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Mr. Alexander Sachs is greeted by Mr. Howell G. Crim, Chief White House usher, at the White House in Washington DC.

New York banker Alexander Sachs visits the White House in Washington DC. A Cadillaccar pulls up at the White House. Mr. Alexander Sachs leaves the car and enters the White house. Mr. Sachs enters the reception room of the White House, where Chief White House Usher, .Howell G. Crim greets him. (Note: these actions are repeated a number of times in this sequence, from different camera angles and perspectives.)

Date: 1946, July
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046546
Views of Rooms in the White House Washington, DC, United States

View of exterior North Portico and entrance of White House. Interior view of the North entrance White House lobby with Presidential Seal on top of the door. Close up view of four dates inscribed on the marble floor: "1817" Repair after war damage, "1792" Construction date, "1902" First remodeling, and "1952" Latest remodeling. Views of the Blue room, the Green room, and the Red room in the White House, and various furniture and decorations in the White House in the late 1950s. View of State dining room. Gold candle stands placed on the dining table. Solid Silver chandelier hanging over the table. China crockery used by American Presidents and their families are preserved in the China room. Portrait of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. View of the Oval office room. View of the East room. Portrait of President George Washington and Mrs Martha Washington. Grand piano placed inside the room. Plaque in White House state dining room with words of a prayer by John Adams. Exterior view as police escort motorcycle with sidecar drives on North Portico entrance driveway, followed by a Lincoln Continental limousine of the President's fleet.

Date: 1960
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025542
U.S. President Richard Nixon delivers his farewell speech to White House staff in East Hall of the White House, Washington DC.

White House staff farewell address by departing President Richard Nixon, at the White House in Washington DC, after the President's resignation. A crowd of people seated in the East Room of White House. President Nixon with Mrs Nixon, his two daughters and their husbands enters the room. His assistants, advisors including Dr Henry Kissinger and others applaud. President Nixon waves. He starts his final speech, a farewell speech to the White House staff. Nixon recalls his poor family background, his parents and death of his brothers and becomes choked-up in the speech several times. Emotional staff members are shown. Nixon finishes his speech with high spirit, good hopes and thanks all. The people in the hall applaud as Nixon family leaves.

Date: 1974, August 9
Duration: 23 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057467
White House Press Secretary Stephen Early talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington D.C., United states.

White House of Washington D.C., United States. Press entrance of White House. White House Press Secretary Stephen Early talks to reporters. Diplomat's cars parked outside the White House.

Date: 1942, June
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074514
Funeral services for Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington DC and at Hyde Park, New York (WW2)

Funeral procession of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the streets of Washington DC. Horse drawn carriage with casket escorted by men on motorcycles. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. Various U.S. military units march. Funeral procession arrives at White House. Casket is carried into building. Casket is placed in East Room, lying in state. Scene change to funeral services for FDR at Hyde Park, New York. President Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt's wife among the mourners. A volley is fired over the president's grave. Symphonic music track in background is interspersed with audio quotations from Roosevelt, including, from his State of the Union on January 7, 1943: "Therefore, let us all have confidence, let us redouble our efforts. A tremendous, costly, long-enduring task in peace as well as in war is still ahead of us. But, as we face that continuing task, we may know that the state of this Nation is good--the heart of this Nation is sound--the spirit of this Nation is strong--the faith of this Nation is eternal." Also heard at the beginning of the clip is Roosevelt saying, "American fighting men looked to the statesmen of the world to finish the work of peace for which they fought and suffered. We failed them then. We cannot fail them again, and expect the world again to survive," from his address to Congress on Yalta, March 1, 1945 (World War II).

Date: 1945, April 24
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051765
Cameramen take photographs of President Truman and President Weizmann

Mixture of scenes recorded during visit of Israel's President Chaim Weizmann to the White House in 1848. A 1946 Buick Special 4 door sedan Model 41 car pulls up to back of the White House and parks A Cadillac Series 75 limousine follows, carrying Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann, who is assisted as he steps out. Scene shifts to portico of the White House, where President Weizmann presents a torah to President Truman, who holds it up and makes some remarks. Closeup of the two Presidents. View from behind the two Presidents as they pose for photographers. Main part of White House in the background. Scene shifts to back of White House as President Weizmann's car pulls up to the door, this time with a Secret Service agent riding on the running board. (He steps down as car stops.) Next, a battery of photographers is seen taking pictures. Scene shifts again, to President Weizmann walking slowly from his car, with assistance. Another shot of photographers taking pictures. Next, Weizmann is seen on the White House Portico with President Harry Truman who escorts him into the White House, followed by various staff members. President Truman and President Weizmann standing on Portico of White House. A group of staff stand nearby as President Weizmann's car is driven from the White House parking lot, past a U.S.Presidential 1947 Cadillac limousine. Some repeated views: of Presidents Truman and Weizmann, as they face reporters; and of Truman, Weizmann, and the gift torah.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041797