heralds arrival of PM Forbes Burnham of newly-independent Guyana - photocall w/ LBJ - LBJ speech at podium on lawn re American independence & new frontiers to be pushed back - “...we will never falter in our commitment overseas to the defence of freedom and in support of economic development”.
1960s. US Domestic & Foreign Policy. Vietnam War.
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The President: July 1966 Part 2 of 3 Unusual MCU side view of White House. LBJ photocall outside White House w/ Prime Minister Holt of Australia - press w/ eyemo cameras. 01:11:51 LBJ & Holt onto the yacht ‘Sequoia’ for trip along Potomac River - CU life ring - crew preparing to set sail. Scenic montage of cruise - US flag flying - guests relax at tables on covered deck - sunset over riverbank - CUs Holt & LBJ. 01:13:14 15Jul66 Citation presented by LBJ to Executive Clerk of White House William J Hopkins after 22 years of service. Busy reception in WH rose garden - LBJ & Hopkins greeting guests - VO LBJ “...I believe our country has developed the finest professional civil service in the history of the world...” 01:14:45 INT members of mostly female distaff press gathered for forthcoming marriage of Luci Johnson - Luci & Lady Bird joking w/ journalists who perform skits for them - Luci throwing dart at board w/ possible honeymoon destinations, dart lands on leaflet for ‘Lyndon Johnson’s Boyhood Home’ - laughter MOS. LBJ press conference “If I could have your permission to just step aside on any of the detailed wedding arrangements I would like very much to do so”. B/W still sequence showing 19Jul66 meeting of LBJ & Congressional leaders in WH Cabinet Room - VO re strong economy. 01:17:13 LBJ w/ Lady Bird visits 500 returning Vietnam veterans at reception on board cruise ship ‘George Washington’, Potomac River - some in wheelchairs - VO says they support “what the President is trying to do”. 01:18:48 20Jul66 LBJ farewell speech to 3000 foreign exchange students on WH lawn - good views of crowds & Washington Monument / Jefferson Memorial in distance - CU guest holding American Field Service concert brochure over face - LBJ mobbed by crowd - shaking hands - speech in VO “...wherever such a volunteer may walk, he will find an American among the first to give him welcome...” 01:20:09 Military fanfare from WH balcony heralds arrival of PM Forbes Burnham of newly-independent Guyana - photocall w/ LBJ - LBJ speech at podium on lawn re American independence & new frontiers to be pushed back - “...we will never falter in our commitment overseas to the defence of freedom and in support of economic development”. 1960s. US Domestic & Foreign Policy. Vietnam War.