The President's House. MP459.

The President's House. MP 459. 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 [email protected].

Tourists at the White House; tourists taking photos of White House
People exiting White House North, zoom out

Walkthrough of White House State Rooms; East Room, Red Room
Dissolve to East Room, pan right, walk through doorway into Red Room, pan left; pan right

Title up: "The Presidents House", State Room in White House
Dissolve to Point of view from walking through state room, title up: "The President's House"

Lady Bird Johnson presents the White House Living Room (Family Room) and Cabinet Room

Cabinet meetings, White House news correspondents
Cabinet Room exterior at night
LBJ in Cabinet Room with advisors
Television vans, trucks parked outside White House
Medium shot television vans, trucks parked outside White House
Cameraman, pan left to reporter
Zoom in V.P. Hubert Humphrey at Cabinet table

Lady Bird Johnson presenting White House Living Room, LBJ painting acquisitions

Lady Bird Johnson presents the White House Treaty Room
Dissolve to Lady Bird Johnson turning on lights in Treaty Room, walking in
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson talking

Lady Bird Johnson presents Treaty Room furnishings, history
Close-up glass objects
Close-up wooden clock
Zoom in candelabrum
Medium shot lamp on table
Zoom in tortoise shell waste basket
Zoom out chandelier
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson talking
Lady Bird Johnson talking, standing by table in Treaty Room
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson talking
Pan along table in Treaty Room
Dissolve to document, zoom in
Dissolve to treaty, tilt up to painting
Lady Bird Johnson standing by Treaty table talking
Close-up antique telephone, zoom in


LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent, Lynda Johnson Robb having lunch in White House Family Dining Room
Dissolve to LBJ, pan left First Family at Dining table, zoom out; pan right
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson
Close-up Lyn Nugent
Close-up LBJ
LBJ feeding Lyn Nugent; zoom in Lyn Nugent
Close-up Lynda Johnson Robb
Medium shot LBJ at table, Lyn Nugent next to him in high chair
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson
Close-up Lynda Johnson Robb
Close-up Lyn Nugent, Luci Johnson Nugent
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ at table
Close-up Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent, zoom in Lyn Nugent
Close-up Lynda Johnson Robb
Focus to Close-up Lady Bird Johnson
Close-up Lyn Nugent
Close-up LBJ eating
Close-up Lyn Nugent, Luci Johnson Nugent, tilt up to Luci Johnson Nugent
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson, pan left to Lynda Johnson Robb
Close-up Luci Johnson Nugent
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson at table
Close-up Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent
Pan left to LBJ leaving table kissing family members

Lady Bird Johnson presents White House Yellow Oval Room

South Lawn Head of State ceremonies
wide shot from above: Head of State ceremonies, crowd, band on White House Lawn
Close-up U Thant, LBJ, others on South Lawn
Marine band playing, tilt down to color guard
LBJ, U Thant, Lady Bird Johnson observing ceremonies
Medium shot LBJ, U Thant, and Lady Bird Johnson observing ceremonies
Dissolve to map case door opening, zoom in

Lady Bird Johnson reading briefings on Head of State visitors, ceremony
Lady Bird Johnson, Bess Abel looking over papers
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson
Close-up Bess Abel
Dissolve to White House Head of State Ball ceremonies, color guard, protocol line

Lady Bird Johnson talking in Yellow Oval Room

Lyn Nugent's 1st Birthday party in Yellow Oval Room
Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent in White House Yellow Oval Room with birthday cake
Close-up cake
Close-up Lyn Nugent, zoom out
Close-up Lyn Nugent's foot in cake
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson Nugent, Lyn Nugent on floor, Lady Bird Johnson cleaning Lyn Nugent

Lady Bird Johnson talking about her Christmas in the White House Yellow Oval Room

LBJ speaks of the Presidency from his desk in the White House Oval Office
LBJ in office looking over papers
LBJ in chair at desk turning to face camera in Oval Office, LBJ speaks, zoom in
Medium shot LBJ in Oval Office speaking

White House exterior at night, title up, closing credits