“ THE WHITE HOUSE STORY ” EXECUTIVE MANSION HISTORY FROM JOHN ADAMS TO JFK WASHINGTON D.C. XD45344

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This black and white film tells the history of the Executive Mansion of the United States, the White House, and was likely made in the early 1960’s. Starting with its construction in 1800, we’re lead through some of the highlights of the Presidents and their families who lived there up through the 35th President, John F. Kennedy. Though bookended with footage of Washington D.C. and the White House interior, the majority (beginning at 03:33) the majority of this film is composed of still images of paintings, drawings, and photographs. Written by Amy L. Jansen, narrated by Phil Tonken, music by Filmsounds, Inc. A Jensen Production, Sterling Educational Film Release.
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every US president since John Adams in 1800. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style and construction began in 1792. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Because of crowding within the Executive Mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. By 1948, the residence's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once the structural work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt. The modern-day White House complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, East Wing, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and Blair House, a guest residence.
00:09 The White House and Ellipse as viewed from the Washington Monument 00:35 TITLE SCREEN as camera pans left (West); Department of the Interior Building, Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, Potomac River, Reflecting Pool, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Bridge 01:00 Pan continues; Tidal Basin, Jefferson Memorial, Rochambeau Memorial Bridge, Bureau of Engraving and Printing 01:22 Pan continues; Department of Agriculture Building, Smithsonian Castle, Capitol Building, National Museum of Natural History, National Gallery of Art 01:41 Capitol Building, dome under renovation 01:54 Lafayette Square; people stroll, children feed pigeons 02:24 General Andrew Jackson Statue, White House as viewed from statue 02:49 North Lawn fountain, North Portico entrance 03:05 Cabinet Room and the President’s chair with plaque: “THE PRESIDENT - JAN. 20, 1953” 03:24 Camera zooms in on portrait of George Washington 03:33 STILL IMAGES BEGIN: Early presidential homes, submitted Executive Mansion plans, John Adams 06:08 Thomas Jefferson, White House improvements, James Madison 07:07 Burning of Washington, White House on August 24, 1814 08:51 White House rebuilds, South Portico added 10:14 Andrew Jackson 11:58 William Henry Harrison 12:30 James Buchanan 13:38 Abraham Lincoln 16:46 Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant 19:31 Rutherford B. Hayes 20:52 James A. Garfield 24:37 Grover Cleveland, White House expansion drawings and models 25:35 Photographic tour of White House interior circa 1895, William McKinley 31:04 Theodore Roosevelt, greenhouses removed, West Wing constructed 32:18 William Howard Taft 33:09 Woodrow Wilson 35:28 Warren G. Harding 36:51 Calvin Coolidge 38:17 Herbert Hoover, West Wing Christmas Eve fire of 1929 38:42 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 40:39 Harry S. Truman, White House Reconstruction (1949-1952) 43:04 Dwight D. Eisenhower 44:31 John F. Kennedy 46:49 CREDITS
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[@johnkeating362]

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the White House 8 times, each visit as exciting as the first. It truly is the people’s house, and shows the best that this country has to offer. It struck me after a few times that the house isn’t as large as people assume. As I stood in the cross hall, facing the north entrance, I could look from left to right and see both exterior walls. I always wished I could have visited during the holidays to see it dressed up for Christmas. During the week between Christmas Day and New Years, there used to be evening candlelight tours for the public. I’m not sure if those are offered anymore, but it must be beautiful to see the mansion glowing in the evening. I doubt I’ll ever get to visit again since I’ve been trying to recover from cancer the last few years. But I still have the memory of being treated to a piece of cake on the occasion of the White House’s 200th birthday. If any of you have the chance to visit, it’s worth the effort to be there so early in the morning, it truly is a beautiful home.

[@bettybetty6308]

Stay well John. Beat that cancer.

[@martiniontherocks4026]

John, my sincere best wishes and hope for a full recovery for you. John, I too love The Whie House and have visited it several times. I live near by and see it often. I DID get to tour The White House at Christmas many years ago before restrictions were inforced. Let me tell you the memory of it is one of my favorites. The Presidents small band played Christmas music and all was candle lit and mesmerizing. I still remember slowly strolling down a long corridor and as it turned towards the main floor I was stunned to look up and see the actual Presidential protrait of John Kennedy in contemplation right in front of me. I wasn't expecting it and I burst into tears. I cherish the memory. Just lovvely. No cake for us but I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. I recommend Dr. William Seale's two volumme book "The President's House". Of all the White House books I've read, his is the best. He was the White House historian for 40 years. It's the most comprehensive book on the subject. Get well, John.

