The President: April 1968. MP895.

President Lyndon B. Johnson in April 1968. MP 895. 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 johnson.library@nara.gov.
White House grounds in April

Recap of LBJ's address to the nation, White House Oval Office, 3/31/1968
Patrick Nugent, Luci Johnson Nugent looking on
Lynda Johnson Robb looking on

Newspaper reaction to 3/31/1968 address to the nation

LBJ speech to National Association of Broadcasters conference, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 3/1/1968
Dissolve to LBJ, others debarking Air Force One, greeting Mayor Richard Daley, others, Chicago, Illinois, 4/1/1968
LBJ greeting people on stage as he moves toward the podium at the 46th Annual Convention of the National Assn. of Broadcasters

Vietnam Peace Talks
Meeting With Amb. Arthur Goldberg, White House Oval Office

Newspaper headlines declaring Hanoi's willingness to enter peace negotiations
LBJ meeting with advisors, White House Oval Office
Cabinet meeting, White House Cabinet Room
Meeting with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, White House Cabinet Room

V.P. Hubert Humphrey's candidacy for the Presidency

Ceremony for the new Archbishop of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, 4/4/1968

Meeting with U Thant, United Nations Plaza, New York City, 4/4/1968

Assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Newspaper headlines
Riot footage
LBJ meeting with black leaders, White House, 4/5/1968

LBJ, Sec. Clark Clifford, others in discussion, White House Cabinet Room
Mayor Walter Washington talking
LBJ reading a paper, Justice Thurgood Marshall sitting next to LBJ
Close-up of V.P. Hubert Humphrey listening
LBJ, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Mike Mansfield listening
Close-up of Rev. Walter Fauntroy listening
Whitney Young listening
Speaker McCormack listening
Close-up of Roy Wilkins talking
Bayard Rustin listening

Post-riot footage

LBJ's address to the nation proclaiming a Day of Mourning for Dr. King, White House Fish Room, 4/5/1968
Mayor Washington, Thurgood Marshall, others look on

Footage of soldiers occupying city streets

Lady Bird Johnson's five-day trip across Texas, 4/5-9/1968

Gen. William Westmoreland visit to the White House, 4/6-7/1968
Meeting with LBJ, Family Room
Press conference, West Lobby
Dissolve to LBJ speaking at a microphone cluster, Sec. Dean Rusk, others looking on, White House West Lobby, 4/7/1968
LBJ leaving the microphone cluster, Gen. Westmoreland stepping up

Cabinet meeting, White House

LBJ meeting with advisors, Camp David, Maryland, 4/9/1968
LBJ greeting Amb. Bunker, Sec. Dean Rusk, Sec. Clark Clifford, Gen. Wheeler, they walk away
Amb. Harriman talking

President & Mrs. Josef Klaus (Austria) visit to the White House, South Lawn, 4/10/1968

Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, White House East Room, 4/11/1968

Park scenes in Washington, DC

LBJ and family in Texas, 4/13-14/1968

LBJ trip to Hawaii, 4/15-17/1968
Discussion with advisors, aides aboard Air Force One, 4/15/1968
William Bundy listening
Cyrus Vance listening
Angier Biddle Duke listening
Gen. Wheeler talking
Walt Rostow talking

LBJ arrival, Honolulu International Airport, 4/15/1968
Parade through downtown Honolulu, 4/15/1968

Arrival at the Iolani Palace, 4/15/1968
Mexico-United States Inter-parliamentary Conference, 4/15/1968

Meeting With President Park (South Korea), Korean Consulate, 4/17/1968

LBJ departs Hawaii, 4/17/1968

Meeting with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, March AFB, California, 4/18/1968

LBJ and family at the LBJ Ranch, Texas

Cabinet meeting, White House Cabinet Room

Democratic Party dinner, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 4/24/1968

Annual diplomatic reception, White House
Mr. & Mrs. V.P. Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ, others standing together, military men walking by

Luncheon in honor of private donors to the Beautification program, White House Rose Garden
Color still photo of Lady Bird Johnson, Mayor Washington standing together

Lady Bird Johnson tour of the Buchanan School playground, Washington, DC

Signing of the DC Elected Board of Education Act, White House East Room, 4/22/1968

Park scenes in Washington, DC

Lady Bird Johnson at unveiling of the Bess Truman portrait, White House, 4/18/1968

Swearing-in of Marvin Watson as Postmaster General, White House Rose Garden, 4/26/1968

LBJ meeting with members of the Urban Institute, White House Cabinet Room, 4/26/1968

Special Message to Congress on Strengthening the International Monetary System, transmitted 4/30/1968

LBJ's discussions with advisors, post-riot footage, park scenes

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