President Lyndon B. Johnson in July 1966. MP 876. 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].


Scenic shots of Pedernales River, Texas

Views of LBJ birthplace, LBJ Ranch, Texas

LBJ trip to LBJ Ranch, Texas, 7/2-10/1966
LBJ, guests on LBJ Ranch lawn, 7/2/1966
LBJ, Sec. Robert McNamara on runway, 7/6/1966
Deer and wildlife at Ranch, 7/6/1966
LBJ, Press eating lunch at LBJ Ranch, 7/5/1966
Luci Johnson serving food with wooden spoon, Luci Johnson serving Lady Bird Johnson
Close-up of Luci Johnson while serving food
Patrick Nugent feeding Him and Her table scraps, Luci Johnson sitting next to him, fade out

LBJ's 66th press conference, LBJ Ranch lawn, 7/5/1966

Airline departures
Tail of United airliner

LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson return to White House
Fade into White House Oval Office
Empty chair in White House Oval. Office
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson, Patrick Nugent with Him and Her debarking Presidential Helicopter; greeting Sec. Dean Rusk; fade out


LBJ presenting awards during Department of Defense Cost Reduction ceremony, Pentagon, Washington, DC, 7/12/1966

Rain falling on White House, 7/12/1966

Press conference from White House Theatre, 7/12/1966

Commissioning of the research ship Oceanographer, Washington Navy Yard, 7/13/68

Visit by P.M. Harold Holt (Australia), 7/14/1966
Medium shot LBJ, Holt boarding USS Sequoia

LBJ presenting service award to William J. Hopkins, 7/15/1966
Fade into LBJ presenting William J. Hopkins with award for 23 years of service as executive clerk of the White House
Crowd on White House Lawn, Washington Monument seen in background
Hopkins, LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson greeting civil servants attending ceremony

Press Corps party for Luci Johnson, White House State Dining Room
Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson conversing, laughing with reporters

LBJ holding press conference

LBJ meeting with Congressional leaders, 7/19/1966
B&W still photograph of Sen. George Mahon
B&W still photograph of Sen. Leverett Saltonstall

LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson visit hospital ship on the Potomac
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson boarding hospital ship

LBJ speaking to American Field Service students, White House South Lawn, 7/20/1966,

Fade into LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Lynda Johnson walking on White House Lawn towards exchange students
Wide shot of White House Lawn, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial


Visit by P.M. Forbes Burnham of Guyana, 7/21/1966


LBJ trip to Indiana, 7/23/1966
Departure from Andrews AFB, Washington, DC, 7/23/1966
Arrival celebration in Indiana, 7/23/1966
LBJ speaking to crowd, 7/23/1966
Inscription on memorial reads: "Indian and British War -, Battle of Tippecanoe...and defeated Indians Nov. 7,

LBJ trip to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 7/23/1966
LBJ observing display of Viet Cong weaponry
LBJ speaking to 101st Airborne
LBJ observing 101st Airborne on runway
LBJ presenting medal
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson conversing with soldiers

LBJ trip to Vincennes, Indiana, 7/23/1966
LBJ signing bill establishing George Rogers Clark National Historic Park
LBJ speaking to crowds
LBJ awarding Beautification citations
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson awarding beautification citation to Postmaster of Jeffersonville; postmaster holding up citation

LBJ addressing the crowd
LBJ handshakes with people in crowd

LBJ presenting awards to Col. Robert Stephens and Lt. Col. Walter F. Daniels

Unveiling ceremony for the American Servicemen and Savings Bond Anniversary Stamp, White House East Room, 7/28/1966
Fade into LBJ observing unveiling ceremony of new stamp dedicated to soldiers from Sioux City, Iowa


Visit by P.M. Harold Wilson (Great Britain), White House, 7/29/1966
Arrival of P.M. Wilson, White House Drive

LBJ approaching limousines, greeting Wilson, Sec. Dean Rusk greeting Wilson, LBJ, Wilson posing for photographers

LBJ, P.M. Wilson conversing in White House Oval Office

Airline strike

Fade into Eastern Airliner on runway
Fade into B&W still photograph of LBJ with airline negotiator William J. Curtin, P.L. Siemiller (President of machinists)
Fade into United airlines plane inactive on the runway