The White House. President Barack Obama Get Email UpdatesContact Us Go to homepage. Home • About the White House • Inside the White House • Video Series Video Series History|Interactive Tour|West Wing Tour|Video Series|Décor and Art|Holidays Inside the White House Video Series These videos take you behind-the-scenes at the White House. You'll find exclusive interviews with the Marine Sentries who guard the West Wing, a look at the ten letters President Obama reads each day and bring you inside the process of creating the President's State of the Union address. Go ahead. Take a look. State of the Union Go behind the scenes as President Obama and his team get ready for the 2012 State of the Union address. Download mp4 (46.4MB) All the President’s Pens Why do presidents use so many pens to sign legislation? White House Staff Secretary Lisa Brown explains. Download mp4 (61MB) Letters to the President Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America's issues and concerns. "Letters to the President" is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President's desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day. Download mp4 (111MB) The Situation Room An exclusive look inside one of the most secure spaces in the country, the White House Situation Room. Download mp4 (134MB) The Cabinet President Obama and Cabinet members share their perspectives on their bimonthly meetings in this exclusive, behind-the-scenes video. Download mp4 (114MB) Beer Brewing at the White House Go behind the scenes to see the White House home-brewing process in this recent, behind-the-scenes video. See the recipes in this White House blog post. Download mp4 (186.5MB) Catching Up with The Curator: The Steinway Piano Go inside the White House with White House Curator, Bill Allman, as he talks about one of the White House's most recognized artifacts, The Steinway Piano and learn about the famous piano that has helped to establish the East Room of the White House as a focal point for the performing arts. Download mp4 Catching Up with The Curator: The White House Fire of 1814 Go inside the White House with White House Curator Bill Allman as he shows you how the effects of the White House fire of 1814 still linger until this day. Download mp4 (71.2MB) Catching Up with The Curator: Presidential Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Learn the story behind how President Theodore Roosevelt's presidential portrait came to life and why it hangs in the East Room. Download mp4 Catching Up with The Curator: Watch Meeting — Dec. 31st 1862 — Waiting for the Hour Learn why President Obama hand-picked the painting Watch Meeting — Dec. 31st 1862 — Waiting for the Hour by William Carlton to hang just outside his office in the West Wing. Download mp4 Catching Up with The Curator: The Presidential Seal Learn about the Presidential Seal and see a sample of the locations it is hiding in plain sight in the White House. Download mp4 Marshmallow Launch at the White House Science Fair President Obama and an 8th grader from Arizona shoot a super soft rocket across the State Dining Room. Download mp4 (72MB) Behind the Scenes: Preparing The United Kingdom State Dinner Watch as the White House chefs make preparations for a State Dinner honoring Prime Minister David Cameron. Download mp4 (60.2MB) The Marine Sentries Learn about some of the Marines who stand sentry outside the West Wing—and their feelings towards Christmas trees. Download mp4 (64MB) The Kitchen Garden First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II. This new garden was planted in the Spring of 2009 with the help of local elementary school children and has yielded a constant supply fresh produce for the First Family and White House guests. Download mp4 (131MB) Bees! This beehive on the South Lawn is a first for the White House. The busy bees pollinate the kitchen garden, flora all over Washington and provide honey for the White House kitchen. Take a look at the 2010 colony, estimated at about 70,000 bees, and listen to how the idea for a beehive on the South Lawn came about. Download mp4 (29MB) The Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the highest military honor awarded by the United States. Take a look behind the scenes at what goes into the award presentation at the White House. 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