Homeplace. MP457.

Homeplace. (June 1968) MP 457. 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 [e-mail].
Wide shot of Texas Hill Country, title up: "Homeplace"
Pedernales River, Texas Hill Country, LBJ Ranch scenery
Dissolve to horse running
Dissolve to sky, clouds, tree branches
Dissolve to cattle grazing
Dissolve to wide shot Ranch road entrance
Dissolve to wide shot Ranch house
Dissolve to Ranch house front exterior
Dissolve to wide shot Ranch house, pan right
wide shot Ranch house front exterior
Dissolve to wide shot Pedernales R., trees in foreground
Dissolve to cattle grazing by river
Dissolve to wide shot Pedernales R., pan left
Dissolve to wide shot Texas Hill Country horizon, pan left
Dissolve to LBJ House, tall grass in foreground
Lady Bird Johnson in living room describing, reminiscing about the LBJ house
Dissolve to Lady Bird Johnson walking in door, walking to couch
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson talking on couch
Lady Bird Johnson tells Sam Houston letter story
Close-up framed letter, pan right
Close-up Sam Houston's signature
Lady Bird Johnson describes paintings; John F. Kennedy, LBJ Inaugural medallions
Zoom in painting on wall, pan left
Dissolve to Close-up painting, zoom out
Close-up bronze medallion with John F. Kennedy, LBJ sculpted
Dissolve to Close-up bronze medallion with LBJ, V.P. Hubert Humphrey sculpted
Portrait of Sam Rayburn, zoom in
Lady Bird Johnson describes arrowheads, gifts from Mexican presidents
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch talking
Close-up hanging display case with arrowheads
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson talking
Focus to copper kettle
Dissolve to copper pots, pans, pan left
Dissolve to plant, tilt down
Medium shot chest, tilt up to painting on wall
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson talking
Lady Bird Johnson talks about LBJ's domino table
Small table with dominoes on top, zoom in
Dissolve to dominoes on tabletop
Dominoes on table; pencil & pad
Close-up matches on table, dominoes on table
Close-up cigar in ashtray
Close-up dominoes; zoom out
Lady Bird Johnson presents the dining room, dining table, kitchen
Dissolve to Lady Bird Johnson walking into dining room
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson talking
wide shot countryside, zoom in
Lady Bird Johnson walking by dining table, talking
Close-up LBJ's chair at dining table, tilt down to phone underneath table
Medium shot chair, phone under table
Two banister candles on mantle (banisters from a temporary Texas state capitol)
Close-up banister candle, tilt up
Lady Bird Johnson in dining room talking
Close-up set tabletop, pan right
Kitchen, food being prepared
House worker in kitchen
Close-up corn, pan left to tomatoes
Kitchen staff worker cooking bacon
Close-up home-baked bread, pan left to LBJ Ranch peach preserves, fade to soft focus
Lady Bird Johnson talking about Lyn Nugent in dining room
Focus to flower setting, zoom out, Lady Bird Johnson standing behind high chair; zoom in, pan hard left
Lady Bird Johnson presents the den
Dissolve to Lady Bird Johnson entering den through door
Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch, talking
Lady Bird Johnson describes furnishings in den, Ferguson furniture, Civil War painting, portrait of O. Henry
Wooden coffee table
Close-up needlework, zoom out
Medium shot Lady Bird Johnson on couch talking, zoom in
Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch, talking
Medium shot painting on wall
Close-up painting
Close-up painting, tilt up
Portrait of O. Henry on wall, zoom in dedication
Deer head hat rack
Close-up deer head trophy hat rack, zoom out
LBJ speaks about living at, visiting the Ranch
Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch, talking
LBJ enters den, Lady Bird Johnson gets up from couch
LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch; LBJ talks about his home, zoom in
Medium shot LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson on couch, LBJ talking, Yuki runs up LBJ pets
Close-up Lady Bird Johnson listening
Close-up LBJ talking about his home
Medium shot LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch, LBJ talking
Medium shot LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson sitting on couch, LBJ talking, side view
Medium shot LBJ, Lady Bird Johnson on couch, LBJ talking
Close-up LBJ talking; zoom out, pan left, zoom in LBJ
LBJ Ranch house exterior, title up: "Homeplace June 1968", fade to black
Film credits

[@sharonrousseau3527]

This is very touching. Both President and Mrs. Johnson are so articulate and impressive. I can feel their love for this place and it reminds me of my visits to rural Oklahoma as a child. Happy family memories and a grounding only a sense of place can give you.