[@johnkeating362]

@@martiniontherocks4026, I have to agree, the Kennedy portrait is one of the finest paintings in the White House. I’m envious that you were able to visit at night, I can just imagine how the mansion must have sparkled. One time, my husband and I took his parents to Washington. Our first full day was at the White House. His parents were very impressed. Matt’s mother told us that night, as she was sitting at the vanity doing her makeup for the evening, it struck her “I went to the White House today”. She said she never thought she’d be able to say that sentence. The following spring we were sitting with them in their kitchen and Matt’s dad said “I wish I could have just one more day there”. I started looking around and found a AAA charter day trip to D.C. You would be part of a group, fly out early, spend the day touring Washington on a coach bus, then fly back late the same night. I thought we could fly out with the group, take the shuttle into the city, see what we wanted to see, then be back at the airport before the charter group and fly home. It all worked perfectly. Matt’s dad was thrilled he got his extra day, and it was very inexpensive. We wish we had as much access to all the beautiful things you have, but forget the traffic.

[@dalesmith1293]

At 10:15, what was cut off was that the crowd took over the White House at Andrew Jackson's Inauguration. There were so many people in the house that he slipped away and spent the night at a hotel and the crowd of people nearly destroyed the furnishings.

[@rafaelhernandez4288]

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[@joshuagibson2520]

This includes a lot more info than modern films I've seen on the Whitehouse.

[@carlybishop6160]

Well, this is a very dateable video. Seeing how it was made during the time of JFK so has be between 1961 and 1963. Love these old documentaries

[@jiggyfun807]

I watch this often to go to sleep at night! I absolutely love it! I feel like a little kid watching TV too late at night when I watch. I love it!!!

[@johngreen3543]

There were two omissions in the presentation. When Chester Arthur became president he commisioned Louis Comfort Tiffany to install expensive glass features which were later torn out by TR (as mentioned) Some of the walls were graced by stuffed animal heads and other game stuff killed by TR in his younger days. And the second omission is the Jacqueline Kennedy remarked that many original pieces with the White House had been taken off by previous occupants and she made a serious effort to find were they went and to buy them back.

[@winkieblink7625]

Makes one very sentimental for our precious history.

[@sodality3970]

Thank you for this excellent film !

[@donnebes9421]

“In 1790 the land that laid along the Potomac was swampy”. Funny, that land today is still a swamp.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

And isn’t it more funny that the people who “inhabit” it now have found their level in life.

[@johncronin9540]

Swampy was an understatement. Especially in summer, malaria was common, and the mosquitoes had a feast. It wasn’t the healthiest place to locate a capital. And for decades, what is now the Mall was a creek often contaminated with raw sewerage. It’s no wonder many of those who could leave the city in the summer, did so annually.

[@adamwagner1987]

Bigger swamp then it was a year or so ago id say.. maybe the tide is rising.. idk?

[@whothefoxcares]

Did *THE DONALD* train the swamp oe did the swamp win?

[@pwrfl2357]

The swamp won. He didn’t do squat

[@BigLeggedEmma]

Good film. Thanks for uploading it!

[@garystaudinger9034]

Sad that prayer by a John Adams was not always answered

[@a.a.p3254]

Damn this was a excellent presentation. God Bless America. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@MrDXRamirez]

Excellent summary of the history of the White House.

[@brentbaker9125]

A very informative video!

[@morenofranco9235]

Thank you PeriscopeFilm. As ALWAYS! An amazing slice of history. Excellent.

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[@robertabrams8562]

This was actually pretty good 👍🏼

[@kd6836]

Another quality documentary by Periscope Films. I’m not sure PF intended for there to be 4 hours of commercials inserted into a 46 minute film.

[@davidmaslow399]

Really interesting!

[@adamwagner1987]

What a wealth of knowledge 👏

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Best channel on youtube !!

[@billmason2785]

Long live America 🇺🇲..... this video was very well done

[@N.A525]

I really do like history, seems to be inherited. But it’s also a good film to go to sleep too👍🏽🥰😁

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[@kathrynbellerose6216]

Jackie Kennedy restored the White House in the most beautiful fashion.

[@tinabynum8786]

And then Melania tore it down. What a shame!

[@jasonjohnson9295]

@@tinabynum8786 how ?

[@tinabynum8786]

@@jasonjohnson9295 she tore out the rose garden and the trees that Jackie planted. These can never be replaced.

