The President: May 1968. MP896 (1280x720)
Channel: TheLBJLibrary
Date: 24/03/2020

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President Lyndon B. Johnson in May 1968. MP 896. 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.

P.M. Thanom Kittikachorn (Thailand) visits the White House, 5/8/1968

LBJ, P.M. Kittikachorn on telephone to Thailand via satellite, White House Treaty Room, 5/8/1968

Proposed Vietnam Peace Talk Negotiations
Radio Hanoi's response to proposal for formal talks 5/3/1968
LBJ press conference on peace talks in Paris, White House East Room, 5/3/1968
LBJ meeting with the U.S. peace negotiation team, White House Cabinet Room, 5/6/1968

LBJ walking with Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance, White House South Lawn, 5/6/1968

Vietnam War military developments
Security advisors meeting in response to Red For Blood campaign, White House Cabinet Room, 5/22/1968(?)
Sec. Clark Clifford talking
CIA Director Richard Helms listening
Gen. John McConnell, JCS, writing
Walt Rostow listening

Captured Viet Cong footage from Vietnam
Burning buildings, casualties, and troops in South Vietnam

LBJ awards Medals of Honor to servicemen from each branch of military, Hall of Heroes dedication ceremony, the Pentagon, 5/14/1968
LBJ putting a medal around the neck of Specialist Five Charles C. Hagemiester, US Army
LBJ putting a medal around the neck of Sergeant Richard A. Pittman, USMC
LBJ putting a medal around the neck of Boatswain's Mate First Class James E. Williams, US Navy
LBJ putting a medal around the neck of Captain Gerald O. Young, USAF

Lady Bird Johnson's activities in May
Lady Bird Johnson presents the DC Youth Symphony Orchestra, White House South Lawn, 5/21/1968

Lady Bird Johnson speaks at Buchanan School Plaza playground dedication, Washington, DC, 5/7/1968

Still photographs: White House Social Reception for President Bourguiba (Tunisia), 5/15/1968; Judicial Reception, 5/7/1968; Military Reception, 5/22/1968; Senate Ladies, 5/23/1968

Presentation of the new White House china with wildflower designs, 5/9/1968
Lady Bird Johnson visits Camelback Mountain, Arizona, 5/28/1968
Barry Goldwater, others sitting together

Lady Bird Johnson dedicates home of President James Polk, North Carolina, 5/20/1968
Lady Bird Johnson in airplane
Lady Bird Johnson speaks at Women Doers Luncheon; appearance by LBJ, White House, 5/2/1968

Poor People's Campaign March on Washington, DC, and LBJ response in Press Conference, 5/3/1968
Rev. Jesse Jackson clapping

Swearing-in ceremony for Wilbur Cohen, new Secretary of HEW, White House East Room, 5/16/1968

National Association of Hearing and Speech poster girl, 5/20/1968; Navajo Bill signing, 5/17/1968; Auto Insurance Study Bill signing, 5/22/1968

LBJ at Law and Order Commemorative Stamp ceremony, White House Fish Room, 5/17/1968
LBJ shakes hands with Sen. Everett Dirksen

Consumer Credit Protection Act ("Truth-in-lending") signing, White House East Room, 5/29/1968

Signing of bill to permit increases in interest rates on insured home loans signing, H.R. 1, White House Cabinet Room, 5/7/1968
Sen. Jennings Randolph, Congressman Bryan Born applauding

LBJ efforts on behalf of the Tax Bill
Meeting with Winton Blount and Archie K. Davis, White House Oval Office, 5/29/1968
Meeting with Lane Kirkland and Andrew Biemiller (AFL-CIO), White House Cabinet Room, 5/24/1968
LBJ on the tax bill at press conference, White House East Room, 5/3/1968 

LBJ in meeting with Cabinet, White House Cabinet Room, 5/29/1968.  (Note: First film-sound footage shot of a Cabinet meeting)
V.P. Hubert Humphrey, Sec. Clark Clifford, Arthur Okun, Alan Boyd, listening
Wide shot of Cabinet meeting; zoom to LBJ, Nicholas Katzenbach, Ramsey Clark; zoom to LBJ and Katzenbach; zoom out to LBJ, Katzenbach, and Clark

Scenic shots: White House, Capitol Hill exteriors

LBJ at Senate luncheon, Senate Conference Room, 5/17/1968

Additional scenic shots: White House exterior with spring flowers in bloom

Visit of P.M. John Gorton (Australia), 5/27/1968
Welcome and greetings, White House North Porch and East Room, 5/27/1968
Meetings, White House West Living Room, 5/27/1968
P.M. Gorton, Gen. William Westmoreland, LBJ at LBJ Ranch, Texas, 5/30/1968

LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson visit former President Harry S Truman at Independence, Missouri, 5/3/1968

Political Cartoons on LBJ's tenure as President, 5/18/1968

LBJ speaks at Jim Wright dinner, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 5/29/1968

LBJ speaks at Texas Christian University Commencement, Fort Worth, Texas, 5/29/1968

Scenic shots of LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson walking together at LBJ Ranch, Texas