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| Born: | August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas |
| Died: | January 22, 1973, in Stonewall, Texas (LBJ Ranch) |
| Spouse: | Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson |
"Probably the most documented of U.S. presidents, Lyndon Johnson afforded the Navy television unit unfettered access to his administration. The result: intimate scenes of White House life typically off-limits to television cameras. Though less effective in formal television appearances, Johnson owned the telephone—we'll feature newly released telephone conversations, secretly recorded at the president's instructions. Equally revealing are home movies made by Lady Bird Johnson, detailing her husband's 1941 Senate race and their private times at the LBJ Ranch. Join us on the tarmac at Bergstrom Air Force Base as LBJ arrives on January 20, 1969, a former president returning to his roots."--Richard Norton Smith
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Programs 1 - 12 of 16
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Lady Bird Home Movie # 3—1941 Senate Race
(20 min. 43 sec.)
Color Silent
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1941: Mrs. Johnson always viewed her husband's 1941 race for the U.S. Senate as her favorite campaign, despite his loss to "Pass the Biscuits" Pappy O'Daniel. This film is a composite of several of Mrs. Johnson's recordings from that race.
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Morning Dawns as LBJ Dresses in White House Private Residence
(4 min. 6 sec.)
Color Silent
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January 1969: LBJ's last day in office. As morning dawns, the president, still in his pajamas, begins his workday making phone calls from the private residence. Aides come and go, bringing the president important papers. White House workers clean the residence while Mrs. Johnson prepares for her day.
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Lady Bird Home Movie # 4—1941 & 1948 Campaigns
(10 min. 59 sec.)
B&W Silent
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1941: This film depicts LBJ and campaign staffers working, making phone calls, holding meetings and traveling the campaign trail. Also shown are several Johnson campaign rallies.
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Lady Bird Home Movie # 9—Austin 1943
(11 min. 14 sec.)
Color Sound
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1943: This film begins with a tour of the University of Texas campus, narrated by Mrs. Johnson. Among the various other segments can be seen Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn participating in a day of boating with the Johnsons and John and Nellie Connally.
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LBJ Birthday Party at the Ranch
(1 min. 53 sec.)
Color Silent
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1966: Ranch footage showing LBJ opening birthday gifts. Presents included a jacket and sporting rifle, among others. This film also contains footage taken of one of LBJ's steers grazing in a nearby pasture and scenes of the Pedernales River.
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LBJ Inspects Damage from Hurricane Beulah
(1 min. 28 sec.)
Color Silent
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September 1967: On September 28, 1967, President Johnson arrives in Rio Grande City, Texas, to personally inspect damage from Hurricane Beulah.
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Anti-Vietnam War Demonstrations
(6 min. 3 sec.)
Color Silent
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October 1967: Footage from Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, showing anti-Vietnam war demonstrators at the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool and Memorial Bridge.
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LBJ's Secretary Empties the President's Desk—Nixon Staff on Hand
(4 min. 42 sec.)
Color Silent
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January 1969: The Oval Office on January 7, 1969—Johnson's last day as president. A secretary packs LBJ's personal effects; opening a desk drawer reveals dozens of boxes of dog treats; Nixon's staff reviews West Wing office plans as Nixon's desk arrives through an Oval Office exterior door.
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President-elect Nixon's Desk Moved Into Oval Office
(3 min. 4 sec.)
Color Silent
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1969: President Nixon's Oval Office furniture is installed as Nixon prepares to assume the presidency; a female staffer enters to clean and dust; camera pans around Oval Office in darkened setting, giving feel to the new furnishings and to the president-elects new office.
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President Johnson Visits Hoover Library
(3 min. 18 sec.)
B&W Sound
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February 1969: On February 20, 1969, President Lyndon Johnson visited the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa, where he provides an overview on transition procedures from his administration to that of his successor President Richard Nixon.
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LBJ Memorial Grove Dedication
(9 min. 9 sec.)
Color Silent
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September 1974: President Ford was on hand to help dedicate the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on September 27, 1974. This was also Mrs. Ford's last public appearance before being hospitalized for an emergency breast cancer procedure.
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Lady Bird Home Movie #1 - Spring/Fall 1940
(4 min. 35 sec.)
Color Sound
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1940: This home movie opens with footage of FDR’s motorcade passing through the White House gates and captures views of Washington, D.C., before cutting to Mount Vernon (George Washington’s plantation home). Narrated retrospectively by Mrs. Johnson.
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