[@Texaslawhorn]

We Texans love Lady Bird! ❤

[@joshuas.986]

I live about 30 minutes from their ranch, absolutely beautiful place.

[@That_Random_Bloke]

Joshua S. You’re incredibly fortunate. It looks so beautiful there

[@instapizzabmx4206]

You should make a video on it

[@Indianaguy72]

Regardless of politics, there was something about America's older generation that was more classy and dignified.

[@ryanwilliams6206]

They were just as corrupt. Nothing special about them. Dont be fooled

[@XxRosexX96]

And more racist lol

[@Indianaguy72]

@@ryanwilliams6206 not all of them were

[@sharonrousseau3527]

Absolutely.

[@markmcg293]

Well said. I agree.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Lady Bird was remarkable. I wish she could have been president.

[@mauricioochoa4179]

Lady Bird was very articulate and magnetic

[@whos1st]

Thank You Madam First Lady and Mr. President. You have a lovely home.

[@brandonmills9577]

This woman was a damn saint given all the things she had to endure from her husband. LBJ slept with everything moving and had kids outside of marriage. But they both loved each other regardless to their imperfections.

[@tomflake6141]

Saw the ranch last week. It's nice watching them in one of the rooms I toured in. Brings it down home. You could gain years on your life on a ranch like theirs.

[@nadiazahroon6573]

Some people may not know LBJ was a teacher to migrant workers children. Humble beginnings.

[@YouSimon1000]

Lady Bird had the strength and self-confidence to put up with LBJ, his temperament, and his womanizing. Also the apparent lack of consideration. Notice how she held out her hand when he came into the living room, and then dropped it when he showed no sign of taking it. He may not have showed her the public affection we expected, but she knew she was the most important woman in his life. She had a lot in common with Jackie Kennedy. A very great woman, and First Lady.

[@clemsonbloke]

+You Simon LOL, he was a known philanderer.

[@LUPITA7040]

+You Simon Lady Bird had a lot in common with Jackie Kennedy??? sorry, I desagree, Jackie was not a wife of a killer

[@YouSimon1000]

You missed the point entirely. Both had philandering husbands, but put up with it for a greater good.

[@quadcomputers]

+You Simon Thanks for comment, because it is well know Johnson's hidden button in the White House (to have his agents warn him) if Lady Bird was coming down the hall, so he would not be caught in any embarrassing situation or position. Furthermore this man was the most ruthless person to ever serve in our government. Johnson was the very evil, which Dwight D. Eisenhower had warned us about...and do take notice of his body posture on the sofa... he is but a twisted and broken man. Indeed he would never regain his youth and instead he suffered from severe mental depression and disorders; which is nothing more than his own evils, falling back to their source. God help our country, whenever people desire to swept the truths of reality under the rug.... for example Johnson starting a war on a 'FALSE FLAG" and his tearing up John Kennedy's non-involvement legislation for Vietnam; here before Kennedy was even laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery.

[@oradixiegalloway955]

You Simon tell me a man that don't cheat.

[@nickshannon7309]

I feel the Same way as president lbj when he talked about coming back home and missing the food his mother cooked for him as a child and feeling at peace that's kinda how I feel when I'm down in Tennessee in Rockwood even though I was raised in Pennsylvania I still have Tennessee in my blood and will always be apart of me and I look at my aunt's like my mom because they remind me so much of my mom so I feel at peace when I'm down there and with my family but I have the best of both worlds northern and southern

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

Very cool! I have relatives in Harriman, TN, as well as Sevierville.

