The President: December 1968. MP903.
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2013
- President Lyndon B. Johnson in December 1968. MP 903. 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 johnson.library@nara.gov.
Christmas decorations, lighting of National Christmas Tree, 12/16/1968; White House Party for underprivileged children, 12/18/1968
?, Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent, Lady Bird Johnson sitting
Wide shot National Christmas Tree, crowd gathered
The Johnson Administration prepares for the Nixon Administration
White House exterior
Construction underway for Nixon inauguration
Cabinet meeting discussing transition of Administrations, 12/4/1968
President-elect. Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Trisha Nixon visit White House; Richard Nixon, LBJ, Walt Rostow, Henry Kissinger meet in White House Oval Office, 12/12/1968
LBJ meets with the Quadriad economic advisory group, White House Cabinet Room, 12/12/1968
Martin, Zwick, Okun seated in Cabinet Room
LBJ awards Enrico Fermi award to Dr. John Wheeler; Dr. Glenn Seaborg commended; White House Treaty Room, 12/2/1968
Fade to LBJ in White House East Room with Dr. Wheeler, Dr. Seaborg, zoom in
Apollo 7 & Apollo 8 astronauts sign document for Treaty Room at Dinner for Space Program, White House Treaty Room, 12/9/1968
Dissolve to LBJ, astronauts, Lady Bird Johnson, V.P. Hubert Humphrey, James Webb in White House Treaty Room
Close-up Walter Schirra
Medium shot V.P. Hubert Humphrey, James Webb
?, Charles Lindbergh signs document
Apollo 8 Lunar orbital mission, 12/21-27/1968
Apollo 8 astronauts, rocket preparing, liftoff
Apollo 8 in space, footage of Apollo cabin, moon surface, reading of Genesis by astronauts
Wide shot Earth from orbit, tilt down
Men at Mission Control, zoom out
Apollo 8 returns to Earth, splashdown recovery with helicopter
LBJ speaking with Apollo 8 astronauts on telephone, 12/27/1968
LBJ sitting for bust by sculptor Robert Berks, 12/6/1968
LBJ reflects on his record of achievements as President
LBJ talks about Housing Act of 1968, 12/14/1968 (Austin Oaks Housing Projects)
LBJ's remarks at Pres. Commission for the Observance of the Human Rights Year 1968, International Conference Room, 12/4/1968
LBJ remarks at Report of the National Advisory Commission of Health Facilities, White House East Room, 12/12/1968
Dissolve to LBJ speaking at podium, zoom out?, Sec. Wilbur Cohen
Lady Bird Johnson's Beautification activities
Lady Bird Johnson at new fountain, Hains Point, 12/17/1968
Final meeting of the Beautification Committee, White House Yellow Room, 12/17/1968
Dissolve to LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Sec. Udall in White House
Lady Bird Johnson talks about First Ladies' duties, Pat Nixon; Lady Bird Johnson receives Eleanor Roosevelt Candlestick Award, Women's Press Club dinner, 12/2/1968
Chamizal U.S.-Mexico Boundary Change ceremonies, El Paso, Texas, 12/13/1968
Dissolve to LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, others debarking Air Force One
LBJ, Pres. Diaz Ordaz? talking
? with 2 dogs: Blanco and Yuki
Cabinet meeting on Middle East crisis and status of Vietnam War talks (with synch sound)
Medium shot Sec. Dean Rusk, LBJ at table, Sec. Dean Rusk briefing LBJ
Close-up Sec. Clark Clifford, zoom out Cab members listening, pan right LBJ, Amb. Harriman
Medal of Honor ceremony, awarded posthumously to first African-American officer, Capt. Riley Pitts, White House Oval Office, 12/10/1968
Dissolve to ?, Gen. Wheeler, Sec. Clark Clifford in Oval Office
Medium shot Mrs. Pitts, LBJ in Oval Office
State Visit of Shaikh Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, 12/11/1968
Welcoming ceremonies, full military honors, White House South Lawn
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson exiting White House South, Sec. Dean Rusk greets, ? greets
Preparation for State Dinners: White House florists, White House calligraphers, White House Social Secretary
Dissolve to Medium shot Tyler Abel (White House Social Secretary)
Table layouts, White House chefs preparing dinner, piano being tuned
Guests arrive at White House, Emir of Kuwait arrives, White House protocol ceremonies
State Dinner, LBJ speaks at dinner
White House entertainment for State Dinner, performers singing
Dissolve to Robert Merrill singing
Emir departs White House, party in White House continues; LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson dancing
Christmas Eve in White House Yellow Room, 12/24/1968
Dissolve to Point of view from walking into White House Yellow Room with presents, LBJ family
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Lynda Johnson Robb, Lyn Nugent in Yellow Room
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson
Medium shot Lynda Johnson Robb with Lucinda Robb
Soldiers in Vietnam celebrate Christmas
Lady Bird was a very elegant Southern Lady. She really loved being first lady. I love the elegance of Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Johnson and the way they loved the White House and grounds.
Near the end of the video, mention was made of the fact that President Johnson had been hospitalized before Christmas Day with the flu. This was no ordinary flu. He had the Hong Kong Flu (H3N2 strain), a global pandemic that rapidly spread across the United States in December 1968. It is believed that the Hong Kong Flu first was brought into the country by troops returning from Southeast Asia and embarking in California. Schools and colleges began closing around December 10th and did not reopen for at least a month. I contracted the flu at my college that week, and woke up with a raging case the morning after I arrived home. It's no exaggeration for me to say that if I contracted that same flu today in my 70s, it is doubtful that I would survive it.
How many Dads missed being with their kids that Christmas due to Vietnam? And more importantly, how many would never, ever spend another Christmas?
Notice at 24:50 during the Cabinet meeting that President Johnson is informed of the possibility of another winter or spring offensive by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. That very thing had happened in late January 1968 when they had unleashed the massive Tet Offensive throughout South Vietnam. While ultimately deemed militarily "unsuccessful" by General Abrams and other American military experts, there is no question that the Tet Offensive triggered two events at home that dramatically changed the course of the November 1968 presidential election. First, Senator Robert Kennedy changed his mind about not running for president, and he announced his candidacy for the office at a packed press conference in DC on March 16, 1968. Then two weeks later, President Johnson announced that he would neither seek nor accept the nomination of his party to run for a second full term as president.
American soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen will go anywhere at any time to safeguard freedom and democracy.
His Presidency began with the assassination of JFK, and ended with half a million American troops stationed in Vietnam. While LBJ achieved great things for Civil Rights and the Great Society, he will always be remembered for these two national tragedies. They loom so large that they overshadow everything.
That would be the last time those Kennedy's will ever embarrass me and then he died President Kennedy LBJ