1920-1960WASHINGTON DC
USES LIVE-ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY & ILLUSTRATION FROM VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS OF PERIODS OF HISTORY BEING DISCUSSED TO OUTLINE THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN 1790 TO THE EXPANDED & REMODELED EXECUTIVE MANSION OF 1960. RECOUNTS SOME OF ITS OCCUPANTS, FROM JOHN ADAMS TO DWIGHT EISENHOWER (IKE), AND THE CHANGES THEY HAVE MADE. FEATURES THE PUBLIC ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THEIR FURNISHINGS, AND THE OFFICES SELDOM SEEN BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. INTERIORS WHITE HOUSE. HOME OF THE PRESIDENT.
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OVERHEAD SHOT, CAPITOL BLDG, WASHINGTON, DC
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1950s CARS COMING & GOING FROM PARKING AREA WHITE HOUSE IN B/G.
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TOURISTS WANDERING IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE
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WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS MONTAGE. WEEPING BIRCH TREE PLANTED BY CALVIN COOLDIGE'S WIFE. MAGNOLIA TREES PLANTED BY PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. LS SOUTH ENTRANCE & NORTH ENTRANCE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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STILLS, WHITE HOUSE PLAN OF WHITE HOUSE
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ARCHITECTS USING TOOLS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME QUILL PEN, T-SQUARE, DRAWING COMPASS. DRAWING WHITE HOUSE ADDITIONS. CU SKETCH
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PAINTING, WAR OF 1812. STILLS. PORTRAITS.
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INTERIOR WHITE HOUSE, ROOM ONCE LINCOLN'S STUDY ABRAHAM LINCOLN BED, OVER 8 FEET LONG.
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PORTRAIT OF LINCOLN
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STILL INTERIOR WHITE HOUSE, ORNATE FURNISHINGS FROM THE TIME BENJAMIN HARRISON WAS PRESIDENT FILL THE ROOMS
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STILL FURNISHINGS CIRCA 1902, TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S ERA SIMPLE FURNISHINGS. PORTRAIT TEDDY & SONS
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HS WEST WING, WHITE HOUSE, EXECUTIVE OFFICES
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STILL, TEDDY ROOSEVELT
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PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON SIGNING PAPERS, WALL OF MEN STAND BEHIND HIM
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WWI WORLD WAR ONE ERA, GENERAL PERSHING ARRIVING AT WHITE HOUSE
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EXTERIOR WHITE HOUSE CIRCA 1920
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CU CALVIN COOLDIGE SIGNING PAPERS AT HIS DESK
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MS, CU HERBERT HOOVER OUTDOORS ON PODIUM SPEAKING
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MS FDR GIVING SPEECH, TAKES OFF PINCE NEZ EYE GLASSES.
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CU HARRY TRUMAN AT DESK PREPARING TO SPEAK, FIXES HIS GLASSES.
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IKE GIVING PRESS CONFERENCE. PAN REPORTERS
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STILL
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EXTERIOR WHITE HOUSE, RESTORATION RENOVATION COMPLETED, CIRCA 1952. GREATLY EXPANDED WEST WING.
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INTERIOR WEST WING, PRESIDENT / CABINET MEETING ROOM, BLACK MAN SETS UP BOOKS AT SEATS. MS AMERICAN FLAG & PRESIDENTAL SEAL FLAG FLANK PRESIDENT'S CHAIR.
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PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE OFFICE.
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NORTH ENTRANCE, MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE SPACIOUS LOBBY 4 DATES SURROUNDED BY STARS; 1817 1972-1902, 1952
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PRESIDENTIAL SEAL ABOVE DOORS, MAN OPENS THE DOORS TO THE BLUE ROOM
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INTERIOR BLUE ROOM
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GUARD POINT HIS ARM TOWARD GREEN ROOM. POINTS ARM TOWARD RED ROOM.
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RED ROOM RECEPTION ROOM
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STATE DINING ROOM. CU GOLD CANDLEABRAS. SILVER CHANDELIER DATING FROM TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S TIME
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CHINA ROOM, CU PART OF SET USED BY JOHN ADAMS.
SERVICE USED BY JAMES POLK. PLACE SETTING USED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. SETTING USED BY IKE. |
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PAN TO PORTRAIT OF MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE
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OVAL ROOM, DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM.
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GREEN ROOM. RUG BEARING PRESIDENTIAL SEAL
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GUARD OPENS MASSIVE DOORS LEADING TO THE EAST ROOM. INTERIOR EAST ROOM
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GRAND PIANO. CU SCENES OF AMERICAN FOLK DANCES DECORATE THE PIANO
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CU QUOTE FROM JOHN ADAMS IN THE STATE DINING ROOM
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MOTORCYCLE SIDE CAR LEADING CAR AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
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