[@jasonjohnson9295]

@@tinabynum8786 omg the horror

[@utjp7077]

@@tinabynum8786 The average lifespan for a standard size rose bush is 35 years....they needed to be replaced.

[@pebblefedorchuk2952]

wonderful

[@carolswarbrick1722]

Well interesting

[@jclements7361]

I enjoyed this film, however it seems more like a film about the presidents, not the White House.

[@CJOlin]

Well, the Presidents do live and work there. You're obviously missing the point of the whole subject matter.

[@BigLeggedEmma]

Agreed! Do you know of any videos that discusess the artifacts and rooms of the WH?

[@johnsimpson6181]

Looks like this film was produced before the Kennedy assassination in which I am old enough to remember.

[@earthstewardude]

How do I get rid of the silly footage counter? Is it really necessary?

[@FrankJPSegura]

Down load the video "the how to is on KZbin". Then you need to have video editing software such as Filmora, there are many some free, and edit out the time stamp. The image will be cut off at the bottom.

[@willmfrank]

The timestamp is added by Periscope Films to prevent, or at least discourage, pirating. You can obtain a licensed copy - without timestamp - from Periscope's website.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@LydellAaron]

10:16 got cut? Seemed historically relevant

[@withonelook1985]

And then there began the most tragic era the White House had know... Really? It was literally burnt to the ground fifty years earlier.

[@withonelook1985]

Harrison to Buchanan is a span of 16 years and 4 Presidents. This is the strangest history documentary Ive ever seen. They leave out at least 10 presidents, but include Presidents like WHH who had absolutely no impact at all.

[@johngreen3543]

They also forgot to mention that Hays was the first to inaugurate the Easter Egg Hunt on the White House lawn

[@biphkreimier8210]

I love these old movies but I can't let it go.. Woodrow Wilson, the most evil President ever, FDR a close second, not only allowed the federal reserve be passed but he had a stroke in his second term and allowed the corrupt Col Mendel House, he was never a col btw, and his wife run the government into the ground. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. No offense against the strokies either. I am a fellow strokie, with degrees in history and political science. I have problems. Thanks and have a wonderful rest of the movie

[@willdwyer6782]

You might want to change the title. This is about presidential history, not White House history.

[@oldfashiongirl]

This would be a great film for public schoolers. A lot of our history just isn't taught anymore. 😕

[@mcanderson0]

Sooooo... who’s gonna tell em about the whole Kennedy thing?

[@joshuagibson2520]

10:15 the people took over.... what? Damn I wish that hadn't got cut off.

[@thompersonal4621]

Would luv to support old films, but without the extraneous countdown clocks attached to them and the backgroulnd music is way too loud. There must be a way to edit them out. I was a White House volunteer for about 18 months in 1992-1993 or so starting with the transition team of Bill Clinton. Travelled thru the House, gave the Secret Service the history of the presidental seal using the architectural features from the China Room to the Oval Office (even sat behind the desk briefly to relay the information on the plaque of the Resolute desk for a Secret Service training film). Wandered to the basement (by accident) and helped with major events on the South Lawn. What a time!

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[@livefreeortai-calicofounda5570]

and what was it built for? united🇺🇸states...say no to racism. 🌎 gr8 video

[@deadlyoneable]

Ugh….do y’all ever stop? It’s not as bad as you hope it is. Turn off the news and go outside.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Harrison and Tyler died there. Lincoln didn't make it there to die and garfield decided he'd rather die in New Jersey.

[@michaelwoodward1023]

It's incredible the lies that are told to the masses,and it goes on generation after generation,so that everyone believes that it is the truth

[@4evagrace789]

This look like a class that the elect president takes before moving in 🤔

[@mordiki069]

We are just the inheritors of the past reset

[@paulahorton4316]

Good factual documentary but LOSE THE MUSIC. It's distracting and annoying and interferes with the narration.

[@laurieanne777]

Look there is no fence

[@bethbartlett5692]

*Lincoln and Kennedy had to carry the most painful personal tragedies, the most bitter of conflicts over the unethical treatment of African Americans, they suffered defiling personal accusations.* Yet, like a Mature Minded Parent or Teacher, they efforted the "raising of the Public and their Minds, their (Lower Minds, aka Ego Mind's, aka Adolescent Minds). Every assassination of a President was other than it's defined surface purpose and assigned perpetrator, each was an organized plan, with predetermined fall guy(s) and excuses. They all were at the hands of the International Bankers and Financiers, the same whom promoted the Civil War to the greedy minds of the Large Plantation Owners, the wealthiest individuals 8n the world, at the time. Wealth from as many as 1,400 enslaved people's to site "1 of the Cotton and Sugar Plantations data". a Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@katherineburford7864]

Built on plantation land, slaves quarried the foundation stone, transported it and constructed the building. They worked alongside European craftsmen and free blacks who were paid wages. This video of course doesn't include that.

