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U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Press Secretary James Hagerty,and Sam Snead play golf at the Greenbrier Resort,West Virginia

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Press Secretary James Hagerty, Special Council Bernard M. Shanley and famous golfer, Sam Snead, play golf at the Greenbrier Resort, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.After posing for photographers, they commence play. Sam Snead tees off first, followed by the President, who puts on a jacket, before they start to walk. President Eisenhower uses a wood on the fairway. Sam Snead then hits his second shot with an iron. Mountains seen in the background. The President makes an approach shot to the green. and then three-putts the hole. Later it begins to rain, and Sam Snead holds an umbrella for the President, who then hits out of a sand bunker. President Eisenhower puts on a rainproof outfit. He and Sam Snead putt on the green. President Eisenhower holding a large golf umbrella, and then hitting a wood on the fairway.

Date: 1956, March 27
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056006
Famous persons gather at The Greenbrier Resort for its reopening celebrations in 1948

Scenes from reopening festivities in 1948 for the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, following its closure (usage as a government medical facility) in World War 2. Famous men and women pose for photographs. Closeup of Mrs. Fulton Cutting Junior. View of Winston Guest with his wife C.Z. Guest (formerly Lucy Douglas Cochrane) standing with John Simms Kelly ("Shipwreck" Kelly) and his wife Brenda (formerly Brenda Frazier). Dolly Dorelis wearing sun glasses. Mrs. Byron C. Floyd. Then Congressman John F. Kennedy poses with his sister, Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy.

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037948
Henry Cotton wins inaugural Greenbrier Pro-Am golf tournament at The Greenbrier Resort in 1948

Winners are recognized and receive their awards at the inaugural Greenbrier Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) golf tournament at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The golf tournament, later known as the Same Snead Festival, finished on April 19, 1948, and served also as a marquee reopening event for The Greenbrier Resort following its use as a U.S. military hospital in World War 2. Brief shot of scoreboard at end of tournament. British golf professional Henry Cotton stands with his amateur partner Merrel Meigs. They are joined by the tying first-place team of Johnny Bulla and his amateur partner John Simms Kelly (Shipwreck Kelly). Also with Kelly is his wife Brenda (nee Brenda Frazier). Meigs holds a silver tray prize commemorating the event. Henry Cotton receives $1800 prize money ($1000 as the top finishing professional with a par 70 score, plus $800 for team competition). Kelly also receives a prize money envelope for his team's first place tying score. View of spectators walking on the Resort grounds. Crowd coming across a foot bridge led by golfer celebrities Bing Crosby, Chris Dunphy (Christopher J. Dunphy), and Ben Hogan. Elevated shot of play underway on the green. Shot of crowd moving to a new hold during the competition. Shot of golf ball landing in a muddy puddle.

Date: 1948, April 19
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037950
Scenes from 1948 Greenbrier Resort inaugural Pro-Am golf tournament

Golf scenes on the course of The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Players including celebrities present for the reopening of the resort after its closure during World War 2. Four players stand together in front of the golf country club building then known as "The Casino." They include Railway industrialist Robert R. Young (host of the event), British filmmaker J Arthur Rank (a then business partner of Robert Young in their Eagle-Lion Films endeavor), Britain's Duke of Windsor, and former U.S. Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana. Several scenes of the four men playing golf, including shots with the Duke of Windsor putting, with pipe in mouth, and J. Arthur Rank putting on the green.

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037952
United States Congress representatives at informal caucus in United States

Congressmen, including Lyndon B. Johnson, at informal caucus of members in the United States. They interact with each other. Some members greet other members. (Clip is on same reel of film as scenes from 1948 reopening celebrations at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. This clip may or may not be connected to that event.)

Date: 1948
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037947
A couple with their two dogs in United States

Two men walk across a lawn in United states. A man and woman with their two dogs outside their house in the lawn. The dogs play with each other as the couple looks on. (Clip is on a reel of film preceded and followed by scenes at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia, in April 1948. This footage may be related.)

Date: 1948, April
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037951