Materials Relating to "The President: September-October 1966" Project , 9/1/1966 - 10/31/1966

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Materials Relating to "The President: September-October 1966" Project , 9/1/1966 - 10/31/1966

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The series contains film and sound recordings related to the motion picture film, "The President: September-October 1966," including silent film footage that was not used in the finished film. The finished film is a narrative account of President Lyndon B. Johnson's activities for the months of September and October, 1966. The film contains footage of President Johnson speaking at the Social Security Administration Headquarters (Baltimore, Maryland); the Verrazano Monument (Staten Island, New York); a Columbus Day dinner (Hotel Saint George, Brooklyn, New York); Rodney Square (Wilmington, Delaware); and at Dulles International Airport, in Washington, D.C., prior to departing for his Asian-Pacific trip. The film includes scenes of President Johnson's trip to New York City; to the dedication of the Summersville Dam in Summersville, West Virginia; to a ceremony marking the 100th Anniversary of Dallastown, Pennsylvania; and through Michigan and Ohio. Foreign visitors featured in the film include: President and Mrs. Ferdinand E. Marcos (Philippines); General Ne Win (Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma); Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko; Chancellor Ludwig Erhard (West Germany); and President Leopold Senghor (Senegal). The film also includes the Gemini 2 rocket launch in Cape Kennedy, Florida, and the signing of the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act in the White House Cabinet Room.

7 linear feet, 10 linear inches

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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