Jimmy Carter - 1977 | Movietone Moment | 22 December 2023

On this day in 1977, Jimmy Carter had his first year as president. Here is a British Movietone report from President Carter’s visit to London. President Jimmy Carter arrives at Heathrow Airport and is greeted by Prime Minister, James Callaghan. The following day, the President visited Newcastle upon Tyne and received the ’Freedom of the City’. Then it was on to a brief visit to Washington, County Durham, where Mr Carter planted a tree. President Carter’s plane taxiing at London Airport. SV ditto. James Callaghan and party walk towards plane. President Jimmy Carter down steps greeted by Callaghan. GV ditto. SV Callaghan and Carter. LV ditto. SV Carter shakes hands with an English policeman. Carter and Callaghan onto platform. Carter waves to crowd. LV ditto. SV press. SV Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State, with security men. Carter and Callaghan shaking hands. Carter and Callaghan down steps of platform. SV press. SV Carter into car. LV Carter drives away. GV Newcastle Civic Centre. SV crowds holding welcoming banners. GV Carter’s car arriving. Angle flags. GV Carter out of car and waves to crowds. SV crowds. GV Carter waves to crowds from platform. GV crowds. SV Carter speech. Sound on film - “Howay the lads..... from the United States“. GV pan down Civic Centre. Carter still speaking. SV crowds. Carter with scroll giving him the Freedom of the City and sound on film “I have asked the Lord Mayor to make sure that I don’t have to pay taxes..... thank you very much“. GV Washington Old Hall - birthplace of George Washington. SV name ’Washington Old Hall’. LV Washington Old Hall. GV Washington Village Green. SV crowds in front of Washington Green Library. SV crowds. MS Carter walks past memorial and cheering crowds. MS cameramen. Carter plants a tulip tree - specially flown in from Washington’s home and burial place Mount Vernon in Virginia. CU spade into earth. LV Carter shovelling earth round tree. Crowds watching. CU Carter smiling and talking to press. Angle name ’Downing Street’. SV of closed door of No 10. GV zoom into Callaghan greeting Japanese Premier Mr Takeo Fukuda. SV Crowds. SV Callaghan with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. CU Callaghan. Callaghan greets Italaian Prime Minister Guillio Andretti. GV Motorcade slowly up Downing Street. SV Callaghan watches. President Carter out of car and shakes hands with Callaghan. Callaghan turns round and waves at crowds, then goes into No 10. Callaghan shakes hands with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. French President Giscard D’Estaing is greeted by Callaghan. SV Flags outside No 10. Interior of No 10 with Summit Conference in progress round table. CU Giscard D’Estaing. GV Heads of State round table. SV Carter with Cyrus Vance. GV Exterior Lancaster House. Interior as Leaders arrive for lunch. SV Pierre Trudeau followed by Carter into Luncheon Room. Exterior forecourt Buckingham Palace. SV The Queen leads Heads Of State into the Blue Drawing Room for Press pictures, slow zoom into Queen and Carter - also seen are Prince Philip and Princess Margaret. LV Carter walks away from group to escort The Queen Mother on his arm into room. SLow zoom to Queen Mother and Carter chatting. LV ditto. Pan to CU Prince Charles as he moves along to stand next to Callaghan. GV The Queen with Heads of State. SEE 77/86A FOR CUTS Find out more about AP Archive: Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is BM77-86. #carter #jimmycarter #president Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: