The President: September 1967. MP888.

President Lyndon B. Johnson in September 1967. MP 888. Public domain.

This film is from the LBJ Library moving picture collection created by the White House Naval Photographic Unit, aka the Navy Films. The films consist of monthly reports on the activities of President and Mrs. Johnson from 1963-1969.

Below is an edited scene list for this film, from the LBJ Library audiovisual archives. We included useful shot descriptions where possible, although most have been cut for length. For more information please contact [email protected].


Memorial service for writer Carl Sandberg, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, 9/17/1967

B&W still photographs of Carl Sandberg

Montage of LBJ activities in September
LBJ, Gov. John Connally, Texas, talking aboard a bus


Title up: "The President, September 1967"

Vietnam election observers meeting, White House Cabinet Room

Visit to the LBJ Ranch, Texas

Point of view from a moving car of the state capitol, Austin, TX
Lyn playing with a mobile in a crib, tilt up to LBJ, Lynda Johnson, pan right to Luci Johnson Nugent, LBJ Ranch
Charles Robb, Lynda Johnson, LBJ, Luci Johnson Nugent looking at Lyn in the crib
Luci Johnson Nugent holding Lyn, Lynda Johnson, Charles Robb join her
Lynda Johnson holding Lyn Nugent
Dissolve to Lynda Johnson, Charles Robb holding Lyn Nugent, Luci Johnson Nugent in background
Lynda Johnson, Charles Robb holding Lyn
Luci Johnson Nugent talking
Lynda Johnson, Charles Robb holding Lyn Nugent
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson walking
Pond on the LBJ Ranch, pan right
Pond
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson walking in a field
Pond at the LBJ Ranch, pan left
Sunflowers waving in the breeze
Honeysuckle
Writing in cement which reads: "Welcome, LBJ Ranch", tilt up to the ranch house


Cabinet meeting, White House Cabinet Room

LBJ addresses a meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Kansas City, Missouri, 9/14/1967

LBJ speech

Dissolve to LBJ speaking at a podium, Municipal Auditorium

Financial advisors meeting, White House Cabinet Room

Announcement of the engagement of Lynda Johnson and Charles Robb, White House

County Fair, White House South Lawn

LBJ meeting with insurance executives to discuss their billion dollar investment in urban programs, White House Cabinet Room, 9/13/1967
V.P. Hubert Humphrey, others listening

Meeting with entertainer Bob Hope, White House Oval Office

Medal of Honor presentation to Sgt. David C. Dolby, USA, White House East Room, 9/28/1967

Footage from Vietnam War

National Security Council meeting, White House Cabinet Room

Nat'l Security Council meeting, White House Cabinet Room
Members listening
Sec. Robert McNamara talking to LBJ

Signing ceremony for a bill extending the Food Stamp Act of 1964, White House Rose Garden, 9/27/1967
LBJ, Yuki entering the White House

Signing ceremony for a bill authorizing U.S. contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank, White House East Room, 9/22/1967

Close-up of pens in a stand at the signing of bill authorizing US contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank, zoom out, White House East Room, 7/22/1967
Inter-American bill lying on a desk, zoom in to a Close-up of the bill
Audience listening, pan left
LBJ signing the Inter-American Bill, he rises, shakes hands, fade to black
Fade in to a Close-up of LBJ speaking at the swearing in of Walter Washington, Thomas Fletcher as Commissioner of Washington, DC, Assistant, zoom out, White House East Room, 9/28/1967

Swearing-in ceremony for Walter Washington, Thomas Fletcher as Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Washington, DC, White House East Room, 9/28/1967

LBJ trip to Texas to inspect damage from Hurricane Beulah, 9/28/1967

Meeting with Gov. John Connally and others aboard Air Force One en route to Texas

Dissolve to tail of Air Force One, pan right to helicopter taxiing in for the trip to south Texas to view the damage of Hurricane Beulah, 7/28/1967
Yuki leaves Air Force One
LBJ boarding Air Force One, from Air Force One
Dissolve to Gov. Connally, Texas, aboard Air Force One
Gov. Connally, others talking aboard Air Force One
Sen. Tower aboard Air Force One

Bus tour of hurricane damage

LBJ discussions with flood victims
Aerial footage of flood damage
Departure from Texas flooded area

National Legislative Conference, Villita Assembly Hall, San Antonio, Texas, 9/29/1967

Footage of U.S. soldiers and medics in Vietnam War

Montage of LBJ activities in September
Sec. Dean Rusk listening, White House Oval Office
Sec. Robert McNamara, ?, White House Oval Office
LBJ, Sgt. Dolby greeting other soldiers, White House East Room, 9/28/1967