Lady Bird Johnson Home Movie #11, HM11: Lynda's First Year, Spring - Summer 1944 (1280x720)
Channel: TheLBJLibrary
Date: 15/02/2019

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Lady Bird Johnson Home Movies, Home Movie 11. Footage of Lynda Johnson Robb's first year. Lynda Bird Johnson was LBJ and Lady Bird's first child. This is a silent, color, mostly outdoor film with retrospective narration by Mrs. Johnson. Following is a scene by scene description, courtesy of the Audio Visual Archives at LBJ Library.
The beginning segment features Lynda Bird Johnson and her new relatives at 30th Place in Washington D.C.. First we see baby Lynda being held by Albertine (Sam Houston's wife). Albertine gives Lynda to her paternal grandmother, Rebekah Baines Johnson, and then Lynda goes back to Albertine. Lynda lies on a bassinet and then in a buggy given to her by Justice Tom Clark.
The next scenes are of Mrs. Johnson's backyard terrace, and the camera lingers on the garden and flowers at 30th Place. Mrs. Johnson mentions Zephyr Wright and then Dr. Reed, the Johnson's next door neighbor.
Some footage is blacked-out for privacy reasons, but Mrs. Johnson's narration indicates it was Lynda taking a bath and playing. 
Next we see her playing in her playpen with a rattle, then in the buggy and then beside a window. This was the summer of 1944.
The next few scenes are of Lady Bird holding and feeding Lynda.
The following scenes are of Lynda and Lady Bird in the backyard in the summer of 1944.  Lynda is wearing a yellow dress in a baby buggy, and then she is on Aunt Effie's bed. 
Lady Bird, in a bathing suit, holds Lynda in the backyard.
Then next segment features Bill Deason in the garden, and the camera captures some particularly pretty Lemon Lilies. 
The film ends on a frame of Lady Bird holding Lynda.
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