[@lynnettereede6887]

If that was included certain folks would want the film banned. SMH

[@TWOCOWS1]

GREAT. now, in what year was this film made? must be a long time ago, when DC was caucasian, like its founders and the government. it is African over 90% now, and mostly working class and the poor. a long time ago must ve been, for sure

[@bungnguyen5380]

they will kill me

[@finnfreek7838]

It should have been rebuilt as an out house.

[@irish89055]

Well..after JFK there hasn't been many honest and wise men in da place.. you'd think they used some file footage of the US Capitol as it was undergoing major Renovations ..

[@michaelboso9355]

Domestic servants? Hmmm.

[@mordiki069]

How about the true story about us not building it other people's built it we don't even know how to build like they did

[@bungnguyen5380]

pleae cone gdt then jm scare

[@damhammergoshdammer1464]

John hanson was the first president. Not George Washington. 1789 Washington. 1776 our independence.

[@johngreen3543]

Our USPS has made that abundantly clear by issuing the Hanson stamp several years ago. It is not news to me.

[@stephaniedemellier1020]

There are more prostitutes on 1600 Hundred Pennsylvania Ave made by the United States ISS than any where else in the United States. They sold me into prostitution and I excaped back to Alabama. It took 3 years with transportation as quick as it is. Thank you globe

[@JamesWylde]

Crapload of mid roll ad spam

[@bungnguyen5380]

thd killer ate hetr

[@ThuyPham-fw6kb]

Well thrg try plot on me by my window pmeae jtlp

[@Cajungypsy682]

Listening to this i'm feeling there's a bit too much 2020 liberalism wrapped up in what appears to be an old-time film. Every one of these people is being characterized as elitist.

[@gypsymanjeff2184]

LOVE IT OR...GTFO.... PERIOD.. SIMPLE AS THAT,,,, FOLKS .....SERIOUSLY GTFO..

[@sodality3970]

Wilson was a racist . Harding was a much better President than what revisionist historians believed back then . This is a very worthy series , but tainted with the beliefs of the mid-20th century .

[@gilberthenderson546]

You know this is not true considering the Americas AKA Ti' Merri the real Egypt. Facts delete this bs

[@mordiki069]

This program is nothing but conditioning and believing his story

[@kerryharnack3977]

Domestic servant's narrative says in1800, maybe slaves be more political correct..

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

Too bad the current resident is probably going to leave the stove on and burn the place down.

[@JM-gd5rl]

I thought your guy tried that at the Capitol on Jan 6.

[@emmgeevideo]

Better that than the disgrace the most recent former tenant brought to the place.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Indeed.

[@emmgeevideo]

Puh-leese

[@larrysune2659]

Will take years to get the smell of Trump and stale french fries out of it

[@markmalic7450]

Also known as ..The Shithouse

[@g.beeton2918]

what a waste of time

[@barryhayes9750]

This would have been both interesting and educational if it were not for that God-awful music which was too loud and too much!! These days, when I look at the WH, it's hard not to think of how such a beautiful building was left with such a foul stain by having Donald Trump live in it! I'm quite certain, the odor left by Trump will last longer than the heavy cheese smell mentioned in this documentary. I can only recommend a daily dose of Febreeze throughout the WH and keep your fingers crossed!

[@corriecarney6101]

Funny! I found myself asking what odor did DT leave behind?

[@barryhayes9750]

@@corriecarney6101 Corrie, I'm not entirely certain, and I don't want to get too serious or deep here, but I would imagine the smell of vanity, greed and corruption with a lingering background of a mixture of fast food items! Agree?

[@johngreen3543]

I believe that Trump never spent that much time in the WH. He called it a dump.

[@TeenaDavis101]

Mrs. Adams look like a man 🤣🤣😭. That's Caucasian culture 🤣😭🤣

[@brunop11]

No need to be a racist. What got you so insecure?

[@billmason2785]

Us Caucasian like women with a jawbone and wide ass .... Thanks Teena🇺🇲🥒

[@TeenaDavis101]

@@billmason2785 yeah and dude looks like a lady 🤣🤣😭

[@deadlyoneable]

Take the wigs of y’all and all of you look like men. That’s why your own men go for Caucasian’s instead.