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Scenes in life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the national election of 1936

Opening scene shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt driving his personal Ford Phaeton hand-controlled car along a tree-lined drive at his family residence in Hyde Park, New York. Riding with him are his daughter, Anna Roosevelt Dall, and her children, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie"). Next, Roosevelt is seen in car, parked in a cornfield, near the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia, while his grandchlldren, “Sistie” and “Buzzie” visit with farm hands who are clearing old plants from the field. Very good close-up of President Roosevelt sitting in the driver’s seat of his car. Scene changes to the lawn at "Springwood," the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, where President and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are sitting in wicker lawn chairs. She is knitting, and FDR is paying attention to the grandchildren, Anna and Curtis, who are riding horses, and granddaughter, Sara, on a pony. He talks with Sara. Close-up of Sara. Change of scene shows Republican Presidential Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas, and his family in their home. Voters are seen lined up along the sidewalk to cast their ballots in the election. View inside the polling place of voters entering and leaving individual voting booths. Another view shows voters in a long line snaking back and forth across a sidewalk. A Jewish Rabbi is seen registering and being directed to a voting booth at one polling place. On election night, President Roosevelt stands outside his Hyde Park home, assisted by his son Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., as he acknowledges his reelection victory. View of Times Square in New York City, crowded with people celebrating FDR’s reelection. President Roosevelt drives in an open on his return to Washington to resume his duties in the White House. He holds a large bouquet of flowers aloft and waves it to the crowds of spectators who fill the sidewalks. Later, he waves his hat. View of the Presidential motorcade lining Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Capitol in the background. The crowds spill partway into the streets, in places where police are not keeping cordoned off. A crowd of thousands of people packs the area immediately in front of the White House as President Roosevelt, assisted by his son, stands and waves from a portico. Clip is from a 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069260
Past and present views of the White house and American presidents in United States

View of the North side of The White House. President Calvin Coolidge works at his desk and writes during his tenure in the 1920s. Next scene shows close up view of President Herbert Hoover addressing people at a microphone on an outdoor stage, with his speech carried on radio. View of President Franklin Roosevelt speaking while seated at a desk in the White House. President Harry S Truman seated at a desk in the White House and preparing to deliver a televised address. President Dwight D Eisenhower addressing a press conference in the White House. View of people visiting North Portico area of White House in the 1950s after the White House renovation. View of the extended West Wing of the White House. Man arranges notepads in conference room of West Wing of the White house before a meeting. Chair of the American President flanked by United States Flag and flag of the seal of the President. View of the Oval Office.

Date: 1960
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025541
President Nixon meets with former war correspondents before they travel to Europe for D-Day 25th anniversary

World War II war correspondents gather in Washington DC before returning to Europe for ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France. War correspondents walking on the streets of Washington DC. They pass a long painted mural wall depicting scenes from American life. They stop at guard station of a White House entrance gate and then enter gates at the White House grounds as a White House officer checks them in. President Richard Nixon meeting with the correspondents. The President and a correspondent hold a document and pose for a picture. The correspondents pose with President Nixon on the White House lawn. President Nixon poses with the document, as the correspondents stand near him. Nixon talks to the men and picks up and pets the White House dog named Pasha, who was Trish Nixon's Yorkshire terrier.

Date: 1969, June
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022073
King Faisal is greeted by U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon at the White House in Washington DC.

King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a royal state visit to the United States. The White House in Washington DC. Trumpeters of the Old Guard on the portico. Cars parked at the side of a lawn. Drummers of Old Guard play on steps as King Faisal arrives by car. Accompanied by Secretary of State William Rogers, The King steps from car and is greeted by United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. A woman takes a picture, and a U.S. soldier salutes in the background. People in the background. Dignitaries applaud. King Faisal is escorted by President Nixon up steps of red carpeted stand erected on White House lawn. They look out upon military formation standing at attention. Old Executive Office Building, now known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States), in background. King Faisal and President Nixon review the military formation. Back on the stage, President Nixon speaks and interpreter informs King Faisal, who also addresses the gathering when the President finishes, while interpreter informs audience over loudspeakers. Women in the crowd listening to the Arab king’s speech. The President and Mrs. Nixon then escort King Faisal into the White House as band plays. Inside the White House, President Nixon and King Faisal sit and talk, with help of an interpreter.

Date: 1971, May 27
Duration: 7 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033771
United States Vice President Lyndon B Johnson meets President John F. Kennedy on the White House lawn after official visit to Southeast Asia

Return of United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from a two-week official tour of Southeast Asia (Vietnam) and reports to President John F. Kennedy on his trip. A helicopter carrying Vice President Johnson lands on the White House lawn. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background upon the helicopter’s landing. Row of cameramen with The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) in background. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson shakes hands with President Kennedy. Vice President Johnson’s daughter, Lynda Bird, can be seen disembarking from the helicopter behind her parents. President Kennedy speaks with Vice President Johnson and Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson as they walk on the White House lawn.

Date: 1961, May 24
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078831
Aerial view of the White House in Washington DC, USA.

Aerial view of Washington DC shows a fly-by of the Capitol Building. Flying down the roads, buildings and streets leading to the White House. View of the White House. Circling the White House and surrounding buildings.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050410