[@martinjenkins6467]

We never loose the country from our hearts, even when we work in the city for years. I called my home town God's own land. Greetings from Australia

[@nav1pi983]

This is great. I feel privileged to have discovered this. It may be fifty years on, but better late than never. I love it. And thank you, Lady Bird. I never realized your voice was so distinct. Amazing.

[@conniethomas6674]

It’s old school love :-) x

[@lechat8736]

Connie Thomas Either it`s love or it isn`t. Old school love doesn`t exist. There are only old school behavior and manners. Either it`s love or it isn`t.

[@markmcg293]

LBJ was President before I was born. I know enough about history to know he was controversial for various reasons. Nonetheless, this film communicates a wholesomeness and a fidelity and respect for institutions and the past that I admire... and miss. At 13:51 , I like how Lady Bird reacted to LBJ's story about tying a can on a dog's tail when he was a youth. It made me chuckle because it reminded me of my wife and that is exactly how she would react to such a story. LBJ certainly married up.

[@rakeshjoshi8483]

Wow!! Whatta personality LBJ!!

[@mistermalta]

The disapproving face Lady Bird makes when LBJ tells the dog and can story is cute.

[@jolenaagapisou3803]

mistermalta - LBJ was downright cruel to animals, one photo I saw he had lifted his beagle up in the air by its ears!! You know that had to hurt the pup!! I never liked him before that incident, detested him afterwards - even more insidious was he got us into the Vietnam war, wasn’t till Nixon became President it ended!

[@jolenaagapisou3803]

mistermalta - yep, lbj was cruel to animals, what kind of person does that to a dog?? What a creep he was plus a big ugly liberal to top it off!! Ugh

[@mistermalta]

Little dog Yuki is at home in front of the camera.

[@jayrosen6663]

With all his faults, LBJ passed more legislation to uplift people out of poverty and into the workforce!!! Only FDR passed more bills!!!!

[@homerosanchez204]

But he was tied to the JFK coup and covered it up along with the banking and media cartel. Overwhelming information!

[@aaronsmall5133]

Absolutely - he was the last New Deal president in the White House.

[@martinjenkins6467]

People forget that. All they bitch about is fucking Vietnam, which was dumped in his lap by two other presidents.

[@nesbitstreet]

I think the time has come to rehabilitate LBJ in the way that David McCullough rehabilitated Truman. Robert Caro paints him as a monster which is unfair. You could do that to any president, but it would only be half the story. Many people actually loved Lyndon.

[@mahoganydenzik738]

Lady Bird Johnson Looks Pretty

[@Nikohere]

Yeah but Jaqueline kennedy presented her way of introduction to the WH better than lady bird J, she tried to copy like her too

[@mikedonn71]

She seemed to be a sweet lady

[@stephencain1839]

Body language "experts" would have a field day analyzing how LBJ leans away from Lady Bird whilst on the couch!

[@evaciadepaz]

Amélita Johnson Téllez (my grandmother) Frank M. Johnson (great-grandfather) Lyndon B. J. was my grandmothers cousin.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

(7:59) ...I KNOW that Sister knows how to mix some groceries! 👍🏽💯☺️

[@lisabrooks9362]

Their little dog Yuki is precious!

[@lisica8458]

I was in early elementary school when LBJ was president. I remember seeing him on TV and thinking he was an old fuddy-duddy. Vietnam notwithstanding, as I grew older, I came to respect and admire LBJ for applying his skills to lead on and help pass an incredible amount of meaningful legislation -- with the help of Everett Dirksen -- in his first two years of his presidency: civil rights, voting rights, Medicare, education, etc.

[@brianarbenz7206]

I was a kindergartner when LBJ took the oath in Air Force One with a vanquished and bloodied Jackie looking on. I thought this big, rather homely man was a poor substitute for my missing young and charming President Kennedy. It took me years to understand that when it came to needed tasks, Lyndon Johnson got the job done. Ending segregation, backing voting rights, creating Head Start, Medicare, Medicaid and the Job Corps -- these were long overdue.

