Lady Bird Johnson Home Movies, Home Movie #31: 1965 in Washington, aboard Air Force One, and LBJ Ranch. Footage of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and others in Washington, D.C., aboard Air Force One and at the LBJ Ranch. This is a silent, color film. Following is a scene by scene description, courtesy of the Audio Visual Archives at the LBJ Library.
The film opens with various scenes of Washington, D.C. We see pink flowers blooming near the Capitol, and then three Red Cross nurses in front of a building. Mrs. Johnson talks to these nurses with the Capitol in the background. Next an unidentified woman and two children stand by a cherry tree in bloom. A boy climbs the tree while a little girl looks on. We see flowers and a water fountain in the park.
The next scenes are of President and Mrs. Johnson and various individuals aboard Air Force One. Unidentified women play cards. Possibly Henry B. Gonzales? reads a newspaper. Two unidentified men sit aboard the plane and another unidentified man removes his glasses. Two unidentified women and a man play cards. Several unidentified people talk to each other aboard the plane. Lady Bird Johnson plays cards. LBJ (in a suit) works at his desk in Air Force One. An unidentified woman, possibly a secretary, looks on. People play cards, and a woman holds beagle. An unidentified woman and man show a newspaper front page.
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