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President Lyndon Johnson’s daughter, Lynda, married U.S. Marine Captain Charles Robb in a December 9, 1967, White House ceremony. The White House Naval Photographic Center captured the weddi…

President Johnson briefed reporters and responded to questions on the Vietnam War. He responded to questions on force levels and increased tensions in Vietnam, and reflected on his four year…

President Lyndon B. Johnson explained and defended his Vietnam War policies in a November 17, 1967, White House press conference in the East Room, which was carried live by radio and televis…

This film reports on President Lyndon Johnson’s activities in November 1967. Scenes included the arrival of King Mahendra of Nepal, the signing of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, and a …

President Johnson addressed the problem of civil disturbances in many cities accros the United States and announced the creation of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, or th…

A portion of a June 1967 Universal Newsreel about the nomination of civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court shows various clips of Mr. Marshall, including with Presid…

News footage was shown of a meeting between President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin held in New Jersey following an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly to …

President Lyndon Johnson talked about a threatened strike against the railroads and financial legislation with AFL-CIO President George Meany, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, and Senate F…

We continue our series of President Lyndon Johnson’s calls from fifty years ago. In these February 1967 conversations, he discussed defense contracts, the 1963 assassination of President Ken…

President Lyndon Johnson talked to cabinet members, key advisers and the leaders of the Senate about the war in Vietnam, whether to release impounded highway funds and a pending treaty with …