[@tommclaughlin4741]

LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson were such great and inspiring people, God Bless their memories.

[@JEFFOLOBE]

What a fascinating little film. Where was it shown? On TV or in the cinema? The area is still beautiful.

[@emil.jansson]

👍👍👍

[@gregoryklein2608]

It should be called the Lady Bird Library.

[@xman4un]

OH TARA!!!

[@wayneedward7391]

The car that was a boat that's cool

[@jackobtthoronn5388]

I wonder how they made love . probably chasing her around the white house...wow..scary...thougt..💑

[@petemiller9404]

that would have been a good question for the later, main, girlfriend. the one who ratted him out. and I imagine it would have been a wham bam thank u ma'am.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

Ghastly 60s decor but fascinating archive.

[@Marilyn88-]

I enjoyed the footage here but Lady Bird is a bit of a gag. Seems like she's copying Jacqueline's rendition of the White House restoration in 1961.

[@Lellobeetle]

Good ol' Lady Bird was three times the woman Jacqueline Kennedy was. She was a great business lady and she never needed a man to lean on like the Bouvier girls. Lady Bird had her *own* money, see? She was a millionaire in her own right before her husband. Lady Bird had beauty, brains AND gobs of natural honest Texas charm. Lyndon may have been the ultimate master wheeler-dealer - the last great congressional deal-maker - but Lady Bird knew how to deal with Lyndon, which wasn't easy. And, she knew how to deal with people of all walks of life. In case you missed her favorite piece in her living room, that was a letter by Sam Houston. THE Sam Houston, to President Johnson's great grandfather. Oh, and Lady Bird was a real scholastic stand-out, unlike Jackie Kennedy, who put in a total of exactly one day at her "hard-won" twelve-month junior editorship at Vogue magazine, after an editor knew at 22 Bouvier was considered too old to be single given her social circles and thus counselled Jacqueline Bouvier to go home and get married (which she promptly did). Lady Bird had not one, but TWO four-year university degrees with honors from a real university. Jacqueline Kennedy would have done very well to take a cue from Lady Bird, not the other way round. Oh, and Lady Bird had the very good mind to become an Episcopalian. Don't mess with Texas, Texans or Episcopal Church Women, my friend.

[@martinemjt]

were the lbjs secessionists?

[@tenorly]

On the contrary, they're still - 50 years later - looked upon as traitors by apologists of the Confederacy. Despite the fact that most white people in the Antebellum/Confederate South lived in abject poverty (often worse than black slaves), the pre-Civil War era is still idealized by many in the South. The fact that LBJ denied them the ability to humiliate blacks (whom, incredibly, many in the South blame for the Civil War), is still unforgivable to these types. LBJ himself predicted that his civil and voting rights legislation would push most Southern whites into the arms of the Republican Party. Accordingly, the once dignified, centrist GOP has become the ONLY major party in the developed world to meet all 14 criteria for fascism. A macabre spectacle, made even more dangerous by the fact that they're bankrolled by the most extremist among our billionaire class. This might change someday, of course; but we can only hope.

[@brentpage8773]

Actually, Viet Nam diverted funds from his Great Society programs, effectively rendering some impotent. The War was simply a debt he paid to Brown & Root for their long-time patronage, opportunity for more kickbacks, as well as an effort to stop Communist spread. I really would like to have seen his reaction when the North invaded back in '75 (?).

[@clemsonbloke]

+kevin johnson Fought for the end of poverty eh? By sending the poor of america to fight in Vietnam? You're a real bright bulb.

[@quadcomputers]

+kevin johnson Johnson did what the Texas oil men and elites in the state told him to do, his false flag was used to launch the Vietnam War, so your idea we eradicate poverty by murdering poor people, appears be as twisted as Johnson's corrupt body....he suffered alright... and rightfully so....

[@isaacpedroza4524]

Robert Daddario he Died From a Heart Attack Ok That's only you need to Know He Died 1973

[@aaronpaterson1615]

Johnson said no nice things about his wife Ladybird at all, he probably didnt want to piss off his girlfriend who had a son to him. His body language is very revealing, leaning away from her. He underwent serious psychological counselling because his paranoia, fears and guilt all caught up with him

[@peterm1826]

Rubbish

[@mgb5170]

​@@peterm1826 agree. people love to tear down a man who built himself up. Johnson came from nothing and had an interesting relationship with his wife, who we presume, knew about his outside marriage relationships. Her choice to stay and his also. Private Biz. I admire what this man could do.

[@inthedesert2008]

Inherited wealth

[@budsaplenty]

I feel sorry for her I know he had her doing all kinds of sick shit. Why would they have beagles in the home with all of that property to run around.. Dirty ole man LBJ

[@conniethomas6674]

I can see this man is so worn out (it feels that he gave his absolute all) and sadly had too short a retirement :-(

[@normanduke8855]

It makes me sad to see LBJ so weak and used up. I remember him as a strong, powerful and competent leader. I could listen to Lady Bird talk for hours. America is truly a wonderful, special Country. I am so proud.

[@garywilliams7306]

Ladybird seems Country but classy!

[@lisica8458]

She came from a wealthy family and earned a degree from UT.

[@That_Random_Bloke]

I love Mrs Johnson’s accent and manner of speaking. America was lucky to have a first lady like her.

[@joltinjack]

This must have been filmed right after RFK was assassinated. I'm sure the LBJ Ranch was a lot more peaceful than D.C at the time, or any other.

[@Yobbie72]

Nice to see the President look so tanned, and relaxed at his home. It seems like a wonderful place.

[@dougdandrea2819]

Ciaran Ryan 1

[@sumbeech1484]

Good to see LBJ in a non-offical way ! He had alot weighing on him by June of '68-- Got us involved in some worthless slaughter in South East Asia, major cities being destroyed by the soul brutha's, people being assinated every other day, economy wrecked, wondering if he should run for re-election ! You could tell the strain had him beat down ! If it wasn't for the Nam, he could had done some great things !

[@oka1985]

I went to this Homeplace of LBJ in 2013. I enjoyed watching a big bulls, his old cars and the presidential plane. Everything in that places look wonderful and I wish to go again. I liked Texas.

[@martinemjt]

i Wonder who inherited or still lives there.his kids or his grandkids?

[@brentpage8773]

Did you see his signature rock that the astronauts, among other dignitaries, had signed?

[@Seversonronald8]

The main house and part of the ranch closest to it belongs to the National Park Service. The Johnson daughters still have houses maybe a 1/4 or 1/2 mile away. Both houses are on LBJ ranch land. I highly recommend going to visit the LBJ Ranch. It is really an incredible experience.

[@mattiasakemalm1412]

Amazing, thank You so much

[@rmoalxa]

Wow his ears were huge.

[@stephencarter7266]

Very soothing voice.

[@gagfails4985]

what about his affairs and his secret love child.

[@robmoir7524]

Had he lived like his brother before him I think r f k would have been a good president certainly a,far cry from l b j

[@mariocisneros911]

Unknown. Johnson was born poor and thought , cared more for minorities and poor. Rfk was born with silver spoon. Many of his just gave lip service, than did little afterwards.

[@startreksam]

Rob Moir l totally agree!

[@lechat8736]

@@mariocisneros911 You are so very wrong.

[@Melinda8162]

@@mariocisneros911 BTW , Robert Kennedy couldn't stand Martin Luther King, either! That was all a facade in his part! LBJ is who said let King march! True.

[@Melinda8162]

@@lechat8736 No, you are.

[@jeffyjohn5673]

Cant help it, uncouth guy did not even take his wife's hand when he walked in the room. It is hard to believe these two hicks assumed one of the most powerful positions in the world and affected the life of millions of people.. They both look a lot like my parents did as well as their decor. LOL..

[@agirlyoudontknow332]

jeffy john LBJ was the bad one not his wife.

[@mariocisneros911]

Never critique whom you don't know. And their culture

[@danielcollins6530]

Nothing compared to Kennedy